Fred opened the show with talk about yesterday’s heavy weather which led to Erik divulging that Patriots.com webmaster Chris Ferreira didn’t make it into work yesterday and was surprised to find out that he was the only one. The guys talked about the current Matt Cassel situation, following his recent appearance at the Tampa Convention Center, where he was part of a Gatorade promotion leading up to Super Bowl XLIII before talking in depth about the reports that Patriots QB Tom Brady had begun throwing footballs and was apparently on track for the beginning of the 09 season.

The guys then argued about a previously mentioned article about franchising Cassel before Paul mentioned Wes Welker’s appearance on Mike and Mike. Michael in Puerto Rico called in to talk about the guys’ semantic argument and asked what position the guys would like to acquire to which the guys argued between safety and cornerback before agreeing that the secondary, in general, needed strengthening.

Following a break Fred contended that Brady will be under a microscope, much more than usual, right through to the season opener before Mike in Sharon called in to talk about Nick Caserio and share his thought that the Patriots would go after Eagles safety Brian Dawkins in the off season. An email from Russell in the OC, which Paul left for the Big Show midway though, brought up the photos of Brady and Giselle (or the Brazilian Kryptonite as he called her) “canoodling” poolside and said that he doubted his desire.

Erik stuck up for Brady before an email from Sarah expressed some worries about Floyd Reece’s drafting skills after she found out he drafted the trouble Adam ‘PacMan’ Jones. An email from the uniquely named Mikey Vandalism talked about the guys’ positional snapshot on Patriots.com, which yesterday was safety, and gave a shout out to Paul ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald of TownieNews.com fame before Matt from Oregon called in to talk about a point Erik made about the tackling in the NFL .

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

Lunch provided by:

Callers in: Michael in Puerto Rico, Mike in Sharon

Special guests:

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Andy Hart Caller: Michael in Puerto Rico Caller: Mike in Sharon Erik Scalavino Fred Kirsch Paul Perillo