Below is a transcript of Roger Goodell’s Pre Super Bowl Press Conference, interesting reading although it no clearer from this if we will have a lock out in 2011 or not. I doubt that either side really wants to throw away Billions of $ in revenue so hopefully common sense will prevail Opening Statement: […] Continue reading → Four games to go and still plenty to play for which should ensure lots of excitement this week as the count down to X-mas begins in earnest. Cleveland at Buffalo – Neither team has much to play for this year, however both are probably a bit better than their records suggest so this could be […] Continue reading → Image by Getty Images via @daylife Week 13 already and a host of teams still had a chance of making the post season in what has been one of the closest and most unpredictable of seasons that I can remember. The big game is still to come with The Patriots playing the Jets for what […] Continue reading → Thanksgiving already and we have been blessed with three great games all of which will have a bearing on the post season aspirations. The games are: New England Patriots at Detroit Lions – The preseason whispers regarding the impending demise of the Patriots now looks well wide of the mark and a win here will […] Continue reading → The 2010 NFL season is now entering the second half with every team (bar the Eagles & Redskins who play tonight) having played 9 games, and as expected it is proving to be a very intense season with only a handful of the 32 teams effectively out of the playoff race. Right now only Carolina […] Continue reading → The main surprises this year are the dismal form Dallas, Minnesota and San Diego are in; all three were expected to have big seasons however it now looks unlikely that all three will make the post season and they could all miss out. On the positive side Kansas City have probably already exceeded their fans […] Continue reading → Its Halloween and it could be a spooky night for a few franchises tonight especially for San Francisco who travel to London for the 4th regular season game in England facing the realistic prospect of falling to 1-7 which would in all probability spell the end of their season, had they been in any division bar the NFC West. […] Continue reading → Image via Wikipedia Week Seven finally saw Carolina win a game, and a number of teams fought out close encounters furtheremphasising the open nature of the conferences this season. Eight games were settled by less than a TD and Pittsburgh and Tampa both squeaked home by a single point with come from behind wins. Result of […] Continue reading → After last weeks 8-6 showing we are now 57-33 on the season leaving us with a 63.3% prediction rate – down on our last few seasons but given the fact this look like one of the most competitive seasons for a while we are not too disappointed. Week 7 doesn’t look a whole lot easier […] Continue reading → Image by Getty Images via @daylife The San Francisco 49ers finally got off the mark on Sunday Night coming from behind to beat The Oakland Raiders. This leaves Carolina & Buffalo as the only teams without a win this season at 0-5. The Minnesota Vikings won the game of the night sending the Dallas Cowboys […] Continue reading →