Fred opened the show with the announcement that Scott Pioli was announced as GM of the Kansas City Chiefs and the decisions he has to make including whether to keep Head Coach Herm Edwards on board. The guys talked about other coaching moves around the NFL, and their links to the Patriots. They also spoke about Scott O’Brien who joined the Patriots, from the Broncos, as special teams coach before talking about  the emphasis the Patriots put on special teams.

Erik brought up the news that USC QB Mark Sanchez would make himself eligible for the NFL draft and Andy chimed in that Texas Tech WR Michael Crabtree declared himself eligible. Andy was pretty down on Crabtree saying he was all about the “star” factor which would make him a perfect fit in Dallas.

Following a break the guys brought up the kicking challenge between Erik and Stephen Gostkowski with Erik saying he was going to be practising on a local school field. This brought up a discussion about the amount of money schools are spending on their football fields.

John in LA called in to talk about the Patriots building a dynamic defense and the potential free agents that would help bolster the defense. John also brought up the quotes from LaDainian Tomlinson who dismissed the trade rumours surrounding him as “ridiculous”.

John in Palm Bay called in and asked the guys what they thought of the prospect of the Patriots drafting a left tackle to move Matt Light to right tackle. Both Andy and Paul thought that this was a very realistic possibility. Shane from Costa Rica emailed in with “a bone to pick” with Paul who made a disparaging comment, in a previous show, about Shane’s alma mater Florida State. He also invoked a discussion about the Patriots schedule due to his discontent that the Patriots are again travelling to Indy for the third successive season.

Scott from Tucson called in to talk about the crop of QBs in the draft with Sam Bradford deciding to stay in college before asking the guys their advice on marriage because he’s soon to be wed. He also offered Fred a recipe for Hungarian Goulash.

Matt from Quincy’s email sparked a conversation about Bill Belichick’s coaching tree and of the success rate of the Patriots coaches moving on to higher positions elsewhere.

Following another break, the guys touched briefly on Hungarian Goulash before an email from Kimani invoked Erik’s anger about a new urban dictionary definition of Scalavino. An email from Reed from the Cape which said this season was Bill’s fifth best not the first or second like some people have been saying because they didn’t achieve as much as in previous years.

An email from Dana in Colorado mentioned that he couldn’t listen live anymore because his work’s computers didn’t allow RealPlayer. This brought up the announcement from Fred that they would soon be broadcasting PFW in Progress using Flash tehnology instead of RealPlayer.

Mark from Cheddar emailed in with some sarcastic talk about re-signing Lonnie Paxton before Chris with a tian emailed in to talk about Scott Pioli’s re-building process at Kansas City Chiefs and how he thinks Herm Edwards is long gone. Whilst checking the “bottom was the same as the top”, Fred read an email out from Sara who thought that Bill Belichick’s reputation had recovered following the spygate scandal of last year.

Joel in Merrimack emailed in to describe his hatred for Eli and Peyton Manning for Paul but lost him when describing the feeling he gets watching a Manning fail as akin to having a child. This led to a Fred and Paul argument about what a “proper fan” is.

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

Lunch provided by:

Callers in: John in LA, John in Palm Bay, Scott from Tucson

Special guests:

Urban dictionary word of the day: Goulash

Andy Hart Caller: John in LA Caller: John in Palm Bay Caller: Scott from Tucson Erik Scalavino Fred Kirsch Paul Perillo