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So yet again we missed getting a prediction up for the early game. And as tempting as it is to go and revisit what I originally said, I’m going to leave it as it is.

From this week we have Craig joining us as a permanent predictor. Having three people means that we can break the deadlock that Graham and I frequently have. So as well as our individual predictions, we’ll have an overall verdict that at least two of us agree on.

So on with the picks for this week!

Thursday November 19th

Miami Dolphins @ Carolina Panthers
A – Ronnie Brown has been ruled out of the game for the Fins and the Panthers have lost Jordan Gross, so Delhomme might feel exposed during the game. A tricky one to call, but I think the Panthers should have enough here. Sorry Graham.

G – *start fan blindness* So, you probably think I will be scared off because Brown is out right? Well, no! Williams can handle that role so it is a loss, but not as big a loss as people make out. It should be a cracking game tonight and I see Miami just taking it…..no…..really.*end fan blindness*

C – This could very well be a game of 2 halves, so to speak. Miami favour the run, for obvious reasons. Carolina aren’t really a rush defence team. On the other side, Carolina do have some passing game, so against Miami i can see them attempting to utilise this againts their dire pass defence. This game will probably be about who can out score the other one. Although the Panthers generally have more of a balance between passing and rushing, my prediction goes to the Dolphins. Miami win
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Graham and I disagreed on four games this week, and I took three of them to narrow the gap again. Graham’s strong showing in the difficult early weeks means he still has a lead for now.

A slightly different format this week, let’s take a look at what we got right and wrong…

What we got right

Chicago Bears @ San Francisco 49ers
We both called the 49ers to beat the struggling Bears.

Cincinatti Bengals @ Pittsburgh Steelers

A – “I’m going with the Bengals here”

The Bengals are here to stay, and have now swept division rival Steelers and Ravens and beaten the Browns to be 5-0 in the AFC North. They have the Raiders, Browns and Lions up next and surely the post-season beckoning.
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I know, I know! We’re late, as there was a game last night. Our predictions for that game were typed up yesterday morning, so you’ll have to trust us when we say that we both picked the 49ers.

Here are the rest of our predictions for week 10 of the NFL 2009 season…

Thursday 12th November

Chicago Bears @ San Francisco 49ers
A – The Bears have been struggling, and were given a real spanking by Arizona last week. The 49ers though, are on a four game losing streak but three of those have been close games that were lost by inches. I fancy them here.

G – The 49ers are nothing if not exciting! They can’t lose this one, can they? I have faith and expect them to return to winning ways this week. Hey, didn’t I say that last week?
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There were some great games this week, which is the main thing, but we both got caught out in the late games and also by the Buccaneers.

For the Giants, the bye-week can’t come soon enough as they’ll be looking to try and arrest a five game slide when the Falcons come to town in week 11. There is still plenty to play for in the NFC East (for 3 teams at least) but the form of the Cowboys has surprised many after their rocky start. We both backed the 49ers too, but the Titans had this game under control and Chris Johnson still looks like a beast coming out of the backfield.

We only disagreed on two games this week, and they both went in my favour. The Bengals are for real, perhaps the Broncos aren’t.

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Week 9 is here! We’ve been a bit hit and miss recently, and have got caught out on a couple of occassions on games that really shouldn’t have gone the way they did.

13 games again this week, let’s see how we fare this time with our predictions…

Sunday November 8th

Kansas City Chiefs @ Jacksonville Jaguars
A – Maurice Jones-Drew gave a masterclass last week, but the team as a whole couldn’t hang with a resurgent Titans.
The Chiefs are getting better. Slowly. But have beaten nobody of note (oh, that hurt to type that). I expect the Jaguars to find a way to win a close game.

G – This could end up being a good game to watch, but as Andrew says, the Jaguars should come good.  For my fantasy team at least I will be hoping for another good performance from Maurice Jones-Drew.
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Not a great week by any standards for either of us, but I did beat Graham for only the second time this season by taking the games we disagreed on 3-1.

To be fair though, we both got caught out on a number of matches where we agreed. The Cardinals, most notably, but also the Giants, Lions and Packers. Most importantly though, there were some good games on, and I enjoyed channel surfing across a number of games. The Jaguars @ Titans game was great viewing, and though we couldn’t view it the Vikings @ Packers game was a small piece of history.

I also beat Graham in our head-to-head Fantasy League this week, but have promised myself I won’t gloat too much.

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After a fantastic day at Wembley last Sunday, we will be back on the sofa for these games.  There are some good ones to watch too!

Andrew will be doing his best to catch up, and as ever there are a few that we disagree on.  No guest to put us to shame this week though.  If you are interested in doing guest predictions next week then please get in touch.

Just 13 games again this week.

Sunday 1st Novembers
Denver Broncos @ Baltimore Ravens
A – Week 8 and the undefeated Broncos travel to Baltimore. Yeah… After starting 3-0, the Ravens have suffered 3 consecutive close losses to be at a failry humble 3-3. But the Patriots game went to the wire, and only a hooked field goal attempt let the Vikings win. This is a team that’s better than their record.
So a damned tricky game to call first up, but I’ve got to fancy the Ravens.

G – Ah, I think this is the first time we have picked a different team in the first game on the list.  While the Ravens are the favourites at home I can see the Broncos continuing their form again this week.  Should be a great one to watch and I won’t be too disapointed if I get this one wrong.

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A special review this week, and one that allows me to stop thinking about how bad the Redskins are or dwelling on Chris Cooley’s broken ankle.

So NFL Sunday at Wembley! As we’ve done for all three years now, I met up with Graham, Ant (Pats’ fan) and Dom (general good time guy) early in the afternoon near one of the many eating and drinking huts that were set-up around the stadium. In the past we’ve played a sort of Shirt Bingo – to see if we can see all 32 teams represented. They obviously are, and this year we limited ourselves to picking out shirts of distinction (“Is that a JaMarcus Russel shirt? In public?”… that sort of thing).
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So Graham is continuing his good run. Whilst we both get caught out on some games (Yes, I’m looking at you New York Giants) where there is a marginal call he generally gets them right and I generally get them wrong. And come the early games, it was all looking so good for me…

That said, 10-3 is not to shabby at all. Graham’s 11-2 outscored all the Yahoo! experts and Users this week where everyone got caught out by the Cowboys and Bills. So nice work Mr. G!

Craig had some solid calls across the week including some score predictions that were very close (34-6 for the Pats @ Bucs for instance) but overall came in at 9-4. A great first week from our guest, who gets our thanks.

If you’d like to take a stab in the next few weeks, drop us an email and we’ll see what we can do: mac@mactalksnfl.com

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I need to make up some ground on Graham this week! After two successive 7-7 weeks, I really need to step my predictions and start scoring!

Just 13 games this week. Here are our picks for the 2009 NFL week 7 season:

Sunday 25th October

Green Bay Packers @ Cleveland
A – OK, so an easy one to start with. The Browns have been pretty bad so far and their schedule doesn’t get any easier from here on and there is talk that Mangini has already lost the team. They’re last for yards per game allowed and are 27th in total points. This is not a unit that’s going to stop you scoring.
The Packers came out of the bye-week and shut out the Lions to go a respectable 3-2. If they can get the running game moving and protect Aaron Rodgers, then they’re gonna tear it up in Ohio.

G – Packers for me too.  As Andrew says, the Browns have not been good and the home advantage probably won’t save them this week.
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