Hi Guys,

I am on holiday next week so I thought that I would get my week 4 predictions in nice and early!

They are:

Patriots by 21
Colts by 5
Jets by 6
Dolphins by 3
Texans by 6
Chargers by 13
Cardinals by 17
Eagles by 26
Lions by 15
Redskins by 28
Panthers by 21
Falcons by 3

my attempt to regain my short lived lead goes like this

patriots by 10
colts by 7
jets by 2
titans by 3
texans by 3
bengals by 3
cardinals by 14
eagles by 14
lions by 6
redskins by 10
panthers by 10
falcons by 6

Thanks Greg - Good Luck!


Guys, please note that, whilst I was away on holiday last week, someone has kindly cocked up my email system at work. I am now unable to receive any external emails!!

Can you all therefore please post your selections here on the forum until further notice - thanks.

I am not sure that my emails out are working properly either (I emailed Danny for a copy of my NFLC result from last week to be sent to my home address but have not heard from him yet) so if someone could email the guys in the competition to remind them to send their selections here (and not to email them to me) that would be great.

Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

I used to be good at this tipping lark as in the good old days of 'N', but I can't understand how I'm getting way off with my predictions. Anyway, here goes:-
PATRIOTS BY 10
COLTS BY 17
STEELERS BY 10
DOLPHINS BY 7
TEXANS BY 21
CHARGERS BY 14
CARDINALS BY 14
EAGLES BY 21
LIONS BY 14
REDSKINS BY 10
PANTHERS BY 21
FALCONS BY 7

week 4
Pats by 10
colts by 10
jets by 6
titans by 4
texans by 7
bengals by 7
cards by 7
eagles by 15
lions by 9
redskins by 12
panthers by 14
falcons by 10

Thanks Goz, Tom and good luck!

It appears that my email problems may eventually be resolved later today, so if the rest of you want to try emailing them to me please do, it would still be safer to post your selections here first though!

Pats by 10
Colts by 24
Jets by 13
Titans by 10
Chiefs by 13
chargers by 21
cards by 31
Eagles by 7
lions by 14
skins by 17
panthers by 8
falcs by 21

Cheers Alex - good luck!


Cards by 31 ???    Not bl***y likely!!

Alex, what have I done to upset you? Chargers by 21!  I won't say that I will retire but I would certainly be very surprised if they can beat me by 21.
The Chargers have a roster similar to what others have, and a coach who has only two arms, two legs and one brain. I for one do not think they are unbeatable. My defense is significantly stronger than last year and should give his super-charged offense a real shake.  

Didn't say the Chargers can't be beat Tom, just picked them to beat you this week.

Your defence last year averaged 20 points a game, and was 21st vs the pass. Meanwhile last year 1 out of 10 Charger passes was a TD, (highest in the league)
Every team I have ever seen play against the S DP gameplans has given up big plays, it happens on any matchup and can't be stopped, if Goz uses a gameplan with lots of passing from the S formation on first and second down,I would always tip a huge win unless I see a team with an established reputation for having a fiery defence.
21 points is only 3 plays in a S DP offence, doesn't even take defensive blunders.

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I won't say that I will retire

Well if you did you wouldn't be the first to spit the dummy over the issue and call it a day, I've been close myself many times.

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The Chargers have a roster similar to what others have, and a coach who has only two arms, two legs and one brain.

Uhuh, and they run an offence and a roster that is extremely well suited to exploit a glaring and obvious error in the game system, why would I ever pick against such a team?

I probably under estimated what you would score and so tipped a big gap, wouldn't be surprised by a 38-17 scoreline, though on further reflection expect you'll probably pile on some points and get closer to the high scoring Chargers and could see both teams in the 30s or 40s.

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Cards by 31 ???    Not bl***y likely!!

Turn it up! You're playing a dead team with a GP you've seen several times, you should know what to expect and be able to grab loads of points. Are you forgeting ou scored 371 points last year? That's an average of like 23 points a game on average, let alone vs an uncoached team!
If you want to spite me and loose by 31 I'll be quite content to hold onto your division for you for a little while longer...

Last-gasp predictions:

Patriots by 10
Colts by 14
Jets by 7
Titans by 10
Texans by 7
Chargers by 10
Cardinals by 17
Eagles by 21
Lions by 14
Redskins by 17
Panthers by 21
Falcons by 7

Thanks Jon, Good luck!

Here are the Falcons predictions:

Patriots by 21
Colts by 7
Jets by 7
Dolphins by 7
Texans by 7
Chargers by 17
Cardinals by 17
Eagles by 27
Lions by 14
Redskins by 28
Panthers by 24
Falcons by 7

Patriots by 21
Colts by 14
Jets by 6
Titans by 7
Texans by 10
Chargers by 7
Cardinals by 21
Eagles by 28
Lions by 7
Bears by 7
Panthers by 14
Falcons by 21

Thanks Alan, Beats - good luck!