So I make my way over to the blog for Jawbone today (which is another podcast you should definitely be listening to, by the way), and he has a link to this nominee for the Bad Ideas Hall of Fame:

Honestly? A jersey for neither team, but for the Super Bowl itself? Who in their right mind would spend $125 on this thing? Heck, that thing's so ugly, I don't think I'd wear one if they were giving them out for free.

You almost have to wonder if the NFL started hiring the chimpanzees from the CareerBuilder commercials. At least they had the good sense to keep Britney out of their Super Bowl commercial. (Of course, even a chimp would have enough sense to make that move...)

This week, Scott and Steve dish out some belated dap and preview the shows to come during the NFL offseason.

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Cowboys coach Bill Parcells announced in a statement Monday morning that he is retiring from coaching football. The announcement comes more than two weeks after their last-second playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks.

While this announcement does end the speculation of whether or not Parcells would continue to coach, it does put the Cowboys in a disadvantageous position, given that the Senior Bowl is approaching very quickly and most of the other vacant head coaching jobs have already been filled. There is no indication of who the Cowboys plan to interview, or if the process had already begun, just in case.

We'll have details on the implication of this announcement as well as the other coaching changes throughout the league in our coaching carousel episode in late February.

This week, Scott and Steve recap the Divisional games and preview the Conference Championships. Will we pick with our hearts or with our heads? Plus, some additional podcast recommendations!

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Podcasts Mentioned:
The HD Podcast
The Rookie

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As you'll hear on our next episode, NFL.com and SuperBowl.com have conspired to make logging into the playoff league considerably more difficult.

Here's a link to the home page of the Playoff Challenge in case you end up having the same trouble we did: http://freechallenge.5.football.superbowl.com/challenge/home

This week, Scott and Steve recap the Wild Card games and preview the Divisional playoff matchups. Wondering which players are good picks for the Extra Points Playoff League? We've got the skinny!

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This week, Podcaster Fantasy League champions Greg and Clea from Upon Further Review join Steve to discuss their winning strategies for the 2006 season and preview the Wild Card playoff games and which players are good picks for the Extra Points Playoff League.

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Links:
Upon Further Review
The Mep Report

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Over the last few weeks Nick Saban kept saying there was no way he was leaving Miami, and how committed he was to owner Wayne Huizenga. Well, the team confirmed yesterday that Saban...surprise!...was leaving Miami to coach the University of Alabama. He will reportedly get $32 million over 8 years.

It seems to be a good move for Saban, who was stellar as a college coach, leading LSU to the national championship in '03, but mediocre at best in the pros (15-17 record with the Dolphins). But kind of sucks for Miami.

And it proves the old adage: never believe a word that comes out of any coach's mouth. :)

The Arizona Cardinals and Atlanta Falcons made the first two moves of the offseason, firing coaches Dennis Green and Jim Mora, respectively. Neither move is completely surprising, given Arizona's disappointing season following the signing of Edgerring James and drafting of Matt Leinart, and Atlanta's slide following a 5-2 start and subsequent sniping between players and coaches in the media.

We'll have a full wrap-up of all the coaching changes around the league after all the empty coaching positions have been vacated and filled, likely in late February.