Rules: 1. Now that we're in the playoffs, only 12 teams remain. How the picks are done is different. 2. The highest seed will face the lowest remaining seed, and so on. 3. Higher seeds will be given schedules based on how they did compared to their opponents. Where possible, they will have an advantage based on how well they did with the two teams playing. 4. Picks should be PM'ed to me within 1 hour of game start time. Games that I'm involved in... we'll need a volunteer to take our picks. Via PM system as well.
Here is what you will be picking
1. Which team will win and by how much? 2. In the event you both pick the wrong team, pick a spread for your team to beat* 3. How many total points will be scored in the game? 4. How many rushing yards will both teams get? 5. How many total points will be scored this weekend?
*If both players pick the wrong team, this tiebreaker will be in effect. It should be +X. So if the team you pick loses 21-20, and you pick +2, then your team would've won. The goal is to pick a spread that will win, in the event you are both wrong. If both spreads do not lead to a win, then it will go to the next tiebreaker. If one spread wins, and the other doesn't, the winning spread will win. If both spreads win, whoever has the lower spread wins. If both players pick the right team to win, this tiebreaker is ignored.
If there's still a tie after all tiebreakers, the person with the higher seed will move on automatically.
Answer to last weekend's tiebreaker: 759 Closest was: MitsuruKirijo with 747
Also, congratulations to GunMage and KCF0107 who had the best week last week with records of 13-3. Both were very close to making the playoffs, good luck next year should you join again!
I'll post a ton of stats probably throughout the week. I've got a lot.
But for now... teams ranked from easiest to hardest to predict:
1 Green Bay Packers 2 New Orelans Saints 3 Pittsburgh Steelers 4 Jacksonville Jaguars 5 Indianapolis Colts 6 St. Louis Rams 7 New England Patriots 8 Atlanta Falcons 9 Carolina Panthers 10 Cincinnati Bengals 11 Minnesota Vikings 12 Cleveland Browns 13 Dallas Cowboys 14 Detroit Lions 15 San Fransisco 49ers 16 San Diego Chargers 17 Houston Texans 18 Washington Redskins 19 Baltimore Ravens 20 Arizona Cardinals 21 New York Jets 22 Denver Broncos 23 Chicago Bears 24 Miami Dolphins 25 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26 Tennessee Titans 27 Seattle Seahawks 28 New York Giants 29 Oakland Raiders 30 Buffalo Bills 31 Kansas City Chiefs 32 Philadelphia Eagles
The top 6 teams won or lost 12+ games, except for Jacksonville, who played Indianapolis twice.
AFC East - resistancepro, RPGLord95 (44-20) AFC North - blindhobo (52-12) AFC South - Andel, Blindhobo (48-16) AFC West - resistancepro (39-25) AFC: resistance_pro (173-83)
NFC East - blindhobo (39-25) NFC North - dancedreamer (52-12) NFC South - dancedreamer (52-12) NFC West - theawesomestevr (45-19) NFC: Silvstedt (177-79)
I really need to prevent my bias against the Pats from affecting my game picks. Then again, their defense should have cost them more wins than they ended up having
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I move on to face Camden after the Texans defeat the Bengals
Tonight's picks:
DivineKrystal: 1. Which team will win and by how much? Lions by 3 2. In the event you both pick the wrong team, pick a spread for your team to beat* Lions +14 3. How many total points will be scored in the game? 70 4. How many rushing yards will both teams get? 170 5. How many total points will be scored this weekend? 222
Silvstedt: 1. Which team will win and by how much? New Orleans Saints by 10 2. In the event you both pick the wrong team, pick a spread for your team to beat* New Orleans Saints +3.0 3. How many total points will be scored in the game? 75 4. How many rushing yards will both teams get? 135 5. How many total points will be scored this weekend? 250
theawesomestevr advances, and will face off against resistance_pro next week.
Just one more game left in wild card weekend. Once the game starts, I'll post what the schedules will be depending on the outcome of the game, and the contest.
Andel: Pittsburgh wins 14-10 Pittsburgh +4 24 total points pitt 130 yards rushing denver 165 yards rushing 295 total total points scored this weekend 192 in the four wildcard games
Lucretia Merces: 1. Which team will win and by how much? Steelers by 6 2. In the event you both pick the wrong team, pick a spread for your team to beat* Steelers +4.0 3. How many total points will be scored in the game? 30 4. How many rushing yards will both teams get? 205 5. How many total points will be scored this weekend? 160
Schedule will be: If the Broncos and Andel win: Cloud and Squall vs Camden: New Orleans Saints @ San Fransisco 49ers theawesomestevr vs resistance_pro: Denver Broncos @ New England Patriots Silvstedt vs MitsuruKirijo: Houston Texans @ Baltimore Ravens Andel vs blindhobo13: New York Giants @ Green Bay Packers
If the Steelers and Andel win: Cloud and Squall vs Camden: New Orleans Saints @ San Fransisco 49ers theawesomestevr vs resistance_pro: Pittsburgh Steelers @ New England Patriots Silvstedt vs MitsuruKirijo: Houston Texans @ Baltimore Ravens Andel vs blindhobo13: New York Giants @ Green Bay Packers
If the Broncos and Lucretia win: Cloud and Squall vs Camden: New York Giants @ Green Bay Packers theawesomestevr vs resistance_pro: Denver Broncos @ New England Patriots Silvstedt vs MitsuruKirijo: New Orleans Saints @ San Fransisco 49ers Lucretia Merces vs blindhobo13: Houston Texans @ Baltimore Ravens
If the Steelers and Lucretia win: Cloud and Squall vs Camden: New York Giants @ Green Bay Packers theawesomestevr vs resistance_pro: Pittsburgh Steelers @ New England Patriots Silvstedt vs MitsuruKirijo: New Orleans Saints @ San Fransisco 49ers Lucretia vs blindhobo13: Houston Texans @ Baltimore Ravens