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Not to be outdone the singer belting out the Star Spangled Banner has some of the largest shoulder pads you are ever likely to see. Loving the sartorial choices today. We are almost underway after a choral number for the German anthem. Classy.
As sparkly jackets go that is an absolute belter from Katarina Witt on the coin toss. Did the referee say she was an Olympic tennis champion? Figure skating was Witt’s game I believe.
A slight fluff from Sky Sports there as we hear “who won the toss?” from the presenter with an unfortunately hot mic.
Well, the Colts have won the toss and have elected to receive. Daniel Jones and company will be setting up shortly. Will the QB bounce back after a rough one in Pittsburgh?
And for afters the jumbo package starting at 12pm CST/1pm EST/6pm GMT (home teams listed first) is as follows:
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(5-4) Carolina Panthers v New Orleans Saints (1-8)
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(5-3) Chicago Bears v New York Giants (2-7)
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(3-5) Houston Texans v Jacksonville Jaguars (5-3)
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(2-7) Miami Dolphins v Buffalo Bills (6-2)
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(4-4) Minnesota Vikings v Baltimore Ravens (3-5)
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(1-7) New York Jets v Cleveland Browns (2-6)
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(6-2) Tampa Bay Buccaneers v New England Patriots (7-2)
What a feast. I’m planting my flag on Minnesota and Baltimore playing out the game of the day.
Preamble
Guten tag, fussball fans. Wie gehts? Alles klar I hope on this fine early start to week 10 coming straight outta Deutschland. The Olympiastadion in Berlin to be exact where at 8.30am CST/9.30am EST and 2.30pm GMT the mighty Indianapolis Colts (7-2) take on the Atlanta Falcons (3-5). The fifth game played on German soil and the first in the nation’s capital.
The news hounds among you may have picked up on the Colts being involved in some rather large business on trade deadline day. So what looked like an intriguing one between a playoff contender and a team fighting to turn things around has been turned up several notches by Indianapolis trading for star cornerback Sauce Gardner. Yes, on Tuesday they engaged in some rather punchy retail therapy to shake off the sadness of losing to Pittsburgh. The Colts dispensed two future first-round draft picks and receiver Adonai Mitchell in exchange for the highest paid corner in the NFL. Indianapolis are all in on the Super Bowl and handily Gardner has cleared concussion protocol for a first appearance since week seven today to aid that endeavour.
His first assignment will most likely be tracking Drake London. As head-to-heads go this could be a classic. Atlanta’s premier pass catcher starts in good form after nabbing three touchdowns last week with more than 100 yards in three of his past four games. So no pressure, Sauce. But the $120m man will likely back himself. A good on good matchup as they say.
Da steppt der Bär!
