NFL 2014 NFL - Week 5

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3 @ 10:30 AM
Minnesota at Green Bay LIVE

MONDAY, OCTOBER 6 @ 4:00 AM
Atlanta at New York Giants
Baltimore at Indianapolis
Buffalo at Detroit
Chicago at Carolina
Cleveland at Tennessee
Houston at Dallas LIVE
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville
St. Louis at Philadelphia
Tampa Bay at New Orleans

MONDAY, OCTOBER 6 @ 7:05 AM
Arizona at Denver

MONDAY, OCTOBER 6 @ 7:25 AM
Kansas City at San Francisco
New York Jets at San Diego LIVE


MONDAY, OCTOBER 6 @ 11:30 AM
Cincinnati at New England LIVE

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6 @ 11:30 AM
Seattle at Washington LIVE

OPEN DATE:
Miami, Oakland

AUSTRALIAN T.V. GAMES
LIVE ON ESPN AT 10.30 AM ON 3/10 : Minnesota at Green Bay

LIVE ON ESPN AT 4.00AM ON 6/10: ESPN Redzone (for all day games)

LIVE ON 7MATE AT 4.00 AM ON 6/10 : Houston at Dallas

LIVE ON 7MATE AT 7.25 AM ON 6/10 : New York Jets at SanDiego

LIVE ON ESPN AND 7MATE AT 11.30 AM ON 6/10 : Cincinnati at New England

LIVE ON ESPN AT 11.30 AM ON 7/10 : Seattle at Washington

NB: For Thursday Night Football
VIC, NSW, QLD, TAS times
less 30 mins SA, NT
less 2 hours WA

Daylight Savings starts this weekend.
VIC, NSW, TAS times
less 30 mins SA
less 1 hour QLD
less 1.5 hours NT
less 3 hours WA

 

[balmainforever]

Brasher’s Week 5 Musings
Minnesota at Green Bay I wish the league would stop scheduling divisional match ups on a Thursday night, you just get a sense that these games would be so much better if scheduled on a Sunday, especially if half of your fantasy football team is made up Packers. Oh well, Aaron Rodgers gets to R-E-L-A-X Sunday whilst we all sweat on covering any early FF match-up lead.

Atlanta at New York Giants Don’t look now but the NFC East ain’t too bad. What was supposed to be a bunch of stocking fillers for the NFC West may turn out to be the factor that ultimately shapes that division. Other than Washington, understandably the Rams and arguably (weakly) a couple of team in the NFC South, every other team in the NFC has fair claim to not just divisional title aspirations but maybe even a trip to the SB.

Baltimore at Indianapolis Former Raven’s RB Ray Rice is arranging an appeal against his indefinite suspension. I’m wondering what will happen if he has his suspension lifted and is signed by a RB hungry team? I can tell you one think though, I’m betting the public outcry will be a drop in the bucket compared to the outrage following Michael Vick’s return.

Buffalo at Detroit So after all the theatrics of the 2013 draft EJ Manual has now been benched in favour of perennial journeyman, Kyle Orton. I hope the Bills have a plan to try and instil some confidence and better development from the sideline because right now they just look like dicks.

Chicago at Carolina Word is Steve Smith was more than a little intimidating in the locker room during his long storied tenure with the Panthers. There wasn’t exactly blood and guts on the field but maybe his former teammates know more about Smith than we do, his pregame comments may have sounded like gamesmanship to some but the Panthers seemed to take it a little bit more seriously than that.

Cleveland at Tennessee Could LeBron James line up as a Tight End for the Browns on his off days? I really can’t see why not, health shouldn’t be an issue; there is more physical contact in the NBA then the modern NFL these days. Over on the Titans sideline, Charlie Whitehurst may get the start again ahead of rookie Zach Mettenburger which makes as much sense as drinking flat beer on a brewery tour.

Houston at Dallas Why is this a live TV game? Does anyone outside the state of Texas care? To be honest I do, what better way to test just how good this Cowboys offensive line is then by matching up against JJ Watts who I am now convinced is not human. There are WRs in the league being paid millions of dollars each year who wouldn’t have caught that intercept against the Bills doesn’t matter how many times you threw it at them.

Pittsburgh at Jacksonville Dare I say it? Are the Steelers shot? Are they too old on defence? I’m too scared of copping the wrath of one particular Steeler fan on this board to say for sure but I do know that the Steelers our dads remember would never lose a game like they did last week and Big Ben can’t carry this team on his own.

St. Louis at Philadelphia What’s wrong with the reigning league 2013 Running Back of the Year Award winner? Nothing. A quick look over the weekend’s results shows that the team with even the marginally better offensive line won most of the contests. McCoy would get more help from the turn-styles leading into Lincoln Financial Field than the patch work quilt of a line being asked to block for him at the moment.

Tampa Bay at New Orleans The recruitment of Josh McCown is turning out to be the head scratching move of the off season. Nonetheless, the Saints are back in the safety of their own dome and if they harbour any thoughts of not going from regular season to off season then this game is their season.

Arizona at Denver This is one of those games that you get when, unless you follow the clubs involved, you couldn’t be bothered watching a single snap but you are going to stay glued to the box score updates all morning. I’m expecting a healthy dose of home town officiating in this one, especially late.

Kansas City at San Francisco Rumour has it that Coach Harbaugh has lost the locker room. Completely understandable I guess, after all it is a brand new stadium and the absent minded Harbaugh probably hasn’t found his way around yet. This also should be a welcome home game for Alex Smith except he used to play at Candlestick and has never seen the turf of Levi Stadium up close before.

New York Jets at San Diego I’m still trying to understand how the Jets were still in that game with the Lions last week with a chance to tie it late. But I do feel for the Jets, once upon a guarantee, you won a Super Bowl with a mediocre QB so that legacy of we can win with ordinary QBing has sort of stuck with the franchise ever since.

Cincinnati at New England Clearly the influence the Patriots used to enjoy in the NFL Front Office is not what it once was. There was a time when there was no way the Pats would have followed a road game on a short week with a team coming off of a bye. For the Bengals this is another one of those statement games so I’ll be avoiding them on the punt like the plague.

Seattle at Washington Yes, Seattle is in the state of Washington. The good people of Seattle will need to wait a week in order to win back their loudest stadium title but when you are from a city that prefers to tweet rather than talk face to face and you get beat by a team where mothers still regularly ring the dinner bell at supper time you were always going to be at a disadvantage anyway.

 

[raskolnikov]

Bengals and Cardinals will probably both lose leaving no undefeated teams.

 

[Dirty Bird]

Bengals and Cardinals will probably both lose leaving no undefeated teams.

Bengals feel a lot like the 04 Steelers to me.

Im thinking 16-0 (18-1) for Cincy this year.

 

[Zealbee]

Washington ready to ruin another prime time slot.

 

[Paul Kersey]

Washington ready to ruin another prime time slot.

We all should meet at thr Turf Bar.

It's gonna be hilarious.

 

[larkis]

Fix the dates Balmain ...

 

[W.C. Fry]

Will be at Levis Stadium this Sunday. So bloody excited!!!

 

[Broken]

Washington ready to ruin another prime time slot.

 

[nobbyiscool]

The far more palatable daylight savings times are halfway here!

 

[Dagless]

Expectations on the Giants? Easy loss, 2 TDs to Julio.

 

[drd23]

Looking forward to Baltimore @ Indy, Arizona @ Denver and Cincy @ NE

 

[kaiserchief13]

Baltimore v Indy and Arizona v Denver should probably be the games shown on 7 mate. I have noticed though that 7 mate has always had a fox 4pm game on. Is this just coincidence or can they only show fox 4pm games?

 

[matt_897]

I'm almost happy I have work early next Monday...

 

[Exe Gesis]

Confirmed. Dennis Allen fired.

As someone said....0-4 never felt.sweeter

 

[Dirty Bird]

Interim coach goes 0-11
interim to the interim goes 1-0
interim to the interim gets job
goes 0-16 next year

 

[Primetime Pricey]

You would normally be confident playing Minnesota but the way they played against Atlanta.... going to be a good game

 

[kaiserchief13]

I think Bridgewater is injured? If so Vikings got no chance.

 

[Primetime Pricey]

I think Bridgewater is injured? If so Vikings got no chance.

ahhhhhhhhh forgot about that. Hello W

 

[GreyWind]

Even with Bridgewater I still think we beat the Vikes, if Ponder plays I'd be very confident of a win.

 

[Keys]

Good to see the Bengals with a Sunday night game.

 

[kaiserchief13]

Even with Bridgewater I still think we beat the Vikes, if Ponder plays I'd be very confident of a win.

Probably, but Minnesota would have a higher chance of winning if he were playing.

 

[Toadvine]

balmainforever the 7mate guide has Houston @ Dallas (4am) and NY Jets @ San Diego (730) listed for Monday morning.

 

[Blacky]

Smart move by Oakland pulling the trigger early, hopefully they can get someone long term in there soon and they can build a relationship with Carr, otherwise a new regime would probably take Mariota

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Oakland has a bye.

Thank ******* god.......