Week Seven

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With the Bills having a bye week it would normally be difficult for me to get motivated for NFL Sunday but I was saved this week by the International Series game at Wembley.

It is always a great week here in the UK with the build up to our 5th annual International Series regular season match-up between the Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I was so stoked after this week as during the build up to the big game at Wembley both fan events in Trafalgar Square looked amazing with such a great atmosphere, man I wish I could have gone!

It started with the screening of Jerry Maguire on Friday night with guest stars including the legend that is Cuba Gooding Jr. There was a Q and A session with the commissioner Roger Goodell on Saturday morning followed by the main fan rally from lunch time on Saturday again at Trafalgar Square.

I have to say that my personal highlight was hearing that the NFL is planning to start hosting two regular season games here in London at Wembley Stadium. I am hoping this means double the chance of seeing the Buffalo Bills here in the UK.

OK so on to the big game itself, it started off quite slowly for the Bucs as Daa Bears took an early 7 point lead as Matt Forte waltzed through the Tampa defence culminating in a 32YD TD run. Tampa ended their first drive with a punt and what followed in the next three plays was quite surreal. Tampa intercepted Jay Cutler on a screen to Marion Barber, then on the very next play Freeman was intercepted on the 1YD line by Conte and just when you think you have seen everything Ronde Barber gets to Matt Forte in the his own end zone for a safety. The first ever safety in an International Series match making it 7-2.

Sadly despite it being a home game for the Buccaneers it seemed as though both the game and the crowd was going the way of the Daa Bears. Chicago dominated this game from start to finish with a total of 4 interceptions. Despite a late come back attempt from Tampa, Chicago left Wembley with a 24 – 18 win.

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Is it me or are the games just getting harder and harder to predict as the season goes on? Just when you think you are getting a handle on who is playing well and who isn’t, Jacksonville decide that this week they will mostly be beating Baltimore 12 - 7. Seriously what happened there, it is almost as though they decided they would give one of their best players the week off as Ray Rice only got 8 carries. I am sure I'm not alone it wondering what on earth they were thinking.

A big thank you to the Green Bay Packers who just keep rolling through opponents and keeping some normality to my predictions.

Here are all the results from week 7:-

Washington 20 vs 33 Carolina

Seattle 3 vs 6 Cleveland

Atlanta 23 vs 16 Detroit

Denver 18 vs 15 Miami

San Diego 21 vs 27 New York Jets

Chicago 24 vs 18 Tampa Bay

Houston 41 vs 7 Tennessee

Pittsburgh 32 vs 20 Arizona

Kansas City 28 vs 0 Oakland

St Louis 7 vs Dallas 34

Green Bay 33 vs 27 Minnesota

Indianapolis 7 vs 62 New Orleans

Baltimore 7 vs 12 Jacksonville

The Colts are continuing to struggle and as you can see from above, they got absolutely destroyed by the Saints this week. The first 9 Saints possessions led to scores making me wonder if the Colts defence actually bothered to suit up or if they played their back ups!!!!

One other game of note this week was the return of Carson Palmer as the Raiders took on the Chiefs. Although he did not start he replaced Boller and I agree with EJ as I too think in the next few weeks, despite an average performance this week, we will see the return to greatness of Palmer.

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OK ladies and gents, now onto EJ's corner, here is a recap of the questions and his insights:-

Adri - Who would you say are the Top 5 O line men in the game today and which team has the best unit as a whole?

EJ - Top Offensive Linemen:

#1: Nick Mangold (Center Jets -- truly the QB of the Jets, calling out blitzes and run blocking schemes)
#2: Joe Thomas (Tackle Browns -- best tackle in the game, someone you would want protecting your blind side for sure!)
#3: Jake Long (Tackle Dolphins -- same as above)
#4: Jahari Evans (Guard Saints -- versatile to pull on runs and a stump to move on a pass rush)
#5: D'Brickashaw Ferguson (Tackle Jets -- stud in college and pros)

Best Unit: NYJ -- see above as 2 of their linemen reached my top 5.

Adri - I know how much you love the Vikings so would love to know which area's they should be looking to draft next year?

EJ - It is going to be a rough season for them as they lack depth and talent in essentially every position. Plus they are now in a QB quandary on whether or not to stick with an ineffective vet in Donovan McNabb or get their rookie Christian Ponder some experience. In my opinion give Ponder the ball as the season already is lost and he will pick up some invaluable experience.

In terms of draft needs -- where to start as they suck in every position except RB due to having a monster like AP who reminds me of the running style of the greatest Walter Payton. Truly, I feel they need to focus shoring up the gaps on both the offensive and defensive lines as this is what I feel determines the outcomes of many games.

Adri - Do you think that Brandon Lloyd will bring much to the Rams offence, was it worth the trade or should they have waited till next year’s draft?

EJ - Brandon Lloyd = very little impact with the Rams. Yes, he will put up better stats than he did in Denver this season, but even Mike Sims-Walker who the Rams picked up during Free Agency hasn't had a big impact. The Rams could have used some draft picks to get their defence fixed or get another RB as Steven Jackson seems to have lost a step.

What about Carson, Carson, Carson (Chris Berman -- best commentator, the way he says Carson Palmer)? I really like the fit with him in Oakland having an established running game with Darren McFadden and Michael Bush (a lot better than what he had with the Bengals) and some solid young receivers not whining to get the ball like Chad Ochocinco. He will be rusty for a few weeks, but if he kept himself in shape he may become a top 10 fantasy QB.

Thank you again EJ, as always loving your work buddy. If I may buddy, for next weeks edition can I get you to throw three questions my way and I will provide the answers as always next week, cheers buddy.

4th Down

I am really looking forward to my Bills return to action next week against the spluttering Redskins. This is a big game for me as it involves bragging rights with one of my best friends. If we loose I will not be able to show my face for a while so come on Bills lets hit them with a stampede led by Fitzmagic!

To help get you all in the mood ready for next weekends action, check out the Top 5 Catches from this week http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-top-5-catches/09000d5d8236c883/Top-five-catches-of-Week-7 also I found this nugget this week, please check out the Nuttiest moments of week 7 http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-countdowns/09000d5d8236c82e/Week-7-Nuttiest-Moments-of-the-Week.

I shall keep the finale short and sweet this week, so as always guys, girls and fellow #Billsmafia 'Thanks for stopping by'

Week Six

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'INTENSE' is the one word I would use to describe this week’s action.  Every game this week seemed to finally have the intensity levels I've come to know and love from the NFL. I mean you only have to look at what happened between the coaches after the 49ers vs Lions game to see how revved up everyone was.


I don't know what happened this week, maybe everyone is finally up to match fitness or maybe it's because we are now a third of the way through the regular season and games are starting to mean so much for everyone!


This week saw me returning to watch NFL Redzone again as I wasn't too sure the live games on Sky Sports would give me the fix I need. I am so glad I did this because as I've said before it gives me a feel for every game.


The early games this week included my awesome Bills at the Giants, Panthers at the Falcons and Steelers at home to the Jaguars.


I feel at this point Cam Newton has something against me as every time I pick him to win or do well for my Fantasy Team on NFLUK.com he has a bad game just to spite me. This week not only did he lose against the Falcons but he decided he would throw three picks to cancel out the points from his rushing TD, I mean how rude is that!


The Bills were involved in yet another close game this week. I started the match in my Crystal Palace top as I'd forgotten to change.  The game was going well until I remembered to change into my Bills top at which point we threw a pick and conceded a touchdown.  As you can guess, off came the Bills top and back on with the Palace top.


Believe it or not, this actually seemed to work as we managed to pull level at 24 all and kept the Giants to just a field goal after a penalty on third down put them in great field position. Alas this week it seems it just wasn't meant to be as we got into the Giants half, Fitzmagic looked for Stevie J on a go route and under throw it leading to a pick which killed the game.


One final note on the Bills, I heard this week we are just 6 points from being 6 - 0. Normally I would feel hard done by until someone pointed out we were also just 13 points from starting the season 1 - 5. It just goes to show you how it truly is a game of inches and the smallest margins can result in great joy or pure devastation!


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Here is all the scores from Week 6:-


Carolina 17 vs 31 Atlanta
Indianapolis 17 vs 27 Cincinnati
San Francisco 25 vs 19 Detroit
St Louis 3 vs 24 Green Bay
Buffalo 24 vs 27 New York Giants
Jacksonville 13 vs 17 Pittsburgh
Philadelphia 20 vs 13 Washington
Houston 14 vs 29 Baltimore
Cleveland 17 vs 24 Oakland
Dallas 16 vs 20 New England
New Orleans 20 vs 26 Tampa Bay 26
Minnesota 10 vs 39 Chicago
Miami 6 vs 24 New York Jets


As you can see from the highlighted scores above, I was only able to nail 7 out of 13 in my predictions this week. That is also another reason why I don't like sharing my predictions as when you get them wrong you have to seriously hang your head in shame!


You can also see how close to call the games are this year with 7 of the 13 games being decided by one score or less.  With that in mind I'm afraid to say that to spare myself the shame; I won't be including my weekly predictions again unless you want them that is?


On top of the intensity this week, we have seen some more simply outstanding catches. I would like to say that for all the press the QB's get these days, let's not forget that without receivers of this quality they might as well pack up their lockers and stay at home!


Check out these Top 5 beauties from week 6 http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-top-5-catches/09000d5d82332f30/Week-6-Top-5-catches It is brilliant to see that the top 3 catches this week were from TE's.


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OK so onto the section I'm sure you have been waiting for and that is Q & A time with EJ. I personally always look forward to it as it is great to hear from such knowledgeable fans.


Adri - Come the end of the season, who will be the league's leading QB,RB,WR,TE and Defence?

EJ - Leading QB: Aaron Rodgers (currently about even with Tom Brady on TD's, yards and has thrown far less INT's, plus is a better runner)

Leading RB: Very tough call with Darren McFadden/Fred Jackson/AP, but going to go with Ray Rice simply because his team seems balanced both running and throwing as well is a threat in the passing game


Leading WR: Megatron! Calvin Johnson is unstoppable especially with TD receptions. One guy that may be the overall leader in yardage though is Wes Welker simply due to how many catches he receives a game


Leading TE: Jimmy Graham -- freak athlete with ball catching skills/speed of a WR


Leading Defense: May be old, but they are still clicking and causing turnovers at a rapid rate -- the Baltimore Ravens.

Adri - I know its early but who currently playing in college should we be looking out for in next years draft?

EJ - Top 3 prospects to keep an eye on: Andrew Luck (QB Stanford -- a lock to go #1)/ LaMichael James (RB Oregon, stud but is questionable this week with an injury) -- other RB's in next couple of years Ray Graham (RB Pitt) and Lamar Miller (RB Miami)/Justin Blackmon -- could have been selected high in last years draft (WR OKSt)/sleeper pick Tyrann Mathieu LSU only a sophomore but makes big plays aka the honey badger (google honey badger, very funny but R rated due to language)

Adri - Does Tebow deserve the starting job in Denver, if not who is the best suited team for him?

EJ - Tebow by no means has earned the starting position. First off, how did he get over Brady Quinn the original backup? He is being given the ball due a fan base that loves him. His skill does not match that of Orton's, but I believe his will and character will make the Broncos more competitive, so I do think that it was a smart move.

Adri - Finally the question everyone is asking this week, is it time for Romo to be moved on and replaced?

EJ - Romo...sigh. So many ups and downs. I feel he is healthy now and therefore hopefully will eliminate many of the dumb turnovers. He has looked great at times and poor at times. If Dallas could get a run game going, that would help him out consistently. Leave him in, he is the best they got, although it may be time for big D to be looking at drafting a QB.


Congrats on win #1 in Fantasy Football, I am currently 5-0, but feel I am going to have a historic collapse like that of the Boston Red Sox.

As always EJ, thank you so much for your feedback. For the record I have checked out the Honey Badger and he looks phenomenal, for those who haven't seen him in action, check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGKKoMSrECU


I can't wait to see him in the NFL, I think he should be drafted by the Bills!


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As we are now a third of the way through the season, I thought we should take a look at the top performers so far.


Top 5 QB's

Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, Cam Newton & Eli Manning

Top 5 RB's

Darren McFadden, Fred Jackson, Maurice Jones-Drew, Beanie Wells & LeSean McCoy

Top 5 WR's

Wes Welker, Steve Smith, Jimmy Graham, Mike Wallace & Calvin Johnson

Top 5 Tacklers

Pat Angerer, Kavell Conner, Desmond Bishop, George Wilson & NaVorro Bowman

Top 5 Ballhawks

Kyle Arrington, Morgan Burnett, Kurt Coleman, Antonio Cromartie & Thomas DeCoud

I couldn't do a section like this without mentioning the offensive lineman. Simply the most important unit on the field, yet get nowhere near as much press as they should.


With that in mind, EJ who would you say are the Top 5 O line men in the game today and which team has the best unit as a whole?


Also buddy, I know how much you love the Vikings so would love to know which area's they should be looking to draft next year?


One final question, do you think that Brandon Lloyd will bring much to the Rams offence, was it worth the trade or should they have waited till next year’s draft?


Finally I want to finish up by saying it’s a special week in the UK for NFL as we have the international series regular season game between the Buccaneers and Bears.


The NFL and NFLUK always make a great event of this special occasion and this year they have added a try outs section for young players between 16 and 18.  This just shows how much the sport is developing in the UK.


Also there will be a special event on Friday night at Trafalgar Square followed by the annual fan rally at Trafalgar Square on Saturday from 12pm. Both events will be hosted by the legend that is Mr Neil
Reynolds (@neilreynoldsnfl) With the game and tailgate party this Sunday 23rd October, which is also my Birthday!


I have been to a couple of these games at Wembley and the atmosphere just gets better and better. If you haven't been to one I highly recommend trying to get a ticket as it's a great occasion for all! That's all for now and so until next week my friends 'Thanks for stopping by'

Week Five

1st Down

'Freddy, Freddy, Freddy' I have to tell you that listening to the Ralph chanting that this week after Fred Jackson made a big play really got me wishing I was there being a part of that crowd.

Welcome to week 5, I'm sure you can all tell which early game I had the joy of watching on Sunday!

First up this week on Sky Sports was my Bills vs the currently low flying Eagles. I really wasn't sure how this game would pan out, but one things for sure, this game had me swinging me imaginary towel and whistling on 3rd down in the hope it would put the Eagles off. One small problem with that of course, I'm in front of a TV about 4000 miles away but somehow I thought it would work!

The Eagles had the first possession and from the off it seemed like George Wilson was making every tackle, he was just everywhere you looked. Despite the Eagles being able to move the ball, we managed to get early pressure on Vick which resulted in a tipped pass being intercepted by Reggie Corner.

Time for the offence to show their quality and from the start Fred Jackson ran on 5 of the first 6 plays of the drive which lead to his 5yd TD run and a chorus of 'Freddy, Freddy, Freddy'.  I can't stress enough how great the crowd at the Ralph was and just how much I would have done to be a part of it. The crowd is always amazing, even when I was there two years ago sitting through a 6 – 3 loss the Browns, the crowd kept chanting, you wouldn't get that at Old Trafford that's for sure!

Anyway back to the game, the Eagles next drive led to an interception by the man who was just everywhere, George Wilson. He picked off a pass which was under thrown thanks to a hit on Vick at the release.

The Bills defence was amazing in this game as far as Turnovers are concerned including a 31YD interception return from our summer free agent signing Nick Barnett.

The Bills defence finished with 4 interceptions and a fumble recovery as we ended up victorious 31 - 24. The Bills have started the season 4 - 1 for the first time since 2008. One final comment on this game is a congratulations to Michael Vick for surpassing Randall Cunningham's rushing yards total for a QB meaning he is now the No.1 rushing QB of all time.

I feel I have bored you all enough with my beloved Bills game and so let's move onto the rest of the action.

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I will start with the undefeated teams, despite getting off to a slow start against the Falcons by going 14 - 0 down, the Packers once again showed their class as they then came back to finish off the Falcons with 25 unanswered points and winning 25 - 14. Packers move to 5 – 0 and looking like they are heading to another Superbowl.

Of course that is unless the other undefeated team in the NFC, the Detroit Lions has anything to say about it. They didn't let the pressure of their first Monday night game since 1984 get to them as they beat the Bears 24 – 13.

I want to give a special mention this week to a former Bills player and his team who have really surprised me with their results this year. To Donte Whitner and the rest of the 49ers Franchise, I say you are doing an amazing job and your defence is really helping one of my fantasy teams this year. Keep up the good work.

At the start of the season I didn't expect them to be at 4 - 1 after week five and they destroyed the Buccaneers on Sunday 48 - 3. Again I say much respect and keep up the fine team effort.

Here is all the scores from Week 5:-

Philadelphia 24 vs 31 Buffalo
New Orleans 30 vs 27 Carolina
Oakland 25 vs 20 Houston
Kansas City 28 vs 24 Indianapolis
Cincinnati 30 vs 20 Jacksonville
Arizona 10 vs 34 Minnesota
Seattle 36 vs 25 New York Giants
Tennessee 17 vs 38 Pittsburgh
Tampa Bay 3 vs 48 San Francisco
San Diego 29 vs 24 Denver
New York Jets 21 vs 30 New England
Green Bay 25 vs 14 Atlanta
Chicago 13 vs 24 Detroit

3rd Down

OK so I would like to bump the q and a up to this slot this week as I shall be trying something new for 4th Down.

Firstly a big thank you to EJ for providing the answers as requested.  Here is a reminder of the questions along with EJ's answers:-

Adri - Of the winless teams Miami, St Louis, Minnesota and Indianapolis who will be the first to win a game this year and who is destined for 0 – 16?

EJ - My gut is the dolphins will be the last team to win as they have lost their QB indefinitely. I don't see any team losing 16 like the lions 3 years ago.

Adri - Out of the surprise early pace setters i.e. 49ers, Bills & Lions, who is their MVP, the one player that if they lost would come crashing down like the Colts?

EJ - Bills: Ryan Fitzpatrick-a gamer and someone who his team-mates respect


San Fran: Want to say their coach Harbaugh. Likely going to say Alex Smith, not gaudy numbers but pulling off victories.


Detroit: Without question Megatron aka Calvin Johnson. 2 TD's per game...unstoppable!

Adri - I'm sure everyone also wants to know your take on the big one, which two teams are heading to the Superbowl?

EJ - Green Bay over New England

Again thanks for that EJ, I like how that worked so I have a few more questions for you!

Come the end of the season, who will be the league's leading QB,RB,WR,TE and Defence?

I know its early but who currently playing in college should we be looking out for in next years draft?

Does Tebow deserve the starting job in Denver, if not who is the best suited team for him?

Finally the question everyone is asking this week, is it time for Romo to be moved on and replaced?

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I thought I would finish up this week by doing something I don't usually like sharing and that's my predictions for next weeks games.  The only reason I don't normally do this is that I don't want my fellow Spartan team-mates to know who I'll be betting on for madden superstars on the book of face!

San Francisco vs Detroit – Detroit
St Louis vs Green Bay – Green Bay
Carolina vs Atlanta – Carolina
Indianapolis vs Cincinnati – Cincinnati
Buffalo vs New York Giants – Buffalo
Jacksonville vs Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh
Philadelphia vs Washington – Washington
Houston vs Baltimore – Baltimore
Cleveland vs Oakland – Oakland
Dallas vs New England – New England
New Orleans vs Tampa Bay – New Orleans
Minnesota vs Chicago – Minnesota
Miami vs New York Jets – New York Jets

If anyone has any questions or feedback for me, even any articles you want me to post then please drop me a comment or tweet me the link @AdriMallows

One final comment before I let you go, I'm sure you'll be as pleased as me to know that both my Fantasy teams picked up their first W of the season this week. There's no stopping me now lol!

As always guys and girls 'Thanks for Stopping by'

Week Four

1st Down

Week 4 is now in the history books as they say, 3 teams entered it with an unbeaten record and only 2 remain after another outstanding week of action.

Unfortunately for me and the rest of the #BillsMafia, it was our team of unknown legends that bit the bullet this week in a loss to the Bengals 23 – 20.  After an early exchange of field goals our defence decided that it was time for a big play and that's what we got with Bryan Scott taking his pick back to the house.

It was an amazing heads up play as the receiver was on the floor juggling the pass, Scott reached in and picked it.  A short while later George Wilson got in on the act with his 2nd pick of the season which led to Fred Jackson's 2yd yard TD run. At the half we found ourselves up 17 - 3, a strange feeling given the last two weeks. Alas baring a field goal that was our scoring done for the day and credit to the Bengals D and Andy Dalton for pulling out the Win with the last kick off the game.

Despite rumours of bad officiating from the fans, the players have taken full responsibility for the loss and I look forward to seeing how we rebound next week against the Eagles.  Speaking off the Eagles, so much for the self proclaimed dream team on defence as they were outplayed and outfought by the 49ers who came away from that game with a 24 - 23 win and a record of 3 – 1.

I think after this week, I am definitely dropping the Eagles defence from my fantasy team and would highly recommend you do the same if you own them.

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OK so enough about the Bills and their future opponents. After the joys of watching Redzone last week I decided I would mix it up and watch the live game on sky sports this week which firstly was the Lions vs Cowboys.

I decided I needed to watch this game to decide for myself if I think the Lions are the real deal this year.  It started off as I expected with Dallas going up by two scores and taking an early 10 - 0 lead. Romo looked like he could do no wrong while Stafford was spluttering and the Lions where failing to sustain
any drives until the 2nd quarter where they managed a field goal.

Unfortunately for them that was there only score in the first half as Dallas answered back with another 10 points taking a half time lead of 20 – 3.  I have to be honest at this point I thought the Lions were in for a mauling and so I diverted back to the faithful Redzone channel. As seems to be my theme for this year so far I was wrong and had underestimated the Lions and kept getting the updates from their game.

With three interceptions, two of which going for scores, Detroit where on the march and leaving the Cowboys in their wake.  The scoring bounced back and forth and till the fourth quarter where I witnessed the legend known as Megatron aka Calvin Johnson. This man is just simply outstanding catching two touchdown passes in heavy traffic to see the Lions come out on top of this one 34 - 30. I think one of the commentators said it best when he said Dallas doesn't have an Optimus Prime and so there is no way they can stop MEGATRON!

He has now set a new record for consecutive games with two touchdown receptions. He already has 8 touchdowns and we have only just finished week 4. In conclusion as far as the Lions are concerned they have shown me this week that they truly mean business this year and will no doubt make the play-offs I hold my hands up and say yes I was wrong with what I said last week about them and kudos to them for playing so well.

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With that said let's move onto the rest of the games from week 4 by starting with all the results:-

Carolina 29 - 34 Chicago
Buffalo 20 - 23 Cincinnati
Tennessee 31 - 13 Cleveland
Detroit 34 - 30 Dallas
Pittsburgh 10 - 17 Houston
New Orleans 23 - 10 Jacksonville
Minnesota 17 - 22 Kansas City
San Francisco 24 - 23 Philladelphia
Washington 17 - 10 St Louis
New York Giants 31 - 27 Arizona
Atlanta 30 - 28 Seattle
Denver 23 - 49 Green Bay
New England 31 - 19 Oakland
Miami 16 - 26 San Diego
New York Jets 17 - 34 Baltimore
Indianapolis 17 - 24 Tampa Bay

So how about those Carolina Panthers, well Cam Newton seems to be working miracles with that offence and Steve Smith is playing like he's in the first few years of his career. They seem to be taking a lot of teams close this year without winning so I don't see them in the play-offs, maybe next year guys!

So far this season we have also seen some big name teams with incredibly bad records with the Colts sitting at 0 - 4 without Manning, the Eagles are surprisingly 1 - 3. Did the Eagles maybe add two many players this off season and subsequently are lacking in team chemistry? Finally it brings me to the Steelers, seriously man what's happening there. 2 - 2 after four games and they find themselves propping up the AFC North.

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I always like to save this section for a bit of Q & A, this week I would like to flip the switch if EJ and Justin would care to indulge me?

This week gents I would like you to be my guru's and I'm going to ask you some questions which I would like you to answer and I will then publish your answers here next week!

OK so here goes gentleman:-

Of the winless teams Miami, St Louis, Minnesota and Indianapolis who will be the first to win a game this year and who is destined for 0 – 16?

Out of the surprise early pace setters i.e. 49ers, Bills & Lions, who is their MVP, the one player that if they lost would come crashing down like the Colts?

I'm sure everyone also wants to know your take on the big one, which two teams are heading to the Superbowl?

There is a fiver in it if one of you says the Bills lol!

Finally I want to finish this week on more of a serious note. This week saw the start of Pinktober, a month of raising awareness of breast cancer/cancer. It is something that I'm sure has touched all our lives at some point or another and I'm so happy that the NFL does so much for a great cause.

Every team supports the cause by wearing something pink whether it be a ribbon on the helmet to wearing pink on the gloves and cleats. I'm showing my support by wearing my ribbon and painting my nails pink for the month.

If you can and if its only a small gesture like above, please show your support for Pinktober. Alternatively if you have the money and you want to get your hands on some match-day gear worn by the players then head over to www.nfl.com where they are auctioning off these items with the proceeds going to various cancer charities. Thank you in advance for supporting the cause!

'Thanks for stopping by'