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Boomer & Gio

Texans Melt Steelers, Rodgers Talks Coaches, Harbaugh Meets With Falcons

13 Jan 2026

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Chapter 1: What were the highlights of the Texans vs. Steelers game?

0.031 - 9.381 Boomer Esiason

fair to say the Texans clobbered the Steelers specifically in the fourth quarter last night. 30-6 was the final. This was one of the big defensive plays Houston made.

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9.621 - 26.94 Unknown

He'll get the shotgun snap. Four-man rush. Sets in the pocket. Hit from behind. Down he goes. Did he lose the ball? Rodgers is down. The ball picked up on the play by Rankins. He'll run it down the middle from the 20 to the 10 to the 5 and a touchdown. He was not chased.

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27.06 - 48.7 Boomer Esiason

There There you go. Not chased away. He just ran it in for a score. You get another Aaron Rodgers sack on the night, another hit on Aaron Rodgers, and that was certainly part of the deal. Kevin Harlan, the call, Westwood won. They also got an interception return for a touchdown, 50 yards, and Bullock to cap the scoring at 30-6. Yes, they did get a 13-yard touchdown run from Woody Marks.

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48.72 - 57.088 Boomer Esiason

You had a touchdown pass as well in this game from C.J. Stroud to Christian Kirk, but defense, defense, defense. This is Texans head coach D'Amico Ryans.

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57.068 - 74.379 DeMeco Ryans

It was an outstanding defensive performance. One of the best that I've seen versus a really talented offense, a talented quarterback who's played at a high level for a long time. So I'm proud of our defensive performance. I think this is the best performance we've had in our team history. Dominant.

74.68 - 91.918 Boomer Esiason

Yeah, it really was. And they scored two touchdowns. That's the other thing. I'd like CBS Sports Network, if they could, the fumble recovery for a touchdown to re-rack that one. And watch number 73 of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Isaac Ciumalo, I believe is how you pronounce it.

91.978 - 92.56 Micah Parsons

Left guard.

92.68 - 114.927 Boomer Esiason

Look at this. Boom! gets completely run over by Rankins and then just stands there and then doesn't even run after him afterwards. If that isn't the worst play of his career, when he watches that back, I don't know what possibly could be worse. The amazing thing, too, on that particular play, Aaron Rodgers takes a hit to the head. Well, yeah, of course.

115.207 - 133.617 Boomer Esiason

Just like Justin Herbert took a hit to the head. I guess we're not calling those anymore. Well, I mean, yeah. That's supposed to hit the guy. Seems arbitrary. That's what I'm saying. Like, all of a sudden, here we are in the playoffs, and two quarterbacks have gotten hit in the head, and normally during the regular season, those are flags. Here was C.J. Stroud.

Chapter 2: How did D'Amico Ryans react to the Texans' defensive performance?

141.685 - 153.441 C.J. Stroud

It's all about, you know, moving forward and, you know, trying your best to, you know, flush it and keep going. So, you know, I thought, you know, every time we had a bounce back, you know, we made more plays. I'm proud of our guys for having a little bit of resilience in those moments.

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153.802 - 162.123 Boomer Esiason

Never heard C.J. Stroud talk. I didn't know that's what he sounded like. How about that? That was C.J. Stroud. Here's Mike Tomlin. More on the Texans' defense. Even he says, wow.

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162.243 - 173.601 Aaron Rodgers

Certainly a disappointing end to our season. Yeah. But you certainly got to give Houston a lot of credit, in particular their defensive unit. I thought they ruled the day.

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174.021 - 190.398 Boomer Esiason

They ruled the day. Yes, they did. And you had the fire Tomlin chance again in the fourth quarter last night as this game was getting away from Pittsburgh. It was a 7-6 game into the fourth. Here was Aaron Rodgers on the idea of moving away from quality coaches, and he's kind of referencing Tomlin and LaFleur.

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190.558 - 208.417 Aaron Rodgers

The way that the league is covered now and the way that there's snap decisions and the Validity given to the Twitter experts and all the experts on TV now who make it seem like they know what the hell they're talking about. To me, that's an absolute joke.

208.577 - 220.833 Boomer Esiason

And also the idea that... So when I say that they shouldn't fire Mike Tomlin and they're not going to fire Mike Tomlin... You're a joke. I'm a joke? No, I'm just kidding. Can't believe fans want guys like this out.

220.853 - 242.964 Aaron Rodgers

For either of those two guys to be on the hot seat is... It's really apropos of where we're at as a society and a league because obviously Matt's done a lot of great things in Green Bay and we had a lot of success. Mike T's had more success than damn near anybody in the league. for the last 19, 20 years.

243.044 - 262.893 Boomer Esiason

But no playoff success since 2016, which is why a lot of the fans have had enough. Houston has now won nine straight games after that 3-5 start, which is really remarkable. Niners at 10. It's crazy how good they've been. Nico Collins, though, did leave with a concussion in this game, so I'll have to keep an eye on him this week. It's really the only major injury they had.

262.913 - 282.825 Boomer Esiason

I know their safety read went out, but then he came back in and played again. He had a little bit of a knee, but I think that was the only injury that they had coming out of this game. So they're going to be pretty much ready to roll, maybe with the exception of Nico Collins. But the one good thing for them last night is that they were able to run the ball against the Steelers.

Chapter 3: What does Aaron Rodgers say about elite coaching legacies?

545.357 - 550.682 Boomer Esiason

He's got an interception. You're right. The individual accolades are the things that are more important than the team. You're right. I know you've always said that.

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552.504 - 556.167 Unknown

Put yourself ahead of the team. That's the boomer of size and win. Yeah.

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556.147 - 569.365 Boomer Esiason

The Falcons did interview John Harbaugh and Mike McDaniel yesterday, so they put that out there to let everybody know that they already had him in, I guess. I don't know if it was a Zoom or in person, but he did meet with the Falcons. It was a phone call, apparently. It was a phone call. Okay.

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569.385 - 579.219 Boomer Esiason

Well, I mean, according to the article, he's also had phone calls with the Giants, Titans, Browns, Raiders, and Cardinals. Which is why it was weird that the Falcons put out this, we have completed an interview with John Harbaugh.

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579.239 - 579.339 C.J. Stroud

Yeah.

579.639 - 600.467 Boomer Esiason

Very odd. Now, supposedly, Chris Marrow went down to go see John Harbaugh. Right. At his house. Yeah, that's good. I like that. Okay. That shows aggressiveness. Trying to get it done. Yeah. Trying to get it done. So that's your NFL story. NBA-wise, the Knicks were off. The Nets lost to the Mavericks and their star rookie.

600.487 - 613.26 Unknown

Feet inside. Broke it up. Attended for Claxton. Cooper flag. Knocked it away. Dallas controls. Christie ahead. Flags got it. Got behind the defense in a two-hand slam. Flexes to the crowd. Timeout Brooklyn.

613.32 - 614.801 Boomer Esiason

And that was Chris Green.

614.821 - 615.702 Unknown

Two 12s to go. Dallas takes it.

Chapter 4: What are the implications of Mike Tomlin's coaching decisions?

652.998 - 659.209 Unknown

Pass across. Oh, and Crick able to make the save. And then they score. Crick made the initial stop.

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660.291 - 683.978 Boomer Esiason

But then it was knocked home. And the Kraken. Take a 3-2 lead. And that was Kenny Albert with the call on MSG. A 2-0 lead vanished. They suck eggs. Well, I don't know that many are going to argue with you right now as they are 20-21-6 following a 4-2 loss to the Kraken. Here was head coach Mike Sullivan. It's not a lack of effort.

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684.739 - 698.86 Mike Tomlin

You know, as I said to you guys on so many occasions here, that... This is a good group of guys, and they care a lot about what's going on. And when you don't have success, nobody feels it more than us.

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698.88 - 719.775 Boomer Esiason

And then I'm going to play this one for you, and this is not going to make you feel any more positive about things. Mika Zibanejad, the state of the team. When you're fragile as a group, things haven't gone your way. Turn it off! I heard that too. I'm like, ooh. I don't want to hear it. You're acknowledging we're fragile as a group. They were fragile last year. They were fragile the year before.

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719.895 - 739.863 Boomer Esiason

All right. Fragile, fragile, fragile, you know. Mike's been a jag. That's not a good one. Don't say fragile to New York fans. They don't want to hear it. Well, they're fragile. Anyhow, they're a game under .500, really seven games under .500. Well, the problem is, let's face it, Jonathan Quick is not the Jonathan Quick that won all the Cups. He's at the back end of his career.

739.903 - 760.303 Boomer Esiason

Now you're asking him to go back-to-back and play a lot more, and Igor Shusterkin was the guy that was saving their ass. Now, all of a sudden, Jonathan Quick's going to let in a goal that he shouldn't here or there. I mean, it's just they are not connected. I don't want to even say the word fragile. I don't want to hear fragile. It hasn't gone well. No, I mean, you know...

761.482 - 779.959 Boomer Esiason

It's not like they're 10 and, you know, 35, but it's just they don't have enough scoring. They don't have enough secondary scoring. Their bottom six is just a bunch of guys skating around, you know, running into people. Back-to-back no years of playoffs for the New York Rangers?

Chapter 5: What challenges is Matt LaFleur facing with the Packers?

779.999 - 799.962 Boomer Esiason

Yeah, I mean, we're working on the culture. We believe the culture is getting changed around from a team that was the President's Trophy team a few years ago. So I don't know what happened to that culture. But, I mean, it's just like this. It's the best. They had a two-goal lead six minutes into the game. You're like, all right, they scored at home. That's nice. And then you just knew it.

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800.323 - 822.922 Boomer Esiason

That was it. That there was going to be a third goal late in the game or in the third period for the cracking. You just knew it. You just know it's coming. And then, of course, they get the empty net goal. And the Devils did get a win. Quick pass by Zuccarello. Comes into the Devil's End. Here's Dougie Hamilton. Nice bank pass. The Devils come across. Hamilton in front. Sweeps it. They score.

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823.503 - 841.219 Boomer Esiason

It was Jack Hughes to Hamilton who finds Jesper Bradt. Who had the two goals on the night. Andre Palat scored a couple as well. New Jersey beats the Wild 5-2. Matt Laughlin with the call on Devil's Radio. Jacob Markstrom 20 saves for the win. Islanders and Winnipeg tonight.

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