Fred opened today’s show with the fantastic announcement that the Patriots will play in London next season against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Wembley Stadium before touching on Sunday’s loss to the Steelers. Paul and Andy joined the show and were surprisingly upbeat about the London trip saying that it was the same distance to the West Coast as the UK but they get to see another country. I’m sure Mr Kraft wished some of the players felt the same way following some of their comments which Andy mentioned. The guys then broke down the loss to the Steelers and how it unravelled so quickly following the half, the turnovers were obviously brought up and how Slater’s muffed return was probably the only self inflicted error the others were caused.

They mentioned how the Patriots’ injuries are beginning to affect them with Welker and Woods going down and how the Patriots are 0-3 without Warren. Kevin Faulk was given some serious props by the guys, mostly by Andy who admitted his mistake in saying pre-season that his skills were diminishing and nominated Faulk Team MVP with four weeks left. Andy brought up Richard Seymour’s apparent dismay in not playing on third downs during his appearance on Patriots Monday on WEEI and how Mike Reiss pointed out how some experienced guys ‘ran for the hills’ after the game but Matthew Slater hung about and took it on the chin.

Fred began a discussion about the Patriots current playoff chances and how we are chasing the Ravens for a wildcard spot and the Jets for the AFC East top spot. The most important point was that the Patriots need to win all their games to have a chance. Al in Dayton called in to express his disgust at the Steelers game saying ho he turned off the game to play some XBOX prompting Fred to talk about Call of Duty and how his son is getting the new game for Christmas. The guys talked about the late hit on Welker and how Paul thought it was being blown out of proportion in likening it to Jack tatum’s hit on Darryl Stingley but all agreed it was an illegal hit and shouldn’t have happened.

Following a break, the guys spoke about the theoretical possibility of Brady not coming back next year and the annoying Pittsburgh press crew that were at the game Sunday. They touched upon the Plaxico Burress shooting incident before an email from Neil in Nottingham brought up the seemingly unfair schedule that the Patriots face due to the three game stretch where the Patriots’ opposition come off a Thursday night game. Joel in Merrimack called in and brought up an interesting point that even if the Patriots make the playoffs do they have enough to beat a playoff team? Sergeant Rob from Westpoint, NY brought up next years London game, and even coined a slogan for the game ‘Pats and points’, which Fred proposed a live studio audience version of PFW in Progress while in London. Following an argument about HD/non-HD camcorders the guys had another argument about Giselle’s Brazillian heritage (or is it German Fred?).

The show ended with John Rook joining the show and disclosing the fact that he had been on the London Eye. Thanks John!

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Today’s team: Fred Kirsch, Paul Perillo, Andy Hart

Lunch provided by: John in South Carolina

Callers in: Al in Dayton, Stephen from Oregon, Jamie in Houston, Joel in Merrimack

Special guests:

Urban dictionary word of the day: English toothbrush

Andy Hart Caller: Al in Georgia Caller: Jamie in Houston Caller: Joel in Merrimack Caller: Stephen from Oregon Fred Kirsch Lunch: John in South Carolina Paul Perillo