19th Annual Super Bowl Early Picks Thread

I’ll have the updated list tomorrow. Stupid Monday night playoff game.

I was bored today… :slight_smile:

Deleted

Here are last weekend’s results:

Winners, NFL 2021 Super Wildcard Weekend

  • — Bengals 26 - 19 Raiders
  • — Bills 47 - 17 Patriots
  • — Buccaneers 31 - 15 Eagles
  • — 49ers 23 - 17 Cowboys
  • — Chiefs 42 - 21 Steelers
  • — Rams 34 - 11 Cardinals

And here are next weekend’s divisional matchups. Each home team opened as -10 favorites:

NFL 2021 Divisional Round

Sat 22 Jan

  • — Bengals @ Titans -10
  • — 49ers @ Packers -10

Sun 23 Jan

  • — Rams @ Buccaneers -10
  • — Bills @ Chiefs -10

You sure about those? The lines don’t look right at all.

No, that’s not right at all. Here is the line this morning from vegasinsider.com:

NFL 2021 Divisional Round

Sat 22 Jan

  • — Bengals @ Titans -3.5 (opened at Titans -2.5)
  • — 49ers @ Packers -5.5 (opened at Packers -4.5)

Sun 23 Jan

  • — Rams @ Buccaneers -3 (opened at Bucs -2.5)
  • — Bills @ Chiefs -2 (opened at Chiefs -2.5)

Still Perfect:
Justin_Bailey: Bills 34, Packers 20
pulykamell: Bills 81, Packers 3
AlsoNamedBort: Buccaneers 31, Bills 24
Jahiegel2.0: Buccaneers 27, Chiefs 26
Precambrianmollusc: Buccaneers 31, Chiefs 27
suntanlotiontwo: Buccaneers 31, Chiefs 28
Zakalwe: Buccaneers 31, Titans 24
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
Hampshire: Packers 35, Bengals 23
Telemark: Packers 33, Bills 17
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
Akaj: Packers 27, Titans 13
Bullitt: Packers 35, Titans 31
Velocity: Packers 36, Titans 27
LoneRhino: Rams 34, Bengals 30
Wilson: Rams 34, Bills 20
muldoonthief: Titans 34, Buccaneers 24
Shoeless: Titans 24, Packers 21
Procrustus: Titans 38, Rams 27

One Down:
iiandyiiii: Bengals 31, Cardinals 24
Askance: 49ers 24, Patriots 18
eschereal: Bills 9, Cowboys 2
hajario: Buccaneers 34, Patriots 17
notfrommensa: Buccaneers 34, Patriots 27
AncientHumanoid: Cardinals 30, Bills 28
MadTheSwine: Cowboys 48, Chiefs 45
zimaane: Cowboys 44, Titans 31
Ulf_the_Unwashed: Patriots 35, Buccaneers 24
peccavi: Raiders 34, Buccaneers 31

One Down (No Chance):
Hal_Briston: Packers 23, Patriots 16

Out
Mighty_Mouse: Patriots 23, Eagles 17

I must’ve misread those lines. It was late.

Thanks for the correction.

Super Bowl options not picked:
49ers vs Everyone
Buccaneers vs Bengals
Rams vs Chiefs

If you’re a One Down pick, this is what you’re rooting for.

I assume this is because all remaining combinations of Packers vs AFC Champs are selected, and they would always win out over just picking one team in the Superbowl.

Correct.

Packers and Chiefs are the most popular picks, and the two of them in the Superbowl has the highest number of picks.

Bills vs Packers – 3
Bills vs Bucs – 1
Bills vs Rams – 1
Bills vs 49ers – 0

Chiefs vs Packers – 8
Chiefs vs Bucs – 5
Chiefs vs Rams – 0
Chiefs vs 49ers – 0

Bengals vs Packers – 1
Bengals vs Bucs – 0
Bengals vs Rams – 1
Bengals vs 49ers – 0

Titans vs Packers - 4
Titans vs Bucs - 2
Titans vs Rams - 1
Titans vs 49ers - 0

15 players knocked into one-down territory, 4 already out, and we still have half the weekend to go.

I picked #1 vs #1, the Titans vs the Packers. Well that’s now out but I’m happy that my 49ers have advanced to the NFC Championship game!

Woo-hoo!

I think I’m the only one who picked the Bengals to win. If they win the SB, does that mean I win the contest?

Depends on who they play: LoneRhino has the Rams/Bengals and the tie-breaker is:

  1. Picked both teams, got winner correct
    2. Picked both teams, got winner wrong
  2. Picked winner correctly
  3. Picked loser correctly
  4. Closest to individual scores
  5. Closest to predicted margin of victory

So if it’s Bengals/Rams, you’re dead in the water before the game is played.

FYI, I’m essentially dead - my only hope is that the Bucs play someone OTHER than the Chiefs or Bills and I get the score right.

Me too. Both #1s lost on last second field goals. Oh well - even though I picked GB in the Super Bowl, I’m glad they’re out.

Same. I think I still have a great chance to win: I just need either the Rams or 49ers get to the SB, beat the Chiefs, and I get the score exactly right. No problem! :rofl: