Week 7 Preview

[Paul-London]

New York at Ohio

Big game for both teams, NY are 3-0 at home but 0-3 on the road.  The winner takes a one game lead in the AFC West at the halfway point, Ohio should welcome back Mike Pawlawski, NY come off a bad loss to Mexico and have to improve their o-line which has been poor this year.

Ohio by 3

San Antonio at Orlando

San Antonio should win this one easily but Orlando are 2-0 at home and have even played well in most of their losses which have all come away.  San Antonio had a great win over Montreal this week avenging many tough defeats to them in the past.  The Riders have a great chance to get to the playoffs this year as the AFC seems to be weaker and the reigning AFC Champions are looking great.

San Antonio by 7

Sacramento at Birmingham

Birmingham have won 2 straight games and a win here would put them joint 2nd in the weak AFC East.  Sacramento have played well this season but since BJ Askews huge 200+ yard game he has been targeted by opposing defenses and has been slowed.  Birminghams rushing attack is playing well and the Fire seem more confident than before.

Birmingham by 7

Mexico at Raleigh-Durham

The Aztecs stunned NY last week but now face Raleigh who are playing great football. Mexico are winless on the road and the Skyhawks have come off a tough 3 game stretch and will hope for a big win to get back to winning ways here.

Raleigh-Durham by 10

Montreal at Frankfurt

Doesnt get any easier for Montreal, at 3-3 they look very poor, are 3-0 at home but 0-3 on the road and have allowed a lot of points.  Corey Walker is injured yet again and cant seem to stay fit for a full season, Frankfurt have played well considering most of their games have been on the road and now will fancy winning this one at home.

Frankfurt by 7

Amsterdam at Rhein

61 points in 6 games is terrible for Rhein, their defense have done well but the offense mainly the rushing attack cant get anything going.  Amsterdam are playing well but face a tricky away game here.  Heath Rylance should be back at QB and Amsterdam should come away with another win here.

Amsterdam by 10

Paris at Berlin

The Toilet Bowl as it has been named as both teams are winless.  Paris have played well at times but their defense have allowed a ton of points, Berlin are struggling badly on offense, they have no rushing attack and every QB who starts seem to be struggling.

Berlin by 3

London at Barcelona

Both teams are improved from last year, despite their record London have looked good recently going 1-0-1 in their last 2 games after a 0-4 start.  Barcelona are 4-2 and have won two straight and will be confident in this game, they are just 2-2 at home which i strange considering they are 2-0 on the road.  Could be a good shootout

Barcelona by 7

Scotland at Austria

The Monday Night game is a cracker, these two teams who are the two best teams in the FWL by their records meet in Austria.  The DarkKnights get the advantage as they are at home but Scotland have played very well lately, Curt Anes came back last week and played well but doesnt seem to be 100% yet.  Scotland have a great defense and their offense are scoring points also, should be a classic

Austria by 3

[Marco_Frankfurt]

Montreal at Frankfurt

a rematch of FWL Bowl XIII but also a battle of two former dynasties that have seen better days befoe.
Both teams are no longer as dominant as a couple of seasons ago and many allready talk about a change of
the guard.

Still both teams are still able to come back and give a good fight against the new strong teams.

For this game it is hard to predict the outcome.

Frankfurt is only 1-1 against teams with more then 1 win in the season and even against the struggling
Berlin Thunder, they only got a tie.

Montreal  on the other hand had 3 tough divisional losses and so needs to have a superb second half of the season to overcome the tie-braker disadvantage. The loss of Corey Walker to yet another injury hurts the team a lot.

Frankfurt has still some home field advantage and hopes to have made a key trade to strengthen their defense.
But Montreal is very srong motivated tow in this game, as a revenge to the FWL Bolw loss as well to turn around the
season and so gaining back the momentum on its way to the playooffs.

Danny Wuerfel will face a strong pass rush, but a weak backfield, if his WRs can get open past the strong LB troup,
then he will have a great day with many long passes.

So my predictions are:
Montreal by 3