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Evan & Tiki

Tanner Engstrand to the Giants? Tommy vs Evan, and What Peralta Really Meant

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

A new Giants OC curveball hits when Art Stapleton floats Tanner Engstrand as a legitimate candidate after his Jets exit, citing his coaching ties and the idea that he may have been doomed by the Jets’ quarterback situation. Evan and Tiki debate whether a fresh start with Jaxson Dart could unlock something different, even if Engstrand's first run as a coordinator didn’t exactly inspire confidence. It quickly turns into a bigger point about trusting John Harbaugh, and the hilarious reality that Engstrand becoming competent in New York would only add another chapter to the “Jets ruin everyone” narrative. Then the show takes a sharp left into the station’s internal soap opera as Tommy’s group chat presence, late-night takes, and “who stole whose idea” drama becomes its own mini-segment, complete with receipts and a little friendly sabotage speculation. After that, the Mets portion arrives: Freddy Peralta meets the media and gets asked about an extension, and the crew reads between the lines. The instant “I just got here” framing tells the story, he’s not eager to talk long-term yet, and it doesn’t sound like something that’s happening soon from either side. The segment closes with WFAN audio gold, including the rediscovery of the John Heyman blow-up clip and a new Clyde Frazier drop that instantly earns a spot in the rotation.

Transcript

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0:00.0

So I would like to read a tweet from a reporter that Sean really trusts.

0:04.7

His name is Art Stapleton.

0:06.4

I know, Sean, you're a big Art Stapleton guy?

0:08.6

Art is my guy.

0:09.8

Okay.

0:10.7

According to Art Stapleton, another name for the Giants OC I would put into the mix is Tanner Engstrand,

0:20.0

fired yesterday as Jets O.C. And as Art Wright started his career with

0:24.9

Jim Harbaugh at San Diego and reunited at Michigan. Also spent time with Ben Johnson and Detroit,

0:31.0

got screwed by quarterback Sitch with Jets. Well, first, Art, don't need your Jets opinion mixed in there. I'm just kidding. But he is tying Tanner Engstrand as a candidate, and I do recall earlier on in the show when we found out the news that Todd Munkin is getting the Cleveland Browns had coaching job, and that will not be the Giants O.C. I brought his name up, and you guys flippantly threw it away. He didn't do a good job last year. Who he talking about? Tanner Engstern. Oh, yeah, that's right. He did not do a good job. But as Art Stableton points out, he got screwed by the Jets quarterback situation. Of course he did, because you got handed Justin Fields and said, go make chicken salad out of you know what. Now he's got Jackson Dart.

1:11.4

And now he's got Jackson Dart.

1:12.5

So maybe it's a better opportunity, but it's not one that I love.

1:16.8

Again, as we say with all of these questions, I think I'm going to trust John Harbaugh.

1:22.1

But what he put on tape, it wasn't him, but you know what I mean.

1:28.0

Yeah.

1:28.5

As a first time offensive coordinator was not inspiring.

1:32.0

What would be your opening to either one giant step or talking giants with the news that Tanner Engstrand would be the new O.C. of the Giants.

1:40.0

I would comb through and find every positive about Garrett Wilson missing games, about how everything that happens to the Jets is garbage, point to Robert Salas' renaissance the moment he left the Jets and say this is the same here and you have to trust Harbaugh. Yeah, I'd be honest. That would be the only way to go. Of course. Right. You have to assume that what you just saw was the anomaly. Yeah. And I would tell you right now, as much as I was joking, I don't want that to happen because I know he'd go there and be competent. And it would just be another log on the fire of how pathetic the New York Jets are right. So keep it in mind. He is available. And the Giants have a fresh OC search since, according to Connor Hughes, who joined us at 12. You could rewind on the Odyssey app.

2:18.2

They thought it would be Todd Bunkin.

2:19.5

They didn't realize he was going to get this Cleveland Brown job and he did. I'll play the Freddie Peralta audio and you can tell us if he's going to extend with the Mets. Yes or no, coming up at about 10 minutes. But let's get to your calls 888-808-108-101-9. a lot on the table, including this new feud between Joel Sherman and Sean Morash.

2:34.7

Let's go to Jim in Johnson City, Tennessee.

2:37.2

Hey, Jim.

2:37.6

Hey, Jim. Hey, Jim. Hey, fellas, what's going on? All's Will. What's up? You guys are really going after the riders today. So you guys played that little clip of Steve Summers. Yes. Hey, anybody didn't hear it. You can go back to 1145 on the Odyssey app.

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