# 19th Annual Super Bowl Early Picks Thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** football-nfl\
**Created:** [January 10, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529 "2022-01-10T17:04:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 18\
**Page:** 6

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**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/101 "2022-01-31T03:01:24Z")

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So, What do I win? Money? A lifetime supply of something? A NEW CAR?

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**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/102 "2022-01-31T03:14:48Z")

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> [@LoneRhino](#):
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> What do I win? Money? A lifetime supply of something? A NEW CAR?

Here’s a list.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/k-BcETGjRTw/maxresdefault.jpg "What Do You Want From Life") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-BcETGjRTw&t=179v)

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**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 31, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/103 "2022-01-31T03:17:21Z")

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Congrats! Enjoy your reign.

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**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 31, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/104 "2022-01-31T03:20:47Z")

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First you have to buy a round of drinks for the previous winners.

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**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 31, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/105 "2022-01-31T04:11:32Z")

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Yes. That.

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**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/106 "2022-01-31T06:33:33Z")

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I cannot believe my favourites pick, with no attention whatsoever to form or in fact to the season at all, got me into the final 3.

Gratz to the unique-horned one!

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/107 "2022-01-31T06:52:29Z")

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I believe this is the first SB where neither team was at least 3rd-seeded going into the post season.

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**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/108 "2022-01-31T13:31:33Z")

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And it’s a round _per win_, not per winner. 😉

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**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 31, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/109 "2022-01-31T16:12:22Z")

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Still Perfect:  
**LoneRhino:** Rams 34, Bengals 30

One Down:  
**Wilson:** Rams 34, ~~Bills~~ 20  
**iiandyiiii:** Bengals 31, ~~Cardinals~~ 24  
**Hampshire:** ~~Packers~~ 35, Bengals 23  
**Procrustus:** ~~Titans~~ 38, Rams 27

Out  
**dirtball:** ~~Chiefs~~ 24, ~~Buccaneers~~ 20  
**PackerMan2:** ~~Chiefs~~ 31, ~~Buccaneers~~ 27  
**Railer13:** ~~Chiefs~~ 31, ~~Packers~~ 27  
**Frosted\_Glass:** ~~Chiefs~~ 31, ~~Packers~~ 28  
**Jasmine:** ~~Chiefs~~ 37, ~~Packers~~ 33  
**Askance:** ~~49ers~~ 24, ~~Patriots~~ 18  
**Jahiegel2.0:** ~~Buccaneers~~ 27, ~~Chiefs~~ 26  
**Precambrianmollusc:** ~~Buccaneers~~ 31, ~~Chiefs~~ 27  
**suntanlotiontwo:** ~~Buccaneers~~ 31, ~~Chiefs~~ 28  
**ShadowFacts:** ~~Packers~~ 30, ~~Chiefs~~ 27  
**Hamlet:** ~~Packers~~ 30, ~~Chiefs~~ 28  
**FlikTheBlue:** ~~Packers~~ 31, ~~Chiefs~~ 17  
**Jackknifed\_Juggernaut:** ~~Packers~~ 33, ~~Chiefs~~ 24  
**borshevsky:** ~~Packers~~ 34, ~~Chiefs~~ 28  
**MadTheSwine:** ~~Cowboys~~ 48, ~~Chiefs~~ 45  
**Justin\_Bailey:** ~~Bills~~ 34, ~~Packers~~ 20  
**pulykamell:** ~~Bills~~ 81, ~~Packers~~ 3  
**AlsoNamedBort:** ~~Buccaneers~~ 31, ~~Bills~~ 24  
**Zakalwe:** ~~Buccaneers~~ 31, ~~Titans~~ 24  
**Telemark:** ~~Packers~~ 33, ~~Bills~~ 17  
**Akaj:** ~~Packers~~ 27, ~~Titans~~ 13  
**Bullitt:** ~~Packers~~ 35, ~~Titans~~ 31  
**Velocity:** ~~Packers~~ 36, ~~Titans~~ 27  
**muldoonthief:** ~~Titans~~ 34, ~~Buccaneers~~ 24  
**Shoeless:** ~~Titans~~ 24, ~~Packers~~ 21  
**eschereal:** ~~Bills~~ 9, ~~Cowboys~~ 2  
**hajario:** ~~Buccaneers~~ 34, ~~Patriots~~ 17  
**notfrommensa:** ~~Buccaneers~~ 34, ~~Patriots~~ 27  
**Hal\_Briston:** ~~Packers~~ 23, ~~Patriots~~ 16  
**AncientHumanoid:** ~~Cardinals~~ 30, ~~Bills~~ 28  
**zimaane:** ~~Cowboys~~ 44, ~~Titans~~ 31  
**Ulf\_the\_Unwashed:** ~~Patriots~~ 35, ~~Buccaneers~~ 24  
**peccavi:** ~~Raiders~~ 34, ~~Buccaneers~~ 31  
**Mighty\_Mouse:** ~~Patriots~~ 23, ~~Eagles~~ 17

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**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/110 "2022-01-31T16:55:50Z")

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What if LoneRhino gets the score correct too?

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/111 "2022-01-31T16:58:26Z")

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then it will be incumbent upon **LoneRhino** to buy us all _another_ round

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**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/112 "2022-01-31T21:01:28Z")

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Winning this thing is starting to feel like the gift that keeps on taking.

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**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/113 "2022-01-31T21:04:11Z")

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If that happens I want the contest renamed my honor. Has anybody gotten the teams and the score correct before?

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/114 "2022-01-31T22:10:28Z")

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We’d drink to that!

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**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/115 "2022-02-01T01:21:38Z")

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I think we’ve just found the name for the Washington football team-Rhinos!

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**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/116 "2022-02-01T03:47:06Z")

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Good one but, as a Giants fan I don’t want my user name associated with that Daniel Snyder led cesspool.

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**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:** [February 14, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/117 "2022-02-14T03:03:07Z")

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@LoneRhino picked the winner! Congrats again!

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2022, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/118 "2022-02-14T03:47:17Z")

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And off the spread by only one (but over by quite a lot)

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