I was going to have an "entry fee" (fake money) but I'll just pay out the winner or top 3 depending on participation
All picks must be made by 4:30 PM ET on Sat. Jan. 9 (5 minutes before the first game)This thread will be "locked"at that time.
Post your picks only in this thread. We will have another thread for discussing the contest and any posts made in this thread other than your picks will be moved to the discussion thread.
Link to general discussion and to ask any questions for this contest:
sportschatter.co/thread/1690/where-nfl-playoff-predictions-thread?page=1&scrollTo=439710The scoring:
The Wild Card round games will be worth 5 points each. Pick all 4 correctly and get 5 bonus points for a total of 25 points
The Divisional Round games will be worth 10 points each. Pick all 4 correctly and get 10 bonus points for a total of 50 points
The Conference Championship Games will be worth 20 points each. Pick both correctly and get 10 bonus points for a total of 50 points
The Superbowl will be worth 50 points
Tie breaker: Pick the total amount of points that will be scored in the Super Bowl. The closest without going over, wins 20 bonus points.
Make your picks something like this ( a sample only,not my actual entry):
Wild Card games( The only match ups we know for sure at this time)
Chiefs(5) at Texans (4) Chiefs
Steelers(6) at Bengals(3) Steelers
Seahawks(6) at Vikings(3) Seahawks
Packers(5) at Redskins(4)Packers
Divisional Round(remember the #1 seed plays the lowest remaining seed)
Steelers(6) at Broncos(1) Steelers
Chiefs(5) at Patriots (2) Patriots
Seahawks(6) at Panthers (1)Panthers
Packers(5) at Cardinals (2) Cardinals
Conference Championship GamesSteelers(6)at Patriots (2) Steelers
Cardinals(2) at Panthers (1)
Superbowl Match up
Steelers v Cardinals
Super Bowl winnerCardinals
tiebreaker: 47 points