Week 14 Polian Show

Polian covers a wide variety of topics

* Rookie P/K Pat McAfee: “If you were going to have an All-Rookie kicker – and I don’t know who votes for the All-Rookie teams I don’t even know who’s on them; I remember one year a guy who only played two games made the All-Rookie team and after that I quit looking– but if there was going to be an All-Rookie kicker it would be Pat McAfee. He has punted magnificently and he has kicked off magnificently. He has been a big part of that equation, in addition to which (special teams coordinator) Ray Rychleski has brought a little more aggressive scheme. He has those guys fired up and flying – led by Chad, who gets double-teamed virtually every week. Then, other players are coming in there, helping out and making plays. It has been a great year for our coverage units. To shut down (Broncos returner) Eddie Royal Sunday . . . it’s funny, if you turn on the television and radio the week prior to playing perhaps our last six or seven of the opponents, they’re one of the following: the team nobody wants to play, the team that everybody predicts is going to the playoffs, the team that has more firepower than everybody, the team that will definitely break our streak. Then, when we win the game, it’s, ‘Oh, that team’s not very good.’ Eddie Royal is a heck of a return guy. He’s a dynamic return guy and he’s a dynamic receiver. We did a wonderful job in limiting him Sunday. It wasn’t easy. It required lots and lots of hard work.”