# 17th Annual Super Bowl Early Picks Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 31, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687 "2019-12-31T19:13:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687/1 "2019-12-31T19:13:41Z")
It’s that time of year again! The playoff teams are set, so it’s time for our annual contest – can you predict the Super Bowl a month before the game and join our list of champions?: [Year 1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=231858): **Trillionaire** [Year 2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=294932): **Uncommon Sense** [Year 3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=352167): **Airman Doors, USAF** [Year 4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=402369): **Grits and Hard Toast** [Year 5](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=449706): **Hal Briston** [Year 6](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=499473): **dalej42** [Year 7](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=546474): **Justin\_Bailey** [Year 8](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=591491): **Hamlet** [Year 9](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=637014): **Hal Briston** [Year 10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=677312): **enalzi** [Year 11](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=711681): **Jahiegel** [Year 12](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=744800): **borschevsky** [Year 13](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=780013): **Oakminster** [Year 14](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=815224): **borschevsky** [Year 15](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=846111): **phungi** [Year 15](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=868162): **ElvisL1ves** It’s simple to play – just post your pick for the two Super Bowl teams, and the final score. Deadline for submissions will be 4:00 pm Eastern on Saturday, January 4th (just before kickoff of the first playoff game). My Prediction: **Saints 34, Ravens 28** PLEASE NOTE: It’s not an absolute requirement, but it’s very helpful to me if you format your pick the same way I did above – “Winning team name and score, losing team name and score”, on its own line. No locations, just the name. Feel free to add any other commentary on a separate line. Thanks! * * * As always, just in case you don’t follow football but still wanna play along, just pick an AFC team, an NFC team, and a couple of numbers that sound vaguely football-scorish. AFC Teams: Ravens, Chiefs, Patriots, Texans, Bills, Titans NFC Teams: 49ers, Packers, Saints, Eagles, Seahawks, Vikings ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687/2 "2019-12-31T19:15:00Z")
Also, the tiebreakers: 1. Picked both teams, got winner correct 2. Picked both teams, got winner wrong 3. Picked winner correctly 4. Picked loser correctly 5. Closest to individual scores 6. Closest to predicted margin of victory ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687/3 "2019-12-31T19:22:49Z")
Ravens 37, 49ers 20 ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687/4 "2019-12-31T19:24:42Z")
Seahawks 30, Ravens 27 (once again I bet with my heart, not my head) ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687/5 "2019-12-31T19:25:17Z")
Thought I would take a stab, though I know little about American football. **New England Patriots 33, New Orleans Saints 27** It’s Agincourt in America! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687/6 "2019-12-31T19:36:34Z")
Chiefs 36 Saints 35 ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687/7 "2019-12-31T19:39:45Z")
Chiefs 30, 49ers 24 Also betting with the heart, rather than the brain. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687/8 "2019-12-31T19:49:12Z")
Bills 41 Seahawks 10 ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687/9 "2019-12-31T20:36:38Z")
Ravens 31, Packers 17 ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687/10 "2019-12-31T21:08:26Z")
Saints 31, Ravens 30 ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687/11 "2019-12-31T21:14:30Z")
**Ravens 42, Saints 34** ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687/12 "2019-12-31T21:21:17Z")
49ers 31, Ravens 27 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687/13 "2019-12-31T21:32:02Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Bills 41 Seahawks 10 Kang (or possibly Kodos) said it best: [Good God, is this some kind of joke?](https://frinkiac.com/caption/S02E03/890684) Good luck with that man. Anyway, here’s my pick… **Saints 31, Patriots 24** ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687/14 "2019-12-31T22:26:38Z")
**My Prediction: 49ers 35, Ravens 21** The 9ers look awesome this year and they’ve managed to keep everyone healthy. The niners remind me of the manning/Broncos super bowl team. The ravens are the class of the AFC so I think they’ll have an easier path than the 9ers. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687/15 "2019-12-31T23:00:14Z")
Ravens 27, Saints 24 ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687/16 "2019-12-31T23:22:44Z")
Chiefs 31 49ers 24 ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687/17 "2019-12-31T23:49:05Z")
Saints 27, Ravens 23. ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687/18 "2019-12-31T23:52:46Z")
Chiefs 38, Packers 27 ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687/19 "2020-01-01T00:17:04Z")
Ravens 31, 49ers 27 ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687/20 "2020-01-01T05:37:59Z")
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