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NFL Tips: Seahawks should sink the Buccaneers
The Rollover NFL Pick 7 rumbles on to another week and, with £176,000+ up for grabs, NFLGirlUK is determined to lead a Syndicate to a big win. She has compiled another brilliant preview of the weekend’s action and strongly fancies the Seahawks. Read her NFL Tips and join her Syndicate.
Houston Texans @ Jacksonville Jaguars
This could well end up being the best game of the four played in London this year. Whilst the season ending injury of JJ Watt is frustrating for fans, the excitement of seeing the most explosive quarterback in the league this season against the cult of Gardner Minshew II more than makes up for it.
You could see this being a high scoring, close game with both offenses making unlikely plays through their QB to keep them in the contest. The Texans may have a bit too much firepower for the Jags over 60 minutes but London is ready for the magic of Minshew. It could come down to the last possession.
Houston Texans: 1-6, 7-12
Jacksonville Jaguars: 1-6, 7-12
Minnesota Vikings @ Kansas City Chiefs
Super Bowl IV rematch. A potential Super Bowl 54 match up? (kidding of course, there’s only one team in the AFC).
If Mahomes can play, this game should be in Prime Time. The Chiefs have lost three home games in a row, only beating the desperate Broncos away to stop a four game skid. This game rests on whether the 2018 MVP can go or whether Matt Moore starts again. Despite reports stating that Mahomes has been running, they may decide to be cautious against one of the league’s better defences.
On the other side, Kirk Cousins has had a brilliant October, going away outdoors to playoff calibre teams in November is where he’ll be ultimately judged. The Chiefs got pressure on Rodgers last weeks and they’ll need to do that again.
Just because we don’t know the status of Mahomes it’s worth covering both bases here.
Minnesota Vikings: 7-12, 13-18
Kansas City Chiefs: 1-6, 7-12
Chicago Bears @ Philadelphia Eagles
Buddy Ryan Bowl. Jordan Howard Bowl. Philly showed life last week and the strength of both the NFC North and West means it might be a sprint finish for one playoff spot in the East.
The Bears lose this and their season is probably done. The Eagles have been having a rollercoaster season but it feels like these are two franchises heading in opposite directions. Trubisky has regressed and Nagy doesn’t look to have full confidence in him. The defence is good but not at the level of the 49ers or Patriots, which means it still requires some consistent output from their O.
Now is the time for the Eagles to show some consistency and, if their run game shows up again like last week against a Bears team you can run on, it could be a long afternoon for Chicago.
Chicago Bears: 1-6
Eagles: 1-6, 7-12, 13-18
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Seattle Seahawks
A lot of nervousness around the Seahawks fanbase at the moment for a team that’s 6-2. They don’t trust their defence, they don’t trust the run/pass ratio on offence and they’re struggling to understand some of Pete Carroll’s recent decisions.
What they do have, however, is the joint leader for MVP this year in Russell Wilson. If the Seahawks can rescue themselves from running into the Bucs strength, which is run defence, and let Wilson attack their weakness, the pass, then this should end up as a comfortable victory for Seattle.
Tampa looked promising in September but their defence has faded and Winston continues to turn the ball over which he will most likely do again in Seattle and the Seahawks are one of the best teams at turning turnovers into points.
Seahawks: 7-12, 13-18, 19-24
Detroit Lions @ Oakland Raiders
The first home game in Oakland since week 2. A must win game for both teams that could go either way. The Raiders need to win to keep playoff hopes alive in a quality lacking AFC, whilst the Lions need to keep winning before any hopes of a wildcard disappear over the horizon.
Matt Stafford is having one of his best seasons coupled with an opportunistic defence built in the mould of the Patriots defences of the last ten years. The Raiders lack quality on defence and will need to score points behind Darren Waller and Josh Jacobs.
With the Lions playing hard this year this trip out West could go either way.
Detroit Lions: 7-12
Oakland Raiders: 7-12
New England Patriots @ Baltimore Ravens
Potential AFC Championship matchup, although reversed to Gillette obviously. This could be the game of the weekend but expect Belichick to come with a gameplan to take away what Lamar Jackson does best but he might save one or two tricks in case they do meet in the playoffs.
This could be a low scoring affair as the Ravens defence will test the Patriots who have been playing well enough this year but no more. If their defence and special teams can keep up the takeaways and point scoring then that should be enough for them.
Jackson is explosive but Belichick rarely loses to first or second year QBs so expect to see him forced into some mistakes.
New England Patriots: 7-12
Dallas Cowboys @ New York Giants
A game the Cowboys simply have to win. As mentioned above, this is turning into a two horse race in the NFC East for only one spot to the playoffs.
Dad Prescott has been one of the best quarterbacks this season, Daniel James is still showing the signs of a rookie, capable of big plays but also multiple interception games. The Cowboys will probably feast on that. This should be an easy Dallas victory, just depends how much garbage time scoring the Giants can rack up.
Dallas Cowboys: 13-18
