The guys have returned from San Francisco and have some great stories to share about the Saints/49ers Divisional Round game. In NFL News, the guys discuss the Rams announcing Jeff Fisher as their new head coach and also stealing DC Greg Williams away from New Orleans. John Elway says Tim Tebow will be the starting QB heading into training camp next year, while longtime NFL coach Mike Martz announces his retirement.
The guys then discuss the four Divisional Round Playoff games. They spend plenty of time on the 49ers/Saints game since they were actually there covering the game for Sky Sports and Sky Sports News Radio. Guys talk about heading down to the field for the final Saints drive and the final 49ers drive and were standing behind the end zone when TE Vernon Davis made his game winning catch. Steven congratulates QB Tom Brady for tying the postseason record of most TD passes thrown as he torched the Broncos with 6 TD passes. Tim Tebow train is derailed and the guys are a little happy about that.
Finally, Steven says the Texans outplayed the Ravens with the exception of the turnover category, but also says Ed Reed is the man and can play ball until he is 50 and in a wheel chair! Jeff is a little sad to see “his Gold team” lose to the Giants, but Steven says he knew it was going to happen all along. Both guys went 3-1 with their Divisional Round picks.
A couple fact checking points:
1. The Packers were the statistically worst defense in the league not the Patriots.
2. The Broncos won the turnover differential 2-1 and lost, so only 3 of 4 teams who won the turnover battle won the game.
Obviously from my knit picking I am a Pats fan, but I still enjoy your show more often than not. I know our team is hardly the most interesting and often times frustrating for people who do not already have a vested interest in their success, so it is what it is. Oh, and for good measure, I don’t think this mistake has been made by you guys, but I have heard it a lot already this week in the national media. The AFC title game isn’t really a rematch of the ’09 game, as their are a total of 5 Patriots starters who will be playing this weekend that were also in that game 2 seasons ago. The better game to look back on is probably the one from the 2010 season in Foxboro, which happened after the departure of Moss and return of Branch, as the Patriots offense is effectively the same since then, except for the departure of Algae Crumpler and some other changes on the offensive line. There has still been a lot of turnover on the Baltimore offense and Patriots defense respectively since then, which combined with health, experience and current production will likely determine who wins. That game went to OT in favor of the Pats, so this game should be darned entertaining.