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.

The guys are getting ready to head to San Francisco to cover the 40ers/Saints game but get you ready for all four Divisional Round Playoff games with this episode. The guys talk about Jeff Fisher not being ready to make a decision between the Rams or the Dolphins and Bill Cowher says he has been contacted by several teams but he is not interested. The guys talk about some of the collegiate players that have declared their intentions for the NFL Draft.

As Steven promised in the last episode, he has wrangled up not one but two player interviews for the show. 49ers LB Blake Costanzo discusses his days playing in Germany and the great Special Teams unit in San Francisco, while Giants CB Prince Amukamara talks about his affinity for Pippa Middleton and the guys say they will pull some strings to see if they can get him a tweet or something.

The guys then get around to talking about the four Divisional games and Steven points out that this is the 1st time in NFL history that 4 Super Bowl MVP quarterbacks play in this round, Eli Manning, Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady. Gonna be tough for the other four QBs. Jeff and Steven differ on two of the games this weekend. Jeff is rolling with all four home teams, while Steven likes the Giants and Texans on the road.

The guys would like to thank SSNR for allowing their interviews of Prince and Blake to run on the podcast.

The guys go over the Wild Card Weekend madness, where nothing was wild, until the last game. In NFL News, the guys talk about the Chargers staying in San Diego for the 2012 season by not opting out of the stadium contract. Romeo, O Romeo! Wherefore art thou, Romeo! The guys tell you, he’s in Kansas City as the Chiefs and Romeo Crennel agree to a 3-year contact making Romeo the Chiefs head coach. And finally the guys talk about the sad missing persons case that Packers OC Joe Philbin is missing his 21-year old son, Michael.

In the Wild Card recaps, the guys both go 2-2 as Jeff took the Texans in the first game and Steven missed out on the Bengals. All four home teams won for only the third time since 1990. The Saints routed the Lions and Steven has some harsh words for Lions Head Coach Jim Schwartz, saying he needs to stop being a sore loser. Steven gets the Giants pick correctly and thinks they might beat the Packers in Green Bay and finally, what about that Tim Tebow, huh?

Steven was fascinated that the Steelers dared Tebow to throw against them and for 4 quarters he did not take the bait. But on the 1st play of Overtime, Tebow made them pay with an bullet to WR Demaryius Thomas for an 80-yard touchdown pass. Are the guys going to start believing in Tebow? Listen and find out.

The guys are excited that the Playoffs are here and get you ready for the four games on Wild Card Weekend. In NFL news, Steven and Jeff discuss the Chargers firing of defensive coordinator, Greg Manusky and promoting John Pagano, the Jets fining Bart Scott 10k for an obscene gesture at a reporter and Jeff Fisher going all over interviewing at the head coaching vacancies in Miami and St. Louis.

The guys are joined by NFL BMOC West Coast and LA Times NFL writer, Sam Farmer. Sam talks about all four Wild Card games while in Denver for the Broncos/Steelers game. Sam thinks the Broncos will have their hands full, the Siants/Lions game will be a shoot-out and he even gives us his NFL MVP vote.

Finally, the guys get their picks in for Wild Card Weekend. They agree on three of the four games as they both like the road teams in the AFC and the Saints, while they disagree on the Falcons/Giants game. Steven likes New York while Jeff is rolling with Atlanta.

That does it now, all 17 weeks are in the books and another regular season comes to an end. Jeff and Steven discuss some of the casualties of the season as the Rams fire head coach Steve Spagnuolo and GM Bill Devaney, Tampa Bay fires head coach Raheem Morris and his staff, Colts owner Jim Irsay fire the Polians and the Bears fire GM Jerry Angelo while OC Mike Martz resigns. Most of those were expected, but what wasn’t, was the Chargers keeping both AJ Smith and Norv Turner.

The guys are joined in by Comcast SportsNet Bay Area 49ers Reporter Mindi Bach to discuss the 49ers unexpected 13-3 season. Mindi believes that the addition of a few players plus the play of QB Alex Smith helped the 49ers to that record and the number 2 seed in the NFC. Steven agrees with Mindi that it would best for the 49ers to get the Giants or Falcons in the Divisional round but most likely will get the Saints. Listen to the entire episode in this podcast, or here.

Finally the guys finish talking about the final games of the season. There were lots of highs and of course plenty of lows, but the guys say, bring on the Playoffs.

The guys get you ready for the final week of the regular season! Steven invites Professor Playoffs into the Rave Cave for a little playoff scenario recap, but Jeff still has it in for the guy and he quickly leaves. In NFL News, the guys discuss Colt McCoy still not being cleared to play, the Pro Bowl rosters being released and what’s at stake in the final week of the season.

The guys differ on a season high 8 games. Is it because Steven is chasing Jeff or because they really fell that differently about the picks. Jeff changes his stance on the Cowboys/Giants game, and Steven feels that the Broncos will take care of business against the Chiefs.

Finally, the guys wish everyone a Happy New Year and will be back next year!

The guys come back from the Christmas Holidays and are ready for some serious Week 17 action. In the news, Steven does not like what Giants RB Brandon Jacobs had to say to Jets head coach Rex Ryan after the Jets/Giants game. Steven feels it was disrespectful, no matter how or why it was said. Jeff feels that Aaron Rodgers is ready to be MVP after throwing for 5 touchdown passes against the Bears, but Steven says Drew Brees might have something to say about that.

With all of the great games in Week 16, Steven says he happy about how the season has played out, but sad that it is almost over. The guys talk about the greatest TD of all time in where Bengals WR Jerome Simpson vaulted into the end zone over the Cardinals LB Washington to score a TD and stuck the landing ala Mary Lou Retton. The guys are disappointed that the Chargers laid an egg in Detroit, but are happy for the Lions making the playoffs. Steven says that either feline team in the post-season, be it Lions or Bengals will pose a threat to whomever they face.

Finally, Steven says that somehow the Challenge Games were fixed this year, as there were too many close games that killed him in the end, like the Colts beating the Texans in the final seconds of the game.

As the guys have their Annual Rants & Raves Network Christmas Party, they decide to record the Week 16 Preview podcast. First they want to wish everyone of you a very Merry Christmas and they ask to forgive anything they say in this show as they might have been a little, well…

Anyways, in NFL News, the guys discuss James Harrison not happy with the league for giving the Cleveland Browns a pass on how they handled Colt McCoy’s concussion. They also share some nice family Christmas stories. In getting to the games, the guys differ on five games. Jeff makes Steven pick a challenge game even though there is nothing left to play for, so Steven takes the Texans to beat the Colts on Thursday Night Football.

Merry Christmas everyone and talk to you before the new year!

The guys are tired as they return from their day trip to San Francisco to cover the Monday Night Football game between the 49ers and the Steelers. They have some great stories regarding the two power outages that delayed the game multiple times.

Young man Jordan Ellis joins his dad and uncle Steven to talk about the Week 15 games. Jordan and Steven have some fun at Jeff’s expense as Steven finished the week at 11-5 and Jeff ends the week at 8-8. However Jeff points out that he is the smartest man alive and now the 2011 Challenge Game Champion. Jeff asks that anyone with punishment ideas for Steven to email them in. Steven however says that he will not record any punishments until September and the guys let him know that just means that leaves more time for Jeff’s twisted mind to work.

Finally, the guys recap all Week 15 games and are certain that the final two weeks of the season are going to provide some great football.

Guys get you ready for Week 15 as they head out to San Francisco for Monday Night Football. In a fast and furious tangent filled show, Steven questions Jeff about the Packers going for a perfect 19-0. Steven feels the Packers will end up being disappointed if they try, while Jeff says they have to go for it. The guys send their well wishes to Wade Phillips who will be taking some time away from the Texans for a medical leave of absence.

In the games, the guys show that they can’t run a 4 minute offense or even a two minute offense as Steven says the Patriots will destroy Tim Tebow and the Broncos to put slow down and put a damper on the Tebow parade. They only disagree on four games as Jeff quickly jumped off the Chargers when Steven was going to make it the Challenge Game. Jeff knows, one more win and it’s over. Meanwhile, Steven says he guarantees the Cowboys make the playoffs and Jeff wants him to bet $100 and Steven shows growth by not taking the bet. There is a side bet that involves Ndamukong Suh.

Finally, Steven picks the Bears to beat Seattle in Soldier Field and locks it in as the Challenge Game.