Fred opened the show with another comment about Paul’s vacation, saying he was nude sunbathing in Florida, before talking about the conflicting reports from NFL.com writers Vic Carucci and Adam Schefter over the potential Julius Peppers trade. The guys then discussed both reports before Fred announced that PFW in Progress will be streaming in Flash on Thursday’s show.

Following some banter with ‘Tugee’ Fred announced that Vic Carucci would be a phone guest on today’s show and that long lost listener Craig Buntz, from South Carolina, had emailed the show. Fred wished the listeners a Happy St Patrick’s Day before mentioning the upcoming London trip and wanted to gauge what the UK listeners would be doing.

Fred then took a call from special guest Vic Carucci of NFL.com who, broke the Julius Peppers trade story, talked about the potential trade with the Panthers. Despite Adam Schefter’s comments on WEEI this morning, that he is 99% sure that Peppers won’t be a Patriot, Carucci stood by his story.

Following a break the guys discussed the call from Carucci and broke down some of the things he said in comparison to his original article. Fred questioned whether the Peppers trade was just a ruse by the Patriots in order to get Jason Taylor for a lower price before John in LA called in to talk about Brady working out and questioned the potential investment in Julius Peppers.

The guys then touched upon the Greg Lewis conference call, the signing of Al Johnson and the re-signing of Tank Williams, Mike Wright, Wesley Britt and PFW favourite Ray “Bubba” Ventrone. John in Palm Bay called in briefly to pose a question about the Patriots schedule before the guys talked about next week’s compensatory picks announcements and how the Patriots should get at least a third round pick for losing Asante Samuel next year.

Fred read an email from the legendary PFW listener Craig Buntz, who has been AWOL since Super Bowl XLII, that discussed about the signing of Greg Lewis before taking a shot at Andy. Following Andy’s urban dictionary word of the day the guys briefly mentioned the video clip of Bill Belichick singing with Bon Jovi that has being doing the rounds on the web.

An email from Mark in Cheddar brought up the great new Patriots Football Weekly overseas subscription offer and praised the potential Julius Peppers trade. Anthony in Naples called in to express his disappointment in the Joey Galloway signing, talk about the Peppers rumour talk and to stand up for Tom Brady following Andy’s criticism of Brady’s image as being “one of the guys”.

An email from Tammy in New York took some shots at Andy, mostly his head, following him calling her a lesbian in a previous show before the guys read some emails from UK based listeners offering restaurant advice. Matt in Connecticut called in to offer some advice before asking about subscribing to Patriots Football Weekly.

The show came to a close following a game of true and false from an emailer and a couple of emails taking shots at Erik (Mark in Cheddar) and Andy (Josh from Arlington).

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

Lunch provided by:

Callers in: John in LA, John in Palm Bay, Anthony in Naples, Matt in Connecticut

Special guests: Vic Carucci

Urban dictionary word of the day: Pepper shaker

Andy Hart Caller: Anthony in Naples Caller: John in LA Caller: John in Palm Bay Caller: Matt in Connecticut Erik Scalavino Fred Kirsch Special guest: Vic Carucci