# 21st Annual Super Bowl Early Picks Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-nfl\ **Created:** [January 8, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779 "2024-01-08T16:06:35Z")\ **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 8, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/1 "2024-01-08T16:06:35Z")
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** [Year 18](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812/82): **Telemark** [Year 19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/19th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/957529/113): **LoneRhino** [Year 20](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/977939) : **Railer13** It’s simple to play – just post your pick for the two Super Bowl teams, and the final score. Deadline for submissions will be 4:30 pm Eastern on **Saturday** , January 13th (just before kickoff of the first playoff game). My Prediction: **Ravens 28, Cowboys 24** 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, Bills, Chiefs, Texans, Browns, Dolphins, Steelers **NFC Teams** : 49ers, Cowboys, Lions, Buccaneers, Eagles, Rams, Packers 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:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/2 "2024-01-08T16:10:36Z")
Browns beat the Lions, 23-20. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/3 "2024-01-08T16:17:00Z")
**Packers 28, Ravens 22**. Hope, like homerism, springs eternal. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/4 "2024-01-08T16:24:15Z")
**Lions 28, Ravens 24** mmm ---
**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 8, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/5 "2024-01-08T16:25:32Z")
**Ravens 35, 49ers 22.** ---
**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 8, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/6 "2024-01-08T16:30:21Z")
Chiefs 24, Rams 18 ---
**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 8, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/7 "2024-01-08T16:49:15Z")
Bills 27, Lions 17 ---
**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 8, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/8 "2024-01-08T17:19:49Z")
Browns 24, 49ers 17 ---
**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 8, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/9 "2024-01-08T17:32:09Z")
Niners 30 Chiefs 24. ---
**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 8, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/10 "2024-01-08T17:36:40Z")
I hate to say this and I hope Kyle Shannan gets his coaching head out of his ass, but I fear it’s going to be: **Ravens 31, 49ers 17** (Even though I really want the 49ers to win it all. _ **GO NINERS!!!** _) ---
**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 8, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/11 "2024-01-08T17:36:49Z")
Bills 28, 49ers 27. ---
**Author:** ![opiewan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/opiewan/32/3566_2.png) [@opiewan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/opiewan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/12 "2024-01-08T17:37:21Z")
I was in Vegas a few months ago and placed a $20 bet with this very parlay. Lions 35, Chiefs 31 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/13 "2024-01-08T17:42:27Z")
Browns 5, Lions 2 Because if this is the outcome, I’ll look absolutely amazing for my prediction abilities. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/14 "2024-01-08T17:43:48Z")
**49ers 34** Bills 23 ---
**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:** [January 8, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/15 "2024-01-08T17:45:36Z")
Ravens 31, Cowboys 24 ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/16 "2024-01-08T17:51:48Z")
Bills 35, Packers 24. I don’t follow football but I like to vote. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/17 "2024-01-08T17:57:36Z")
Chiefs 31 - Cowboys 17 ---
**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 8, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/18 "2024-01-08T18:02:17Z")
**49ers 38, Ravens 30** ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/19 "2024-01-08T20:34:30Z")
Ravens 30, 49ers 24 ---
**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 8, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/20 "2024-01-08T20:45:17Z")
49ers 38, Ravens 35 I hate to go with the consensus picks but these 2 teams are clearly the best teams in their respective conferences. I’m going with the 49ers because Kyle Shanahan is the best current head coach to not win a Super Bowl. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779.md?page=2)