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NFL 2011 Week 3 Predictions
Sep 22nd
All matches Sunday 25th September unless specified.
| Andrew | Graham | Craig | Offical MAC Prediction |
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| Last Week | 12-4 | 14-2 | 12-4 | 12-4 | |
| Season To Date | 23-9 | 26-6 | 24-8 | 25-7 | |
| Pittsburgh Steelers @ Indianapolis Colts |
PIT | PIT | PIT | PIT | |
| Baltimore Ravens @ St. Louis Rams |
BAL | BAL | BAL | BAL | |
| Arizona Cardinals @ Seattle Seahawks |
ARI | SEA | ARI | ARI | |
| Kansas City Chiefs @ San Diego Chargers |
SD | SD | SD | SD | |
| New York Giants @ Philadelphia Eagles |
NYG | PHI | NYG | NYG | |
| New York Jets @ Oakland Raiders |
NYJ | NYJ | NYJ | NYJ | |
| Houston Texans @ New Orleans Saints |
HOU | NO | NO | NO | |
| Detroit Lions @ Minnesota Vikings |
DET | DET | DET | DET | |
| Miami Dolphins @ Cleveland Browns |
CLE | MIA | MIA | MIA | |
| San Francisco 49ers @ Cincinnati Bengals |
SF | SF | CIN | SF | |
| Green Bay Packers @ Chicago Bears |
CHI | GB | GB | GB | |
| Jacksonville Jaguars @ Carolina Panthers |
CAR | JAX | CAR | CAR | |
| New England Patriots @ Buffalo Bills |
NE | NE | NE | NE | |
| Atlanta Falcons @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
ATL | TB | ATL | ATL | |
| Denver Broncos @ Tennessee Titans |
TEN | TEN | TEN | TEN | |
| Washington Redskins @ Dallas CowboysMonday 26th September |
WAS | WAS | WAS | WAS |
NFL 2011 Week 2 Predictions
Sep 15th
All matches Sunday 18th September unless specified.
| Andrew | Graham | Craig | Offical MAC Prediction |
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| Last Week | 11-5 | 12-4 | 12-4 | 13-3 | |
| Season To Date | 11-5 | 12-4 | 12-4 | 13-3 | |
| Seattle Seahawks @ Pittsburgh Steelers | PIT | PIT | PIT | PIT | |
| Jacksonville @ New York Jets | NYJ | NYJ | NYJ | NYJ | |
| Baltimore Ravens @ Tennessee Titans | BAL | BAL | BAL | BAL | |
| Kansas City @ Detroit Lions | DET | DET | DET | DET | |
| Arizona Cardinals @ Washington Redskins | WAS | WAS | WAS | WAS | |
| Chicago Bears @ New Orleans Saints | NO | NO | NO | NO | |
| Oakland Raiders @ Buffalo Bills | OAK | BUF | BUF | BUF | |
| Cleveland Browns @ Indianapolis Colts | IND | CLE | IND | IND | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Minnesota Vikings | TB | TB | TB | TB | |
| Green Bay Packers @ Carolina Panthers | GB | GB | GB | GB | |
| Dallas Cowboys @ San Francisco 49ers | DAL | DAL | DAL | DAL | |
| Cincinnati Bengals @ Denver Broncos | DEN | DEN | DEN | DEN | |
| San Diego Chargers @ New England Patriots | NE | NE | NE | NE | |
| Houston Texans @ Miami Dolphins | HOU | HOU | HOU | HOU | |
| Philadelphia Eagles @ Atlanta Falcons | ATL | PHI | PHI | PHI | |
| St. Louis Rams @ New York Giants Monday 19th September |
STL | NYG | STL | STL |
Wembley Watch 2011 – 5 weeks to go
Sep 14th
5 weeks and a handful of days to go until the Buccaneers host the Bears at Wembley Stadium for this year’s NFL International Series. That’s the 23rd October at 6pm.
With week 1 in the books, let’s take a look and see how the two teams got on!
NFL @ Wembley
NFL @ Wembley
Countdown to Wembley…
Sep 12th
We’ve added a little timer in the sidebar of the site. It’s now less than 6 weeks and we’re already getting excited.
You’d be better off using our timer, or your own, rather than relying on the “official” one at nfluk.com. That one is suggesting that the kick off is at 4 in the morning of Tuesday 25th. Nice flash new site, NFLUK, not such great logic. 
Really, nfl UK?
It’s OK, we’re allowed to make fun of mistakes others make as we never make any ourselves.*
*this is not even remotely true
NFL 2011 Week 1 Predictions
Sep 8th
And we’re off! On the day that the NFL UK International Series tickets went on pre-sale, the NFL kicks of its 2011 season and we’re ready for it, and very excited. All of us are looking to improve our numbers from last year in the always tricky week 1.
All matches Sunday 11th September unless specified.
| Andrew | Graham | Craig | Offical MAC Prediction |
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| New Orleans @ Green Bay Thursday 8th September |
GB | GB | GB | GB | |
| Cincinnati @ Cleveland | CLE | CLE | CLE | CLE | |
| Tennessee @ Jacksonville | TEN | TEN | TEN | TEN | |
| Indianapolis @ Houston | HOU | HOU | HOU | HOU | |
| Pittsburgh @ Baltimore | PIT | BAL | BAL | BAL | |
| Philadelphia @ St. Louis | STL | PHI | PHI | PHI | |
| Buffalo @ Kansas City | BUF | BUF | KC | BUF | |
| Detroit @ Tampa Bay | DET | TB | DET | DET | |
| Atlanta @ Chicago | ATL | CHI | CHI | CHI | |
| Minnesota @ San Diego | SD | SD | SD | SD | |
| NY Giants @ Washington | WAS | WAS | WAS | WAS | |
| Seattle @ San Francisco | SF | SF | SF | SF | |
| Carolina @ Arizona | ARI | ARI | ARI | ARI | |
| Dallas @ NY Jets | NYJ | NYJ | NYJ | NYJ | |
| New England @ Miami Monday 12th September |
NE | NE | NE | NE | |
| Oakland @ Denver Monday 12th September |
OAK | OAK | DEN | OAK |
NFL 2011 Predictions: The NFC
Sep 6th
NFC East
(1) Philadelphia Eagles - The Eagles are the supposed “dream team”, and have weapons on offense such as Vick, McCoy and Jackson. However Vick has already shown his inconsistency during preseason, and is vulnerable to injury. The defense is looking strong due to the upgrades, but i think they are weak at linebacker. Paper champions, but i suspect they get usurped when the real games start.
(2) Washington Redskins - I have the Redskins second based on the run game and the defense, although a good team will take the run game away and force Grossman to beat them, which won’t happen.
(3) Dallas Cowboys - The Cowboys will be better than last year with Romo back, but the run game looks iffy to me. The defense looks to have a few weak areas too, especially in the secondary.
(4) New York Giants – A tough year for the Giants.
NFL 2011: Wembley Watch – 7 Weeks To Go
Sep 6th
As we did last year, each week we’ll be taking a look at the two teams that will compete in this years NFL International Series, a match that could be a real treat for NFL UK fans.
Chicago Bears
The Bears came oh-so-close last season as they went out in the Championship game against the eventually Super Bowl winning Green Bay Packers. There were accusations and recriminations as Jay Cutler was unable to finish the game and the Bears went into the final quarter with 3rd string QB Caleb Hanie taking the snaps.
They’ve spent the off-season quietly going about their business and come into this season eyeing the NFC North and looking enviously towards Green Bay. On the opening weekend they host the Atlanta Falcons, the team that was the best in the NFC last year. It’s true that there are no easy games in the NFL (well, not many…) but this is one of the hardest. The Bears are struggling with injuries in the secondary so to have the explosive receiving corp of the Falcons coming will be a tough ask. More >
NFL 2011 Predictions: The AFC
Sep 2nd
Before the start of the season I thought I’d do a quick overview of how the teams are looking and put a few of my thoughts and predictions into words. I’ll start with the AFC.
AFC East:
(1) New England Patriots – The Patriots, once again, drafted solidly. They’ve picked up some great talent (as you would expect with the amount of picks they had in the first 3 rounds!) and have also made some noise in free agency picking up the ever controversial number 85. With Brady coming off a great year and with more weapons at his disposal you can’t look past them for the AFC East crown. Stevan Ridley (3rd round pick) has looked sharp and quite a good talent so keep an eye out for him, although with Danny Woodhead and BenJarvus Green-Ellis in front of him he’ll have quite a bit of work to do.
(2) New York Jets – The Jets have also been making some noise in free agency / trades. Letting Jericho Cotchery go, signing Derrick Mason, letting Braylon Edwards go, signing Plaxico Burress to name the more high profile cases, but they’ve also tied up some current talent with Eric Smith and Antonio Cromatie signing new deals. They haven’t weakened as such, but they don’t seem to have improved much either. I’d expect more of the same from the Jets, hard hitting football and a few bumps on the way. More >
Let the season commence!
Aug 19th
That’s right NFL lovers, Mac is back! We’ve all had a busy off-season and whilst the lockout was on we figured we’d take advantage of the quiet time and take some time off ourselves. That time is now at an end, and with the season only a few weeks away we’ll be back to our usually blogging selves bringing you predictions, fantasy tips, general articles on anything NFL related and of course, the Madden 12 review.
I know you’re as excited as we are 
Essex Spartans Start Off Strongly
Apr 28th
No, we don’t usually look at the game on this side of the channel. Or indeed at any level other than the NFL but our very own contributor Tom is a defensive back for the Spartans, so we’ll give a little shout-out now and again.
Tom, #21 Essex Spartans
Week 1 saw the Black Tide record a 71-8 victory against the Norwich Devils last weekend, a full match report is here and team photos are available on their Facebook page.
Well done to Tom and the team, and good luck for the coming season.
For more information about the British American Football Association, please visit their official page.