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The points for each correct pick double each round.  Seed in () to help you with home field determination.

AFC:
Bengals (6) @ Texans (3), 4:30 EST Saturday
Steelers (5) @ Broncos (4), 4:30 EST Sunday

Patriots (1) and Ravens (2) on Bye


NFC:
Lions (6) @ Saints (3), 8:00 EST Saturday
Falcons(5) @ Giants (4), 1:00 EST Sunday

Packers (1) and 49ers (2) on Bye

So this is like a do-over from when I picked the Chargers to win the Super Bowl before the season started?  :awesome_for_real:

AFC
Bengals @ Texans - I'd feel a lot better about this pick of the Texans had a QB, but when in doubt just stick with the home team.
Steelers @ Broncos - Lolz

Texans @ Ravens - I don't see a Schaub-less Texans doing much against the Ravens.
Steelers @ Patriots - Pat's defense is just terrible.

Steelers @ Ravens - Ravens have already proven they can beat the Steelers, and they're the home team.

NFC
Lions @ Saints - I'd have picked the Lions if they had been playing the Falcons or Giants, but they draw the Saints.  As awesome as Megatron is, Saints playoff experience and the home field beats the newbies.
Falcons @ Giants - I don't think either team is especially good, so I'll go with JPP.

Saints @ 49ers - Tough pick, but as good as that defense is I think Brees can move the ball on the 49ers.
Giants @ Packers -  Yeah, right.

Saints @ Packers - If this were in a dome I might be tempted to actually pick the Saints since I think the Packers defense can be exposed, but this is Lambeau in the dead of winter.

Super Bowl
Ravens vs Packers - No matter how good the defense is you can only slow down the Packers, not stop them completely.  Even though Ray Rice is awesome, I don't think the Ravens have enough on O to keep up.

AFC:
Bengals (6) @ Texans (3) - This will be a defensive struggle, but I think the Texans run game and pass rush will win out, especially if Delhomme plays QB.
Steelers (5) @ Broncos (4) - Tebow gets to see what life against a REAL defense is like.

Patriots vs. Steelers - As banged up as the Steelers are, I don't think they can handle Brady.

Ravens vs. Texans - Ravens home-field advantage and Texans lack of a QB will make this an ugly game.

Patriots vs. Ravens - I think the Ravens go into Foxboro and take care of business despite being TERRIBLE on the road.

NFC:
Lions (6) @ Saints (3) - This game could easily have 100 points scored between the two, but the Saints win it.
Falcons(5) @ Giants (4) - Hardest game of the first round to pick. Depends totally on which of 4 teams shows up. I think the Falcons get disappointed again as the Giants may be getting hot and have a better pass rush.

Saints vs. 49ers - This will be an epic game, but I think playoff experience and Drew Brees will edge it out.
Giants vs. Packers - Lots of Eli face in the dead of Lambeau winter.

Saints vs. Packers - We've seen this story before. Packers win. Again. As bad as their defense has been, it's better than the Saints defense.

Super Bowl
Ravens vs. Packers - Packers all the way.

AFC Wildcard Round:
Bengals (6) vs Texans (3): Texans
Steelers (5) vs Broncos (4): Steelers

AFC Divisional Round:
Steelers (5) vs Patriots (1): Patriots
Texans (3) vs Ravens (2): Texans

AFC Championship:
Patriots (1) vs Texans (3): Patriots


NFC Wildcard Round:
Lions (6) vs Saints (3): Saints
Falcons (5) vs Giants (4): Falcons

NFC Divisional Round:
Packers (1) vs Falcons (5): Falcons
Saints (3) vs 49ers (2): Saints

NFC Championship:
Saints (3) vs Falcons (5): Saints


Super Bowl:
Saints (3) vs Patriots (1): Patriots

These picks are awful but I look forward to the train wreck.

AFC Wildcard Round:
Bengals (6) vs Texans (3): Texans
Steelers (5) vs Broncos (4): Steelers          (little Timmy must have rubbed one out.  God is against him now :grin:)

AFC Divisional Round:
Steelers (5) vs Patriots (1): Patriots
Texans (3) vs Ravens (2): Ravens

AFC Championship:
Patriots (1) vs Ravens(2): Patriots


NFC Wildcard Round:
Lions (6) vs Saints (3): Lions
Falcons (5) vs Giants (4): Giants

NFC Divisional Round:
Packers (1) vs Giants(4): Packers
Lions(6) vs 49ers (2): Lions

NFC Championship:
Lions(6) vs Packers(1): Lions


Super Bowl:
Lions(5) vs Patriots (1): Patriots

 :grin:

Packers always go to Super Bowls in pairs.

They also have played a different franchise in each Super Bowl which means it cannot be New England, Denver, or Pittsburgh.

Thus it will be Baltimore vs Green Bay in the bowl.

I am not going to say who wins.

AFC:

I have a hard time seeing the seeds being that wrong.  Top seed wins all the way to the Superbowl

Texans, Steelers
Ravens, Patriots
Patriots

NFC:

This is where the upsets happen, although not right away.

Saints, Giants
Packers roll the Giants, 49ers stun the Saints
49ers stun the Packers

Superbowl:
49ers in a huge West Coast upset.

AFC:
Bengals (6) @ Texans (3) - Texans due to the home field
Steelers (5) @ Broncos (4) - Steelers due to the Broncos

Steelers(5) @ Patriots (1) - Steelers have a D, Pats don't.
Texans(3) @ Ravens (2) - Ravens should win assuming Flacco doesn't go off the rails.

Steelers(5) @ Ravens(2) - Chance that Big Ben might be healthy at this point. Steelers.

NFC:
Lions (6) @ Saints (3) - Saints at home, it's impossible for me not to take them.
Falcons(5) @ Giants (4) - It's possible that the Falcons on still the biggest fraud in the NFL.

Giants(4) @ Packers (1) - It would take a miracle for the Giants. Pack all the way at home.
Saints(3) @ 49ers (2) - I sense an "upset" in that the 49ers D is really good.

49ers(2) @ Packers(1) - It's all sunshine and rainbows until you end up in Lambeau in January. Pack.

Super Bowl:

Steelers v. Pack - Game's in Indy indoors. Normally I'd say that favors the passing team, but shockingly the Packers score less indoors. I'm going Steelers in the upset.

AFC:
Bengals (6) @ Texans (3) Texans win.

Steelers (5) @ Broncos (4) Are we kidding ourselves with this one?  If you spot Tebow 6 points in this game, they'll probably end up with just the 6 points.  Maybe only 3, somehow.

Ravens over the Texans.

Patriots over the Steelers

Ravens over the Patriots.  No, really!


NFC:
Lions (6) @ Saints (3) Saints will put up too much offense.
Falcons(5) @ Giants (4) Giants will pull another rabbit out of the hat.  Atlanta is to boring to want to see in the playoffs anyway.

Saints will squeak pass the 49ers.  Tempted to give the Niners the upset, but I can't quite see it.

Packers over the Giants.  Will be a 70 point affair.

Packers over Saints in an epic one.

Super Bowl:  I called the repeat earlier this season, so I will stick with that.  Packers over the Ravens.

There are really a lot of potentially amazing games this post season.  I could easily see this all playing out quite differently.

So far, unanimity for Texans and Steelers this weekend.  If the Steelers lose, only Paelos is fucked, though.

Only Azuredream has the Ravens losing their first post-season game.  That would cripple 3 of you.

I am screwed if the 49ers lose early.  Paelos could survive that loss as long as the Steelers and Packers make it to Indiana.

All in all a good balance so far.

AFC:
Bengals  @ Texans
Steelers  @ Broncos

Steelers @ Pats
Texans @ Ravens

Steelers @ Ravens

NFC:
Lions @ Saints
Falcons @ Giants

Saints @ 49ers
Falcons @ Packers

49ers @ Packers

Superbowl:

Packers @ Ravens

HOMER ALERT

AFC:
Bengals  @ Texans
Steelers  @ Broncos

Steelers @ Pats
Texans @ Ravens

Steelers @ Ravens

NFC:
Lions @ Saints
Falcons @ Giants

Saints @ 49ers
Falcons @ Packers

Saints @ Packers

Superbowl:

Saints v Steelers

It's going to be the Harbaugh Bowl! :why_so_serious:

AFC Wildcard
Bengals (6) @ Texans (3), 4:30 EST Saturday
Steelers (5) @ Broncos (4), 4:30 EST Sunday

NFC Wildcard
Lions (6) @ Saints (3), 8:00 EST Saturday
Falcons(5) @ Giants (4), 1:00 EST Sunday


AFC Division
Bengals (6) @ Patriots (1)
Steelers (5) @ Ravens (2)

NFC Division
Giants (4) @ Packers (1)
Saints (3) @ 49ers (2)


AFC Championship
Ravens (2) @ Patriots (1)

NFC Championship
Giants (4) @ 49ers (2)


Super Bowl
48ers over the Ravens :awesome_for_real:

So it's unanimous! The Broncos have no chance against the Steelers!  :awesome_for_real:

 :uhrr:
Is it too late for me to pick the Eagles? 

Well fuck.

I got this shit locked up, just send me the prize now.

 :crying_panda:

If the 49ers change their names to the 48ers right before winning the Super Bowl Trippy is going to look like a fucking genius.

STONE COLD LOCK OF THE CENTURY.

I'm scared that Trippy was spot on with the Champ games.  :ye_gods:

Everything* is proceeding as I have foreseen :drill:

* mostly, stupid AFC North Wild Card teams

So, it is clear that most of the group is out.  Up to this point, Trippy has 10 points, calling all 4 Divisional victors.

Trippy victory conditions: 49ers beat Ravens, Ravens win, Giants beat Ravens.  His odds look pretty good.

shiznitz victory conditions: 49ers beat Pats.

Ghost victory conditions: Pats win, Giants beat Pats.

I think that covers all possible combinations.

My predictions look the best because the Pats are clearly the best team.   :oh_i_see:

Sorry, jumping the gun on gloating.   :oh_i_see:

Fucking Williams...

Okay, so now I win.   :grin:

Yes you do.  Congrats on not doing in gracefully.  :awesome_for_real:

edit: Ok, that was a bit harsh. This is a snarky forum after all.

I'm so bad at this shit that whenever I do win I relish being a complete ass about it.  Remember that I picked the Eagles to win at the beginning of the year.....  :ye_gods:

Sucks to be me :awesome_for_real: :oh_i_see:

Oh yes, I do remember! 

(Grats on the picks)

Yawn, so tired of these teams.

It was all skill....

Actually, I may be the only person left in the country that actually likes the Patriots and Eli Manning.  Should be a good Superbowl.

I'm not sure about that, I expect the ads to be shit.

Do people still watch the advertisements?

I like the Patriots, but mostly because of Gronkowski, Welker, and Woohead.  Gronk is a freaking monster!

He really is a beast.  It's crazy when a guy that big has hands that good.

... and can run a 4.5  in the 40.  These are the guys that make the NFL the spectacle that it is.

I wish we would have gotten another year with him.   :cry2:  It's too bad that his last year in college was spent watching from the sidelines with a bad back.

I dunno...I consider Tom Brady to be one of the top two quarterbacks who ever lived.  Probably number one.  I think he makes all those guys waaaaaay better than they really are.  Like Peyton Manning.  Look how amazing some of those guys appeared to be with him - and how ordinary they appear without them.  I think Welker would have been good (not great) on any team.  Gronkowski is a beneficiary of both Brady's greatness and the schemes they run to get him open.  But mostly the former, IMO.

Pretty cynical of me, I know.  But Brady is the shit.

Oh, Brady is spectacular for sure, but you can't watch some of Gronkowski's catches and not realize that this guy is amazing.  He is on a different planet when compared to other TEs/Receivers.  Some of his catches are Jerry Rice good. 

Gronk is a nobody if he plays on the Ravens. Brady is the reason any of us know who the hell he is.

Same for Jimmy Graham.

Have you even seen some of the dude's catches?   :oh_i_see:

I'm not denying he's talented. Why he's even on the radar now is because the Patriots run a system with Tom Brady where he throws to TEs more than anybody else in the league, and more than any WR other than Wes Welker.

But that's partly because look at their other wide receivers.

 :oh_i_see:

Everybody in the NFL is talented, ghost. Where they play makes a difference for the public eye.

Paelos, you're destined for greatness as a talking head on The Ocho.

I'll cover hockey!  :awesome_for_real:

You are just trying to cover your ass now.  Go get on youtube and watch some of Gronkowski's catches.  That isn't Brady catching the ball with one hand while falling out of bounds as two defenders try to claw his eyes out. 

Ahem, Tom Brady is nothing without New England and BB. It's Bellicheat and his (camera)system that makes people look good, not Brady.

Just take a look at what Matt Cassel did for them while Tommy was out:
63.4% Cpt.   3,693 Yds   7.2 Y/A  21 TDs   11 INTs

Brady the next year:
65.7% Cpt.   4,398 Yds   7.8 Y/A    28 TDs   13 INTs   

Cassel was the shit after that one season and what after that? I think outside of New England, Brady wouldn't have done better than David Garrard and co.

Nope, it's not. And I'm not covering my ass. What I'm telling you is that he's on a big team with a big QB. If he plays elsewhere, everyone goes WHO? He'd be a nobody. Take Mercedes Lewis out of Jacksonville. Last year he puts up 10 TDs as a tight end, averaged 12 yards a catch, 700 yards, and busted a 42 yard TD run. Statistically he was on par with Antonio Gates. However, we fans know Gates because Phillip Rivers was targetting him and they were winning. Nobody gave a shit about Lewis.

Tony Gonzales is still the best TE to play the game ever.

Too bad he has spent his entire career playing with over the hill or shitty QBs.

Exactly, and he set a record this year for most consecutive games with a reception ever by a player. He is a warhorse that gets marginalized due to his teams and QBs.

I don think Gonzales gets marginalized though.  He's well respected. 

12x Pro Bowl and 9x All Pro selection. Definitely not marginalized. He's pretty heralded as The TE... The only thing that has been marginalized for him is chances at Championships.

Which... doesn't really matter down the road. People still Marino after all.

Until guys like Drew Brees steal his records and win rings.  :why_so_serious:

To be fair, Brees hasn't won a Ring yet since breaking those records.  :grin: