Week 7 prediction roundup

Boston.com sports editor Matt Pepin is substituting for Eric Wilbur this week.

One more “London Calling” headline may just push us over the edge, although we’re bracing for a healthy dose of it, as well as that darn song, all weekend long.

Yes, it’s an interesting thing the Patriots are doing this weekend.

No, it’s not much more than a football game. The players treat it like nothing special. Most of England doesn’t know Tom Brady from Marcia Brady.

Experienced business travelers know how the Patriots feel. When you travel somewhere for work, it’s rarely fun. Usually work dominates all your time, and dinners out tend to be about as good as it gets in terms of sightseeing.

So we’ll stick to business too. Here’s a roundup of how national football experts are calling the Patriots-Buccaneers game Sunday at 1 p.m. (EDT) at Wembley Stadium in London.

• ESPN.com: It’s Patriots across the board for the panel of 10 who make selections.

• Cold, Hard Football Facts: Patriots 31, Buccaneers 13. “The Bucs … are winless and have been competitive only with bilge cleaners Washington and Carolina.”

• Peter King, Sports Illustrated: Patriots 38, Buccaneers 10. "As Roger Goodell flies to London this week, one of The Things I Think He Thinks is: Come on, Bill. Puh-leeeze. Don't run the score up this week. Not in this showcase game."

• Pete Prisco, CBS Sports: Patriots 38, Buccaneers 10. "Tom Brady will have a field day here in front of the London crowd, and Josh Johnson won't be able to handle the Patriots defenses."

• CBS Sports staff: Patriots across the board.

• Vinnie Iyer, Sporting News: Patriots 31, Bucs 7. "Tom Brady will keep another overmatched defense in the fog."

• Peter Schrager, Fox Sports: Patriots 37, Bucs 14. "Here we are, bringing our nation's favorite game to the Queen's country, and we're going to give them this matchup?"

• USA Today staff: Patriots across the board, with four of the eight panelists making it their lock of the week.

• Yahoo! sports staff: All three writers take New England, and the Yahoo users have the Patriots at 98% chance of winning.

• Greg Cote, Miami Herald: Patriots 42, Bucs 20. "Londoners expecting the best in American football get half of that in New England's Patriots."

• Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times: Patriots 35, Bucs 14. "It's a mismatch."
  

Our pick: Patriots 42, Bucs 0. We've yet to see someone pick the Bucs, and we're not going there either. The real storylines: Will Adalius Thomas play? Will Patriots backup QB Brian Hoyer get more PT? Will there be a streaker?