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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.
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So another 7-7, my worst result since… well, last week. Graham took another impressive 10-4 and Lawrence and Brian filled in the gaps between us.

We all got beat backing the Eagles. Oakland with a massive catch and run from a Tight End put them ahead in the first quarter and the Raiders never looked back. We also all got beat backing the Jets over the Bills. Next time I’ll check the weather reports… in a windy day in New York both teams struggled, but the Bills did enough to snatch an overtime win.

But let’s face it, everyone got beat backing the Eagles and Jets this week.

A good call from Lawrence picking the Texans and by Brian with the Cardinals. But Graham pulled ahead of us by being the only one to pick the Chiefs and the Broncos. Good calls both.

There were some great finishes to a lot of the early games though, which made up for the appalling game I’d watched from Washington.

Still no panic, but I need a couple of good weeks to catch up with Graham’s 7 game lead

So we say a big thank you to Brian from http://www.footballdiner.com/ and Lawrence from http://nflfaninengland.wordpress.com/ and look forward to this weekend, which of course includes the Wembley game. Bring it on!

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On paper at least it looks like an easy week to read.  That has been the kiss of death in the past though, so lets see how we get on.

Our NFL picks for week 6 as follows:

Sunday 18th October

Baltimore @ Minnesota
A – The Ravens have stumbled a bit over the last few weeks and the Vikes are off to their best start in a while now. Whilst we can’t rule out a second half season Favre collapse yet, we probably can count on Jared Allen becoming good friends with Joe Flacco. Vikings win.

G – I am of the feeling that this one could go either way, but on paper I would take the Vikings.  I can’t see it being an easy one, but it should be another winning week for Minnesota here.

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We are delighted to have not one, but two expert guests for the predictions this week.  Earlier Lawrence gave us his selections .  Now we welcome Brian Davis from www.footballdiner.com as our second guest for week 6.

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Hello there Mac Talks NFL readers. My name is Brian Davis and I’m from www.footballdiner.com I’m new to writing for the site this year but have been a reader since its creation following the sad end of First Down and after initially filling in for a friend I have now become a weekly contributor on three fronts during the season and one through the year.

Firstly; “Four Downs” where myself and another writer “Doc” discuss 4 subjects in the news for that week. (http://www.footballdiner.com/profootballfeatureswriter.html) Look for “Dang and Doc” I’m Dang, short for Dangerous Brian based on the Brian Conley character. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih9kU_CatCg

Secondly; A weekly College Football prediction competition with two other writers and thirdly; I have started doing a weekly “tips” column for the site with some success. Although if teams like the Broncos and the Bengals continue to prove me wrong every week, I may have to become even more conservative than I already have become on there!

I recently interviewed Five’s Nat Coombs http://www.footballdiner.com/natcoombs.html and look out next week as I will be interviewing a very, very, special guest on Monday afternoon, so we will hopefully have that article up online by around Tuesday/Wednesday next week.

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Again here at Mac talks NFL, we’re delighted to have a Guest Predictor. We’d hoped to get Lawrence last week, but he’s been on a Miami Road Trip (you can read about it at his blog). But he’s home now!

Graham and my NFL predictions will be up later. We’re a bit behind after being at Wembley Stadium last night. Over to Lawrence!

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It’s a pleasure to cast my eye into what has become a rather murky and disturbing crystal ball for Week 6 NFL predictions.

I say disturbing because my team the Washington Redskins are being billed as the worst 2-3 team in NFL history, the Josh ‘Jacobs’ McDaniels led Denver Broncos are 5-0 behind a rookie rb and goddam Kyle Orton, and Brett Favre is looking like the Messiah behind a defense led by the guy I think will be NFL Defensive MVP (Jared Allen) and a running back that is pure class.

I run my own blog – www.nflfaninengland.wordpress.com – so to be recognised by another NFL fan as someone who can contribite to their site is a real honour.

Without further ado here goes with NFL Week 6 predictions;
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Oh dear. I just want to forget about this week after tumbling to an appalling 7-7. This is the worst I can remember doing in many years of predictions. The only thing that keeps it even vaguely respectable is that pretty much everyone else had a bad week too: The Yahoo! Experts all went 8-6.

Actually, if it hadn’t been for Graham’s 9-5 then perhaps it wouldn’t seem so bad. Still… mustn’t panic quite yet.

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As is the case most weeks, there are some great match-ups this week and some that are hard to make predictions on.

But that’s what we’re here for! So here are our NFL picks for week 5:

Sunday 11th October

Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens
A – The Bengals are doing surprisingly well and have wins over ‘big’ AFC teams. The Ravens are also doing well, but it’s far less surprising. Last week’s loss against the Patriots was a very finely poised game of football and really could have gone either way. The final drive was great viewing, and Mark Clayton really should have made that catch.
Anyway… I’ve got to back the Ravens again here. The Bengals are no pushovers, but I think they’re going to get well beaten this week.

G -If the Bengals were at home then this would be a very close call.  I think the home advantage will swing it here for the Ravens.
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For Graham and me, it came down to last night as we were both 9-4 heading into it and I’d gone with the Vikings where he had the Packers. So I beat Graham this week, as did John from TheBettingAdvantage – both of us on 10-4.

Two upsets this weekend, with the Jaguars sending the Titans tumbling to 0-4 and with the Broncos surprising pretty much everyone to go 4-0 over a Cowboys team that are looking bad. As a Redskins fan, I approve, but even I was embarrassed for them watching Brandon Marshall outwit the entire secondary for a 51 yard score. Anyway… I’ve included it here for the chuckles it gives me (and as a Redskins fan, I have to take pleasure wherever I can this season!)

The Broncos though! Like most (outside of Denver) we haven’t been convinced. They have two tough games coming up (Patriots, then travelling to San Diego) but we’re keeping a wary eye on them now. The Titans are surprising us just as much, but in the other direction.

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So we’ve had a couple of weeks off from having a guest, and after Andrew being somewhat humbled in week 1 we’re moving away from having Guests who know nothing. This week, we’re very pleased to have our guest introduce themself, and to say that if you’ve any interest in betting on the games, you should definitely check his site out.

Hello Mac talks NFL readers. I’m John from TheBettingAdvantage.com. I started my blog in November 2008 in an effort to share and gain knowledge related to sports betting. Presently I make a living from trading on betting exchanges. I first learned of betting exchanges in July 2007, while in my last year of university. I did finish my engineering degree but never pursued work in the field as being a betting exchange trader is my dream job. I mostly trade North American sports as I have lived all my life in Canada.

I have been following along on here with Andrew and Graham’s picks and am honoured to give my two cents for this week’s NFL games.

Detroit Lions @ Chicago Bears
I grew up watching Barry Sanders and unfortunately for me he made me a Detroit Lions fan. The Lions are one of the teams I’ve watched the most in the past few years. Last week was a big win for the franchise. It was obvious they would end the streak at home as they struggle on the road. This week they are overmatched and in Chicago. The Lions will likely be waiting for week 8 before they win another one. Chicago shouldn’t have too much trouble here.
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Week 4 of the NFL 2009 season is coming our way, and with the bye-weeks starting there are just 14 games this week for us to make predictions on. There are some great looking matchups too!

Here are our picks for this week…

Sunday October 4th
Detroit Lions @ Chicago Bears
A – The 1-2 Lions come bouncing off their win last week that arrested their 19 game slide and travel to Chicago to face the Bears who seem to have woken up after a slow first week. Jay Cutler has been on great form and the defense has done well in two potentially tricky matches in weeks 2 and 3. I think it’s a return to 2008 form for the Lions here.

G – Agreed.  I was happy to see the Lions finally getting a win last week (sorry it had to be against the Redskins Andrew!), and while I do see them getting better as the season goes on, this game is not going to be theirs.
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