NFL Cover Zero: Harbaugh/Tomlin and Division Playoff Matchups!
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🗓️ 16 January 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Matt Jones and Drew Franklin dive in with the Giants closing in on John Harbaugh as their next head coach. How do you think he fits with the Giants and improves the team? Mike Tomlin steps down from the Steelers and Matt explains what the team should be looking for next. Drew reveals who he would or wouldn't like to see the Titans hire as their next head coach.
Who are the names swirling around as the top candidates for NFL jobs? Matt gives the theory he'd like to follow leading into the NFL Draft.
Onto the Divisional Round of games, Matt thinks Bills/Broncos could be the best matchup of the weekend! 49ers/Seahawks is a very tough game to try and figure out. The Texans/Patriots could be decided by defense or the weather. Matt is very excited for Rams/Bears, but his allegiance to Chicago is torn!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.5 | NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin is a production of the NFL and IHeart podcast. |
| 0:14.3 | It is NFL cover zero, the divisional playoff round. Matt Jones, Drew Franklin, ready to go here. |
| 0:27.3 | It's a day late. It's on a Thursday. But, you know, it's hard to get Billy's schedule. He's really busy. |
| 0:32.6 | So it's hard to get him in for all the days we need to do. And so, Drew, we're here. And thanks to Billy for showing up and we're ready to go. |
| 0:39.4 | I'm just kidding. |
| 0:40.0 | It wasn't Billy. But Drew, nice to have you. Being a day late means we were one day closer to the actual football. That's exactly right. And if we had taped this yesterday, I don't think we would have known the news about John Harbaugh. This is the most important story of the week for the NFL. |
| 0:55.3 | John Harbaugh is the new coach most important story of the week for the NFL. |
| 0:55.3 | John Harbaugh is the new coach of the Giants. |
| 0:57.3 | The first of eight coaching vacancies to come filled is John Harbaugh. |
| 1:04.3 | I think it was, well, it was first reported by like Marty Mush, I believe, on Barstool Sports. |
| 1:12.0 | He's the first person I saw. |
| 1:14.5 | I don't know if he gets official credit or not. |
| 1:17.6 | Schifter, I think, confirmed it this morning. |
| 1:21.7 | I have thought the Giants was the best of the jobs for the long-term future. |
| 1:27.0 | It's in New York. I can totally see why John Harbaugh would want to do it. I think it's the Giants was the best of the jobs for the long-term future. It's in New York. |
| 1:28.1 | I can totally see why John Harbaugh would want to do it. I think it's the Giants' best shot to have a good, you know, a good coach for the future that won't fail. John Harbaugh, you know, won't fail. So I like it. What about you? |
| 1:41.7 | I like it, too. Kind of assumed that'd be where he'd go the moment he left Baltimore. My Titans were in the mix. I dreamed a little. I won't lie. They were second on the board in terms of, yeah. Well, on that, he was going to do an in-home interview. He wasn't going to go to Nashville. It's never a good sign. Well, I played out in my head. They invited him. He's like, look, I'm grilling hot dogs. Y'all can come by. Just come in. |
| 2:02.9 | You can talk to me for a little bit. |
| 2:04.1 | I'm not in my head. They invited him. He's like, look, I'm grilling hot dogs. Y'all can come by. Just come in. You can talk to me for a little bit. |
| 2:04.1 | I'm not going to you. If you're not willing to go to the city you might move to, then you're probably not moving to that city. He's like, listen, I got family in. We're watching a movie. If y'all want to come by, I'll talk for a few minutes. |
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