# 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:** 4
**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 12, 2024, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/61 "2024-01-12T07:31:12Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Question for the OP, regarding the tiebreakers… > > ABCDoper would win, correct? That’s how I see it too. But that’s for @AlsoNamedBort . ---
**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 12, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/62 "2024-01-12T14:16:17Z")
That is correct. ---
**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 12, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/63 "2024-01-12T14:33:50Z")
IIRC, way back in the early days of the pool, it was done differently. You took the sum of the prediction and compared it to the sum of the actual score. Which gave the insane possibility of: Doper 1 predicts 63 - 0 - sum is 63 Doper 2 predicts 33 - 28 - sum is 61 Final score is 33 - 30. - sum is 63 Doper 1 wins. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/64 "2024-01-12T15:36:45Z")
Thanks! ---
**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 12, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/65 "2024-01-12T15:52:01Z")
I believe margin of victory was also first tiebreaker for a while, so you could have something like Doper 1 predicts 3-0 Doper 2 predicts 24-20 Actual score is 23-20. Doper 1 wins. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/66 "2024-01-12T20:53:08Z")
Rams 31, Ravens 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 12, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/67 "2024-01-12T22:18:11Z")
49ers 28, Bills 24 ---
**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 13, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/68 "2024-01-13T18:35:39Z")
Final bump. 3 hours left to get your picks in. ---
**Author:** ![Jahiegel2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jahiegel2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jahiegel2.0)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/69 "2024-01-13T20:39:32Z")
Ravens 23, 49ers 22 ---
**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 13, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/70 "2024-01-13T21:30:08Z")
Bills 21, Buccaneers 20 ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/71 "2024-01-13T22:12:59Z")
I forgot about this until game time so I’m too late but I’m just going to make a fun pick anyway. Browns 30 Detroit 23 ---
**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 13, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/72 "2024-01-13T22:17:03Z")
The Texans just took the lead. Still only the 1st quarter, at the end of it. I’m okay if we take @SenorBeef ’s pick, but it’s up to the thread owner. ---
**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 13, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/73 "2024-01-13T22:36:43Z")
Close game. Hunt doing good. ---
**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 16, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/74 "2024-01-16T15:45:11Z")
Still Perfect **Chisquirrel:** Packers 28, Ravens 22 **Mean\_Mr.Mustard:** Lions 28, Ravens 24 **SuntanLotion:** Ravens 35, 49ers 22 **muldoonthief:** Bills 27, Lions 17 **Hamlet:** 49ers 30, Chiefs 24 **Bullitt:** Ravens 31, 49ers 17 **iiandyiiii:** Bills 28, 49ers 27 **opiewan:** Lions 35, Chiefs 31 **garygnu:** 49ers 34, Bills 23 **Ulf\_the\_Unwashed:** Bills 35, Packers 24 **peccavi:** 49ers 38, Ravens 30 **notfrommensa:** Ravens 30, 49ers 24 **LoneRhino:** 49ers 38, Ravens 35 **Velocity:** 49ers 31, Ravens 23 **Omniscient:** 49ers 27, Bills 24 **borschevsky:** 49ers 27, Ravens 24 **dirtball:** Ravens 27, 49ers 21 **Showless:** Ravens 24, Lions 14 **Atamasama:** Ravens 20, 49ers 17 **Jasmine:** Ravens 24, 49ers 20 **minlokwat:** Ravens 34, 49ers 31 **zimanne:** Ravens 38, 49ers 20 **TroutMan:** 49ers 31, Ravens 20 **Intergalactic\_Gladiator:** 49ers 27, Chiefs 24 **Kimble:** Ravens 17, 49ers 16 **Justin\_Bailey:** 49ers 28, Bills 24 **Jahiegel2.0:** Ravens 23, 49ers 22 **eschereal:** Bills 21, Buccaneers 20 One Down **AlsoNamedBort:** Ravens 28, ~~Cowboys~~ 24 **Munch:** Chiefs 24, ~~Rams~~ 18 **Fear\_the\_Turtle:** Ravens 31, ~~Cowboys~~ 24 **Dr.Winston\_OBoogie:** Chiefs 31, ~~Cowboys~~ 17 **Telemark:** Ravens 30, ~~Cowboys~~ 14 **Frosted\_Glass:** Bills 27, ~~Cowboys~~ 24 **Great\_Antibob:** ~~Steelers~~ 15, Packers 9 **Hal\_Briston:** ~~Steelers~~ 24, 49ers 16 **Dorjan:** ~~Browns~~ 23, Lions 20 **Procrustus:** ~~Browns~~ 24, 49ers 17 **Chronos:** ~~Browns~~ 5, Lions 2 **hajario:** ~~Dolphins~~ 24, Lions 12 **FlikTheBlue:** ~~Cowboys~~ 24, Ravens 23 **Hampshire:** ~~Dolphins~~ 33, Packers 21 **Railer13:** ~~Cowboys~~ 33, Bills 27 **ShadowFacts:** ~~Dolphins~~ 34, Lions 28 **MadTheSwine:** ~~Rams~~ 31, Ravens 28 **SenorBeef:** ~~Browns~~ 30, Lions 23 No fully eliminated yet. With the Buccs and the Texans still in it, I think everyone still has a chance. ---
**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 16, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/75 "2024-01-16T16:33:33Z")
To be fair, those of us who picked the Ravens and 49ers had a “bye” week and couldn’t possibly lose. 😉 ---
**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 16, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/76 "2024-01-16T19:22:30Z")
Well, like they say… [![](https://i.imgflip.com/1tnlzr.jpg) ](https://i.imgflip.com/1tnlzr.jpg) ---
**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 16, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/77 "2024-01-16T19:54:16Z")
I sorted the lists but was unable to keep the formatting. HTH Still Perfect Atamasama: Ravens 20, 49ers 17 borschevsky: 49ers 27, Ravens 24 Bullitt: Ravens 31, 49ers 17 Chisquirrel: Packers 28, Ravens 22 dirtball: Ravens 27, 49ers 21 eschereal: Bills 21, Buccaneers 20 garygnu: 49ers 34, Bills 23 Hamlet: 49ers 30, Chiefs 24 iiandyiiii: Bills 28, 49ers 27 Intergalactic\_Gladiator: 49ers 27, Chiefs 24 Jahiegel2.0: Ravens 23, 49ers 22 Jasmine: Ravens 24, 49ers 20 Justin\_Bailey: 49ers 28, Bills 24 Kimble: Ravens 17, 49ers 16 LoneRhino: 49ers 38, Ravens 35 Mean\_Mr.Mustard: Lions 28, Ravens 24 minlokwat: Ravens 34, 49ers 31 muldoonthief: Bills 27, Lions 17 notfrommensa: Ravens 30, 49ers 24 Omniscient: 49ers 27, Bills 24 opiewan: Lions 35, Chiefs 31 peccavi: 49ers 38, Ravens 30 Showless: Ravens 24, Lions 14 SuntanLotion: Ravens 35, 49ers 22 TroutMan: 49ers 31, Ravens 20 Ulf\_the\_Unwashed: Bills 35, Packers 24 Velocity: 49ers 31, Ravens 23 zimanne: Ravens 38, 49ers 20 One Down AlsoNamedBort: Ravens 28, Cowboys 24 Chronos: Browns 5, Lions 2 Dorjan: Browns 23, Lions 20 Dr.Winston\_OBoogie: Chiefs 31, Cowboys 17 Fear\_the\_Turtle: Ravens 31, Cowboys 24 FlikTheBlue: Cowboys 24, Ravens 23 Frosted\_Glass: Bills 27, Cowboys 24 Great\_Antibob: Steelers 15, Packers 9 hajario: Dolphins 24, Lions 12 Hal\_Briston: Steelers 24, 49ers 16 Hampshire: Dolphins 33, Packers 21 MadTheSwine: Rams 31, Ravens 28 Munch: Chiefs 24, Rams 18 Procrustus: Browns 24, 49ers 17 Railer13: Cowboys 33, Bills 27 SenorBeef: Browns 30, Lions 23 ShadowFacts: Dolphins 34, Lions 28 Telemark: Ravens 30, Cowboys 14 ---
**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 16, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/78 "2024-01-16T21:12:44Z")
Somehow I wound up a “w” in my name. (Probably fat-fingered.) Can that be fixed please? ---
**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 16, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/79 "2024-01-16T21:18:02Z")
Pipe down, Showless. ---
**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 16, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/80 "2024-01-16T21:19:50Z")
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