The Mighty MJD of Yahoo’s Shutdown Corner joins the show to talk about the best weekend of the NFL season. It’s widely thought that Division Round weekend is the best weekend in the NFL so we “tackle” all that happened on Saturday and Sunday with one of the top NFL bloggers around.

First, we talk about his podcast, On the Corner (a member of the On the... sports podcasting family) as well as writing Shutdown Corner. Could he do his job covering the NFL without ever talking about the games? There is so much going on around the league that the games sometimes seen secondary.  We also talk a little about Chris Cooley’s contributions to the Corner and ask MJD what other football player or coach he’d like to see blogging.

On to the games. Three road teams won, so what was the most surprising thing about Divisional Round weekend? This leads to a conversation about Carolina and how terribly Jake Delhomme played. Was it because he was terrible, or because the Cardinals played well.

And speaking of the Cardinals, we ask MJD what we’re supposed to think about Kurt Warner. Is he likeable, or is his public persona too good to be true (like a certain QB in Philly, perhaps)?

We cover the biggest surprises, so we look at the flip side - what happened that shouldn’t have surprised us? And who is the best player left in the playoffs. MJD goes defense first, but we all come around to wonder at the spectacle that is Larry Fitzgerald.

Looking forward - is a nine-win team slated to go to the Super Bowl a good thing? MJD wrote yesterday that it shouldn’t even be a factor. They are in the title game for a reason, and that reason is that they are playing the best football right now. We discuss that, the importance of hot streaks and discuss if the bye week has become more of a hindrance for teams. Why not expand the playoffs to 16 teams and eliminate the bye week?

If the Eagles win the title, it will be the first Super Bowl for Philadelphia. Even though everyone will agree that this isn’t even close to the best Eagles team, it’d be the one with the trophy. We ask MJD which is more important: the legacy (like the Pats going 16-0 and 18-1) or the trophy? Is it more important to be remembered as one of the best, or be an average team that got hot and won a ring?

We’re in a bubble here, so we ask who America is rooting for. We also talk about Josh McDaniels getting the Denver job at 32-years old and lament what we’re all doing with our lives.

After the interview, Nick and I talk about some of the potential Super Bowl storylines.