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Has it ever rained in Dubai?

Just a reminder that 2 points are on offer this week ... Miami Indianapolis Seattle

We'll do well to get out of this test with a draw now, smithy. The track is taking more and more spin and it could get quite tricky on the 5th day. Credit to them, they've played well and their 3 spinners have all shown a bit. Their late middle order set the game up - Sarfraz looked impressive.

Excellent line-up of TV games this week ... Denver should be too strong at home tomorrow but it is a divisional game ... Friday 11.25am San Diego at Denver (ESPN) Monday 4.00am - 10.30am RedZone (ESPN) 4.00am Baltimore at Cincinnati (7mate) 7.25am Indianapolis at Pittsburgh (7mate) 11.30am Green Bay at New Orleans (7mate & ESPN) Tuesday 11.30am Washington at Dallas (ESPN) All the week 8 games The BS Report NFL Week 8 Elo Ratings & Playoff Odds

Can you re-do your tips and just delete your original post? Otherwise I'm likely to miss your change of tips

Excellent win to the Rams and those special teams plays were something else - especially the "fake catch" bit. KC winning in San Diego keeps their season alive - divisional games can often throw up mixed results. Baltimore keep marching on and along with the Colts & Arizona, all 3 are in a position to win their respective divisions. All 3 teams are flying under the radar a bit too. The Saints threw away a winnable game ... what was Brees thinking? Denver looked great tonight and well done to Peyton on breaking Favre's record - Manning was immense again ... 22/26 with 4 TD's against good opposition. Wow! But the big story for me is Seattle - they just don't look the same team and with 10 or 11 wins probably being needed for a wild-card in the NFC, the Seahawks had better get a move on. They've still got to play all 3 of their divisional rivals at home and have to travel to @ Carolina @ KC @ 49ers @ Eagles and @ Arizona ... that's no walk in the park. Order was restored in the tipping comp ... no one got a point 2 points up for grabs in week 8 (the third of our bonus weeks) ... week 8 games Points tally ... 2 - Dappa Dan 1 - JV7, Go the Biff, cowboy_from_hell, pantaloons, Gorgoroth, Georgiou R. R. Martin, Macca 0 - others Tomorrow 11.30am Houston at Pittsburgh (ESPN) Could be a close one but I fancy the Steelers.

Arizona Seattle San Francisco

Friday 11.30am NY Jets at New England (ESPN) Monday 4.00am - 10.30am RedZone (ESPN) 4.00am New Orleans at Detroit (7mate) 7.25am NY Giants at Dallas (7mate) 11.30am San Francisco at Denver (7mate & ESPN) Tuesday 11.30am Houston at Pittsburgh (ESPN) All the week 7 games NFL Week 7 Elo Ratings And Playoff Odds

Yep, I also find it hard to hate any team ... within our division there is so much history that it's hard to not at least respect the other teams. Detroit fans deserve better and they might keep up their good form, the Bears have traditionally had great D and when Cutler is on, he's dangerous ... your Vikings really miss AP. Such a shame. Bridgewater could be the goods - needs a good crack at it. I can watch just about any match-up but I've always liked the NFC East divisional games ... all of them. Big cities, big teams & historic rivalries. Dallas firing is good for the sport. America's team? Here's JR before he passed San Francisco, the Saints, Ravens, Steelers and Chargers are probably my other favourite teams to watch - all those teams have QB's that can stand out. The big match-ups on SNF or MNF are what I look forward to. Next weeks SNF game is 49ers @ Denver ... should be a beauty.

*Shock, Horror* ... everyone picked up a point in the comp - a remarkable turn of events. Points tally ... 2 - Dappa Dan 1 - JV7, Go the Biff, cowboy_from_hell, pantaloons, Gorgoroth, Georgiou R. R. Martin, Macca 0 - Anyone else who fancies their chances Week 7 games

What a fizzer your game turned out to be ... first Monday I've had freed up for ages and the Giants decide to not turn up. I doubt many were predicting that the 3 teams with the best record after 6 games would be the Chargers, Dallas & the Eagles ... maybe the Eagles but the other 2?

That's a huge win for Dallas ... in terms of the actual win and the confidence that comes from it. Maybe they are the real deal? ... the implosion might come in the playoffs however Points galore to allocate in the comp but Dappa is still the clubhouse leader - I'll tally it up after tomorrow's game.

Once again, the TV games ... I like Buffalo at home and the Eagles/Giants game could be a barnburner. Monday 4.00am - 10.30am RedZone (ESPN) 4.00am New England at Buffalo (7mate) 7.25am Washington at Arizona (7mate) 11.30am NY Giants at Philadelphia (7mate & ESPN) Tuesday 11.30am San Francisco at St. Louis (ESPN) All the week 6 games NFL Week 6 Elo Ratings And Playoff Odds

Couple from Paul Simon ... these 2 tracks are from his acclaimed album 'Graceland'

Week 6 tips ... Denver San Diego San Francisco

TV games ... Friday 11.30am Indianapolis at Houston (ESPN) Monday 4.00am - 10.30am RedZone (ESPN) 4.00am New England at Buffalo (7mate) 7.25am Washington at Arizona (7mate) 11.30am NY Giants at Philadelphia (7mate & ESPN) Tuesday 11.30am San Francisco at St. Louis (ESPN) All the week 6 games NFL Week 6 Elo Ratings And Playoff Odds

Still no points to allocate in the tipping comp (otherwise known as ... "Intolerable Cruelty" - the sequel) Cinci put most of us out. No change in the points tally ... 1 - Dappa Dan 0 - Anyone who can still be bothered. Week 6 games - can someone please tip 3 winners? Otherwise we might have to make it the home teams for a week!! It does look a little easier next week, all the same. No real surprises in today's games and Dappa summed up things quite well in the above post ... as for tomorrow's game, I give Washington a sneaky chance but Seattle should be too strong ... Seahawks 31 Washington 24.

Once again, the TV games ... Monday 4.00am - 10.30am RedZone (ESPN ... "Every Touchdown From Every Game") 4.00am Houston at Dallas (7mate) 7.30am NY Jets at San Diego (7mate) 11.30am Cincinnati at New England (7mate & ESPN) Tuesday 11.30am Seattle at Washington (ESPN) All the week 5 games NFL Week 5 Elo Ratings And Playoff Odds

You got that right. Rather habit forming in all reality!

Week 5 tips ... Seattle Steelers Baltimore

TV games ... not a bad line-up of games but we get the worst of the Sunday late arvo games (unless the Jets can make a game of it) Friday 10.30am Minnesota at Green Bay (ESPN) Monday 4.00am - 10.30am RedZone (ESPN ... "Every Touchdown From Every Game") 4.00am Houston at Dallas (7mate) 7.30am NY Jets at San Diego (7mate) 11.30am Cincinnati at New England (7mate & ESPN) Tuesday 11.30am Seattle at Washington (ESPN) All the week 5 games Found this web page on ESPN.com (might help with your tips - 2 pts on offer this week ) ... NFL Week 5 Elo Ratings And Playoff Odds

TV games ... not a bad line-up of games but we get the worst of the Sunday late arvo games (unless the Jets can make a game of it) Friday 10.30am Minnesota at Green Bay (ESPN) Monday 4.00am - 10.30am RedZone (ESPN ... "Every Touchdown From Every Game") 4.00am Houston at Dallas (7mate) 7.30am NY Jets at San Diego (7mate) 11.30am Cincinnati at New England (7mate & ESPN) Tuesday 11.30am Seattle at Washington (ESPN) All the week 5 games

With my Red Sox out of things, I'll be hoping for a Cardinals triumph ... Wild-card playoff games Wednesday 10am Oakland at Kansas City Thursday 10am San Francisco at Pittsburgh American League match-ups (begins Friday our time) LA Angels vs Kansas City/Oakland Baltimore vs Detroit National League match-ups (begins Saturday our time) Washington vs San Francisco/Pittsburgh LA Dodgers vs St Louis Most of the playoff games will be covered by ESPN radio (hopefully that link will work - if not, try tunein)

Plenty of teams have won Super Bowls without 'AAA' QB's. The key is to be good to excellent in all areas but not be deficient in any one area. Teams can also get "hot" when it matters. We've seen so many teams come from nowhere to win the whole thing ... Baltimore, Packers, Giants, Steelers and even New Orleans were a bit of a surprise (before the start of their SB winning season) With regards to injuries (or such like) every team gets them but you don't want to lose a franchise player like the Vikings have. Losing AP means losses. Bridgewater possibly stepping up counters that but imagine if both of them were firing? Detroit still need to win big games on the road and the Panthers loss in week 2 was telling. The Lions have to get it done and if they do, I'll give them credit - not before. They've still got 6 tough road games to come and a few at home that will be tough. Like Dallas, I wouldn't be going all in on the Lions. The teams I've got my eye on are Arizona, the Chargers, Ravens & Colts. Again, the Cardinals need to get it done on the road so the jury is also out on them. Same with the Chargers. The other 2 (Ravens & Colts) are dangerous. The Bengals need to win when it matters - in the playoffs.

Too right ... KC played a great all round game Alex Smith was terrific all night and played the best game I've seen him play (although I haven't seen him play a lot of complete games) ... Brady was un-Brady like. The Patriots defense was awful whilst KC's was very good. Davis, Charles, Kelce & Bowe were all first rate and there was a lot to like about the Chiefs. New England have their issues but we've said that before. They were terrible today ... according to Belichick they "Need to do everything better" I started watching his press conference but found myself dozing off 1 minute in The crowd broke the all time decibel level as well.