NFL Script Conspiracies, a Roberts Household Debate, and the Payton Fallout

Evan & Tiki

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4.2 • 988 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Evan opens up about a very real debate at home over doing the show from the house, then the conversation takes a hard left into a viral graphic that has people claiming the NFL “told us” back in September it would be Drake Maye vs Sam Darnold. The guys laugh through the conspiracy, point out the other names hidden in the image, and then get right back into the AFC Championship aftermath as callers rip Sean Payton’s decision-making and the play call that helped sink Denver. The segment also hits the weather angle, how the Patriots approached the second half, and whether the “cover up” sounded worse than the original decision. Plus, Spence pops in with a prediction, more calls roll in, and the hour tees up Jets and Giants coordinator news and a strange Mets producer story.

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0:00.0	Last week, and it got heated in the Roberts household, just to show you I don't lose every battle to my wife. My wife was insisting I spend the next two weeks doing shows from home. And I said, I can't do that. And she's like, do not care about your back. Do not care about the paint? I was like, no, I do. I get it, but I just can't do that. And so on the day where we stay in, I was thinking about that.
0:23.6	I came very close to giving in on that argument.
0:26.0	And, yeah, I'd been home for two weeks, which was an idea she had.
0:29.5	And I said, no, I got to be there.
0:32.1	I got to look at Tiki's beautiful eyes every single day.
0:35.3	That would be hard.
0:37.0	And by the way, do you think that it would make a difference?
0:41.8	No.
0:42.0	If you stayed home for two weeks, is it making a difference in your back?
0:46.6	No, and ultimately that's part of why I pushed against it, not just wanting to be there
0:50.6	because I do prefer to do the show here.
0:52.4	You'll find out in 10 minutes why I prefer to do the show here. You'll find out in 10 minutes why I prefer to do
0:54.4	the show here. That's just a little surprise. But I don't think it would have made a difference
0:58.8	because unfortunately like when I get to work and the guys will tell you, I lay everywhere. I do
1:04.7	stretching. I'd stand. I do everything there I'd be doing here. So what difference would
1:10.6	it have made?
1:11.4	Other than the drive?
1:13.1	Yes.
1:13.7	And that, all right, fine.
1:14.8	That's a good point, team.
1:16.2	That's it.
1:17.1	Other than the drive.
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