# 18th Annual Super Bowl Early Picks Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [January 6, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812 "2021-01-06T15:34:20Z")\ **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:** [January 6, 2021, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812/1 "2021-01-06T15:34:20Z")
Sorry for the delay folks, but 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): **AlsoNamedBort** [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 16](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=868162): **ElvisL1ves** [Year 17](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/845687/88): **muldoonthief** It’s simple to play – just post your pick for the two Super Bowl teams, and the final score. Deadline for submissions will be 1:00 pm Eastern on Saturday, January 9th (just before kickoff of the first playoff game). My Prediction: **Bears 27, Bills 24** (I am not going to win but I can’t predict against my Bears) 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: Chiefs, Bills, Steelers, Titans, Ravens, Browns, Colts NFC Teams: Packers, Saints, Seahawks, Football Team, Buccaneers, Rams, Bears ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812/2 "2021-01-06T15:48:59Z")
Football Team 20, Steelers 17 In my dreams. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812/3 "2021-01-06T15:53:36Z")
I’d love to be a homer and call for Seattle to win but I’ll go with my gut and say Buffalo 40, Green Bay 24. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812/4 "2021-01-06T15:55:16Z")
Every year I vote my heart. (I don’t expect to win) Seahawks 28 Chiefs 24 ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812/5 "2021-01-06T16:01:53Z")
Bills 34, Saints 27 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812/6 "2021-01-06T17:08:57Z")
I’m not going to offer a prediction, but I hope like hell Football Team is in the Super Bowl just for the lulz of their name. Even better if they can win it. All I can think of when I see that name is the “generics” craze from the late 1970s grocery biz: [https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&q=generic+beer](https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbm=isch&q=generic+beer) Their team logo totally ought to be a UPC symbol. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812/7 "2021-01-06T17:16:37Z")
**Packers 33, Bills 23**. Unlikely, but I’d like to see Rodgers get one more before he rides into the sunset. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812/8 "2021-01-06T17:33:47Z")
**Buccaneers 34, Chiefs 30** If I can’t pick the Pats I can still pick Brady. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812/9 "2021-01-06T17:49:06Z")
Chiefs 38, Packers 28 ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812/10 "2021-01-06T18:13:11Z")
I don’t want to do it, but I’m going to do it. **Bills 34, Packers 20** ---
**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:** [January 6, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812/11 "2021-01-06T18:24:04Z")
Bills 31, Buccaneers 21 ---
**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:** [January 7, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812/12 "2021-01-07T16:52:21Z")
Saints 30 Chiefs 27 ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812/13 "2021-01-07T17:07:27Z")
Packers 31 Chiefs 30 ---
**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:** [January 7, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812/14 "2021-01-07T17:11:45Z")
My Prediction: **Cheifs 27, Packers 24** This year has been weird but I don’t see anyone but the cheifs winning I’ve got no idea who they’ll play and the cheifs haven’t been good the last couple of weeks so I think the score is a crap shoot too. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812/15 "2021-01-07T19:52:07Z")
Looks like somebody needs to fix his spell-checker. 😉 Then again, Kansas (and Missouri) have long had issues with edumacation. So maybe “Cheifs” is how the locals spell it. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812/16 "2021-01-07T20:33:24Z")
Could be worse… 😃 [1997 - Commercial - Snickers (Who are the Chefs) - YouTube](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WPOZbG7ibEE) My pick: **Saints 34, Chiefs 27** ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812/17 "2021-01-07T20:58:54Z")
Football Team 31 Chiefs 10 ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812/18 "2021-01-07T21:03:48Z")
Hell why not? If I’m right, I’ll be the only one with this pick. **Browns 31, Packers 28** ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812/19 "2021-01-07T21:07:56Z")
Buccaneers 34, Steelers 28 ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812/20 "2021-01-07T21:14:43Z")
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