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.

Aloha Sunday! Just back from my hiatus. Sorry for the late morning updates, quick info on locally televised National Football League (NFL) games on Sunday and Monday Night. Also from today on, HFF will be adding more information for Portland (OR) and Seattle (WA) readers. As this blog continues to grow, we appreciate all the readers support and word-of-mouth advertisement. This is the quick format and I’ll return to the regular format next week.

Sun, Oct 18 Stadium Time

For the early-risers
Auwe! Still sleeping! Gotta do this the day before.

For the brunch bunch
BUF @ NYJ Giants Stadium 10:00 AM HST (KGMB7)

Buffalo Bills - #55 Kawika Mitchell, #61 Marvin Philip & #18 C.J. Hawthorne (practice squad)
New York Jets - #78 Wayne Hunter, #91 Sione Pouha, #63 Tavita Thompson & #79 Ropati Pitoitua

TEN @ NE Gillette Stadium
Portland 1:00 PM PDT (KOIN6)

Tennessee Titans - #68 Kevin Mawae & *#29 Ryan Mouton
New England Patriots - *#47 Jake Ingram

ARI @ SEA Qwest Field
Portland 1:00 PM PDT (KPTV12)
Seattle 1:00 PM PDT (KCPQ13)

Arizona Cardinals - #51 Pago Togafau & #76 Deuce Lutui
Seattle Seahawks - #51 Lofa Tatupu & #60 Max Unger

For the afternoon/evening folks
CHI @ ATL Georgia Dome 2:20 PM HST (KHNL8)
Portland 5:20 PM PDT (KGW12)
Seattle 5:20 PM PDT (KING5)

Chicago Bears - #57 Olin Kreutz, #73 Donovan Raiola (practice squad), #75 Matt Toeaina, #59 Pisa Tinoisamoa, *#46 Al Afalava, *#45 Will Ta’ufo’ou (practice squad) & *#62 Johan Asiata (practice squad)
Atlanta Falcons - #1 Jason Elam

*Don’t forget too da Phillies! and island boy, Shane Victorino. Dodgers @ Phillies 2:00p HST/ 5:00p PDT (TBS45 & TBS55 - Portland & Seattle)

Mon, Oct 19 Stadium Time

Are you ready for da football! Monday Night Football on ESPN!
DEN @ SD Qualcomm Stadium 2:30 PM HST (ESPN22)
Portland 5:30 PM PDT (ESPN35)
Seattle 5:30 PM PDT (ESPN31)

Hoka! (Too Bad!) Denver has no island players!! Go Chargers!!
San Diego Chargers - #86 Brandon Manumaleuna

Byes: Cowboys, Colts, Dolphins, 49ers
*Schedule Courtesy of NFL.com

*For complete NFL Polynesian/Hawaiian/Island Ties players, see HFF Pro Teams link.

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This will hopefully be a redemption game for Hawai’i Warrior, Colt Brennan, who had an awful outing in the Redskins last game. He’ll meetup with his old Warrior teammate, Jake Ingram, who has official duties as the longsnapper for the Patriots. Fellow Polynesian, Mike Sellers, is slated to play but still nursing a previous knee injury. Mike will be a gametime decision.

Unfortunately, we lost DT Vaka Manupuna (Colorado) who had been put on waiver by the Redskins in early August.

Let’s hope the remaining players get some playing time. Especially, Colt Brennan, who is contending for the 2nd or 3rd backup quarterback position. IMUA to all the players!!!

Game Watch Links:

New England Patriots

New England Patriots - Offense
#47 LS Jake Ingram (University of Hawai’i)

Washington Redskins

Washington Redskins - Offense
#5 QB Colt Brennan (University of Hawai’i)

#45 RB Mike Sellers (Walla Walla CC)

The game is being televised at 2pm on CBS (KGMB9).