Fred opened the show noting that the studio was a lot emptier than Tuesday before Paul and Erik mentioned that it was Fred’s birthday (Happy Birthday Fred). PFW listeners Nick from Hawaii, who bought lunch, and Kevin Couture joined the studio as special guests before Fred brought up Paul’s appearance on WEEI yesterday. The guys then discussed the news that Julius Peppers signed the franchise tender contract offered by Carolina before Paul gave Tacoma a hard time for “screwing up” his lunch order.

Fred then welcomed Nick to the show who spoke about being a manager at the Hawaii football program and how he knows Patriots long snapper Jake Ingram. He then welcomed the Kevin Couture to the show before the guys asked him about how long he has been a Patriots fan before Fred questioned whether he’d been to Patriots Place yet. After Kevin said he was planning on going after the show, the guys mentioned that they paid the Hall a visit last week and Andy had the best vertical leap and Erik missed the Adam Vinatieri field goal.

Following a break, Fred read an email that asked if the guys thought that the NFC & AFC East would have multiple teams in the playoffs. The guys discussed the Dallas Cowboys with Fred saying that he thought it was tougher to play football in Dallas than baseball in New York with all the distractions that come with it.

Paul noted that the Patriots had become the model franchise, with the model owner and coach, and they may have learned that from the Cowboys. After talking briefly about Daniel Snyder and Mark Cuban and more talk about the Cowboys, Fred brought up the news that Shaquille O’Neal was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers to team up with LeBron James.

The guys discussed a list of  the most clutch quarterbacks that saw Tom Brady placed third behind John Elway and Joe Montana and how Brady’s famous Super Bowl drives resulted in field goals rather than touchdowns like Elway’s and Montana’s. The guys then moved on to talk about Rex Ryan before Fred brought up Troy Brown’s recent induction into the New England Sports Museum at tonight’s “The Tradition” event.

Fred read an email from Basil, a guest from Tuesday’s show, that mentioned the visit made him a PFW convert (glad to hear it) before Fred waxed lyrical about Pepper, another guest from the same show. After a few emails concerning “the great debate”, the guys played an emailer’s game of over/under before Orlando called in to discuss Shawn Crable. Orlando also asked the guys for their top five owners

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

Lunch provided by: Nick from Hawaii

Callers in: Orlando

Special guest: Kevin Couture

Caller: Orlando Erik Scalavino Fred Kirsch Lunch: Nick from Hawaii Paul Perillo Special guest: Kevin Couture