20th Annual Super Bowl Early Picks Thread

Yep, and that’s happened before where we knew the winner after the championship games.

Yes, and it was glorious. :slight_smile:

I’m content with the way things stand right now. Let’s call it a day and say it’s a 9-way tie for the winner! :wink:

That also doesn’t seem that unlikely either. They’re both pretty solid teams.

It shouldn’t be a surprise though, if you’re in a conference championship you’re pretty good. You might be lucky enough to have a soft schedule, so much so that you end up with a good enough record to be a wildcard, then get matched up with the winner of a bad division. (Or vice versa.) But anyone that wins a divisional game is going to be good team.

This is my first time to play. How does it work among the “one down”?

If we had a Superbowl where no one picked the combo, it would go to these tiebreakers:

But since every possible combo has been taken now, if you’re one down, you’ve got no shot.

Ok, thank you. Dammit. :slight_smile:

Indeed. Freaking Bengals!

It’s a shame the game turned on injuries.

Well, that’s that for me (throws metaphorical betting slips in the gutter in disgust)

Looks like there are six left in the hunt, narrowing to three after the current game.

Well, I’m quite emphatically out.

Given who’s playing I’m very much on board with the Chiefs.

Game on!

Railer13: Chiefs 31, Eagles 27
Hamlet: Chiefs 34, Eagles 16
dirtball: Eagles 27, Chiefs 21

After seeing the Mahomes heroics, I have to believe that he simply won’t let the Chiefs lose this Super Bowl.

Go Eagles!

I have no real attachment to either team, either on a logical or sentimental basis. I just picked a couple I felt were strong contenders.

And then there were three. Let’s hope the Eagles win so I don’t have to do any math…

Still Perfect
Railer13: Chiefs 31, Eagles 27
Hamlet: Chiefs 34, Eagles 16
dirtball: Eagles 27, Chiefs 21

One Down
Telemark: Chiefs 33, 49ers 23
minlokwat: Chiefs 38, Cowboys 34
SuntanLotion: Chiefs 31, Vikings 13
ShadowFacts: Eagles 30, Bengals 28
Shoeless: Eagles 28, Bengals 17
muldoonthief: Eagles 30, Bills 24
Aramasama: Eagles 28, Bills 21
peccavi: 49ers 27, Chiefs 20
iiandyiiii: Bengals 28, Eagles 24
AlsoNamedBort: Bills 28, Eagles 24
Justin_Bailey: Bills 34, Eagles 27

Out
TroutMan: 49ers 30, Bills 24
Jackmannii: 49ers 23, Bills 20
garygnu: 49ers 33, Bills 17
Rebo: 49ers 36, Bills 28
dalej42: 49ers 37, Bills 10
Airman_Doors_USAF: Bengals 27, 49ers 23
Moriarty: Bills 24, 49ers 17
Jegpeg: Bills 24, 49ers 20
Jahiegel2.0: Bills 24, 49ers 23
Velocity: Bills 52, Cowboys 17
Akaj: Bills 33, Cowboys 28
AncientHumanoid: Bills 21, Giants 20
Frosted_Glass: Bills 24, Seahawks 17
lel: Buccaneers 28, Bills 21
borschevsky: Chargers 31, 49ers 27
hajario: Chargers 34, Buccaneers 28
Hal_Briston: Giants 26, Bills 23
LoneRhino: Giants 27, Chargers 19
Saint_Cad: Seahawks 438, Bills 0
Procrustus: Seahawks 26, Dolphins 17
racer72: Vikings 21, Bills 20

Mahomes and Kelce (Travis, not his brother on the Eagles) are hurt. Hopefully they’ll be good by the game but I feel like Mahomes in particular is one minor hit away from being knocked out of a game.

Meanwhile the Eagles are extremely healthy.

I give the edge to them based on that alone.

Hell, towards the end of the game last night I was yelling “Put Chad Henne in! Mahomes can barely walk!” But it all worked out. I picked Cincinnati to win the AFC but am more than happy to have the Chiefs in the Super Bowl instead.

I hope someone wins with their guess!

Dirtball is on it now.

I believe Railer13 came closest; 4 point margin of victory predicted, 3 point margin of victory was the actual result. Also, was within 7 points of the Chiefs final score, and within 8 points of the Eagles final score.

Meanwhile, Hamlet had an 18 point margin of victory. Was only 1 point away from the Chiefs final score, but was a whole 19 points away from the Eagles final score.

Those were the only two people who guessed correctly that the Chiefs would beat the Eagles in the game.