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Don Aweau’s Hawai’i Islanders & Polynesian Football Blog
Don Aweau’s Hawai’i Islanders & Polynesian Football Blog
Nov 22nd
The games for late afternoon are repeat matchups from early in the season. NY squeezed out a win against New England the last time. Kind of an ugly win but they pulled it off. Denver was proving themselves against doubters and won the SD game. Let's see if this will be a win for our favorite team. NY Jets @ New England Patriots I'm going with the Jets again as the Polynesian connection is really doing well in NY. Lots of coverage in the last few weeks on NY Jets Sione Pouha. He's continuing to develop his game and at times is inconsistent but in time I believe he'll get better.
New England Patriots - *#47 Jake Ingram
New York Jets - #78 Wayne Hunter, #91 Sione Pouha & #79 Ropati Pitoitua
Game on: 11:00 AM HST (KGMB7) San Diego Chargers @ Denver Broncos This one will be a "who-you-want-to-win" for islanders in the Pacific Northwest. Although, my choice would be the Chargers. SD has the advantage with their late season momentum. Although SD beat one of my favorite teams last week, the Eagles, Denver has no island players!! So I say, Go Chargers!!
San Diego Chargers - #86 Brandon Manumaleuna
Game on: Portland 1:00 PM PDT (KOIN6) Seattle 1:00 PM PDT (KIRO7)
Byes: None
*For complete NFL Polynesian/Hawaiian/Island Ties players, see HFF Pro Teams link.
Nov 8th
Aloha Sunday! Late start today. Quick info on the San Diego Chargers @ New York Giants. Again HFF welcomes Portland (OR) and Seattle (WA) readers. Wow! Great games today too!
Hoka! (Too Bad!) Giants have no island players!! Go Chargers!!
San Diego Chargers
San Diego Chargers - Offense
#86 TE Brandon Manumaleuna (University of Arizona)
Game on KGMB7
*For complete NFL Polynesian/Hawaiian/Island Ties players, see HFF Pro Teams link.
Aug 15th
Bringing up the tail end of the night will be another game that features a former islander (Max Unger), a former Hawai’i Warrior (Kynan Forney), an awesome former USC standout (Lofa Tatupu) and the league’s best tight end (Brandon Manumaleuna). All players have something to prove in this game also as three are veterans except rookie, Max Unger (who hails from Kailua-Kona, HI). Good luck guys and wishing you the HFF best!!
Game Watch Links:
Seattle Seahawks
Seattle Seahawks - Offense
#60 OC/G Max Unger (University of Oregon).
Seattle Seahawks - Defense
#51 LB Lofa Tatupu (University of Southern California)
San Diego Chargers
San Diego Chargers - Offense
#67 G Kynan Forney (Hawaii)
#86 TE Brandon Manumaleuna (University of Arizona)
The game is on the NFL Network.