This week we’re pleased to welcome Craig to the site to cast his eye over this weekend’s game. Craig is from the Black Country and supports the Dallas Cowboys (boo!). As a Villa fan, he also has a connection to the Cleveland Browns as well.

He’s heading to Wembley this weekend, where we shall try and meet up with him. Anyway… over to Craig

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Indianapolis Colts @ St. Louis Rams
Colts to win. They have been nothing short of impressive this term: Manning is as good as ever, the wide receiver roster is performing well (Garcon and Collie have stepped up this year), the running backs are doing their bit (Brown has impressed me) and defensively they are looking pretty solid. The Rams will do nothing against them and will rack up another loss in a disappointing season thus far. 35-3 Colts blow-out.

New England Patriots @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Wembley Stadium, London
New England to win. No contest. Tampa have been atrocious this season.
After the Pats destroyed the Titans last week even before half time I can’t see them losing this Sunday. Brady will pick the Tampa defence to bits. Williams might create something for the Bucs, but it’s not going to make any difference. 34-6 Pats.

Green Bay Packers @ Cleveland Browns
Green Bay to win.
I like Green Bay… their set-up is very likeable. They have some quality players on their roster and when they gel then they are nigh-on unstoppable. Rodgers linking with Driver, Jennings, Finley… Grant running amock. All they need to do is improve their offensive line. Rodgers is getting sacked way too often; Grant isn’t being given a chance when running. Get that sorted and they would have won those games that they have lost this season. Cleveland have improved as of late and defensively they are looking tough to beat. A shame that their offence isn’t up to scratch. 28-7 Packers.

Minnesota Vikings @ Pittsburgh Steelers
The Vikings have really impressed me this season. They’re composed and focused, and it’s shown. Having the experience and talent of Favre at the head of the team is clearly showing its worth. The Steelers have not performed like the Superbowl winners of last year. They’re not played badly, but they’ve made a meal of games they should have walked easily; during the 4th quarter especially.
They need to stay sharp and shut games down. That said, they aren’t doing that so I can see the Vikings getting a score in the final 3 minutes to take the win. 28-21 Vikings.

San Francisco 49ers @ Houston Texans
Houston to win. Another two teams that have impressed me this term. Houston’s offence and the 49ers defence (Falcons game not included). I think that game shook them up a little so they will either come out all guns blazing or with a nervous look about them. If it’s the latter then Schaub, who is in the running for a pro-bowl appearance, will have a field day. San Fran are struggling offensively, and it will be interesting to see whether Crabtree is finally utilised. 3TD and another 300yds for Schaub in my eyes. 24-10 Houston.

San Diego Chargers @ Kansas City Chiefs
The Chargers must be hurting. Losing games they expect to win and playing within themselves. Rivers longest pass this season is a mere 25yds! He needs to be looking for defence breaking passes and getting some yardage instead of going safe every play. If you throw it Jackson will catch it, so go for the risk Phil. LDT is back too after a couple of games out so I’d like to see him run the ball 15-20 times. That should be more than enough to cause some trouble. Plus the Chiefs have won 1 of 6 this season, they shouldn’t put up much of a fight. 31-10 Chargers.

Buffalo Bills @ Carolina Panthers
This won’t be a match that will grab many headlines. Neither team are performing well. TO has been a disappointment and Steve Smith has been overthrown as the dominate Steve Smith in the division by the Giants man. A quiet game with few big plays and lots of field goals. 13-9 Panthers.

New York Jets @ Oakland Raiders
Jets to win. Oakland pick up the result of season in my eyes so far, a shocking win against an Eagles side that under-performed. Badly. Same could be said for the Jets. A shocking win for the Bills against a Jets team that struggled. Sanchez must shoulder the blame for this, how he copes with it will be interesting. The only plus point from that game was Thomas Jones playing out of his skin. However I foresee them to bounce back and beat a struggling Oakland. 17-3 Jets.

Atlanta Falcons @ Dallas Cowboys
Falcons to win. Dallas must be the most inconsistent and frustrating teams to watch. They’re either brilliant, or dire. No inbetween. Romo, for all the hate he gets has the potential to be a great quarterback. For some reason he seems to show this on occasion but totally fluff it up the next. The running game will be Dallas’ focal point against the Falcons anyway, and with Jones back they have 3 excellent backs at their disposable. The Falcons seem to have finally found some mojo and are putting together a nice little run. Ryan is stepping up and doing his bit well, and Turner the Burner is running like a man possessed. It will be close, but I think Ryan will stay focused and get a winning drive out of his team while Romo looks on at what he could have done differently. 21-17 Falcons.

New Orleans Sants @ Miami Dolphins
Saints to win. Easy decision (lol, will I live to regret that comment?). Saints are on a roll and are much looking like a Superbowl team. Everything they do seems to work, and Brees can’t be stopped apparently. They also do well at shutting the running game down, which is what Miami will be looking to do. Can’t see them getting too much joy out of this match-up. 38-10 Saints.

Chicago Bears @ Cincinnati Bengals
Bengals to win. The Cardiac Cats as they have been dubbed this season. Some amazing 4th quarter performances by these guys. Palmer has stepped up and is having a great season and Cedric Benson has been a breath of fresh air. Chicago have Jay Cutler, who has had some good and some bad performances, and Matt Forte who has been largely disappointing and ineffective this season. The Bears are a good side, but I feel that the Bengals have the momentum, the heart and the better options to win this game. 21-14 Bengals.

Arizona Cardinals @ New York Giants
Giants to win. The Cardinals proved last week that stats mean nothing. Ranked last in pass defence and yet they completely shut down Hasselbeck and the Seahawks. Impressive defensive performance. The Giants, not so impressive last week. Eli looked frustrated against a monstrous Saints side. They will be looking to shake that off and get back on the winning track. The Giants are a good side who had a bad week, and the Cards are an average side who had a great week. I expect order to be restored. 28-14 Giants.

Philadelphia Eagles @ Washington Redskins
Eagles to win. Eagles will be looking to get back to winning ways after a humiliating defeat at the hands of Oakland. What better way than against a struggling Redskins team? Campbell hasn’t looked like the man to lead this Skins team forward. Portis has had on/off games and the defence doesn’t really look settled. 31-7 Eagles.