# 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:** 5
**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, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/81 "2024-01-16T21:31:06Z")
Show them to me or I don’t believe it. ---
**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, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/82 "2024-01-16T21:33:03Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Somehow I wound up a “w” in my name. (Probably fat-fingered.) Can that be fixed please? The list belongs to @AlsoNamedBort . S/he will need to fix it. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/83 "2024-01-16T22:17:49Z")
Alternatively we could have a moderator change the user name ---
**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, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/84 "2024-01-16T22:21:49Z")
I would assume **AlsoNamedBort** has this all in a spreadsheet, so a mod might fix it this time but it’s still wrong in the next update. ---
**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 17, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/85 "2024-01-17T01:10:38Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > I would assume **AlsoNamedBort** has this all in a spreadsheet Why? This game is a cakewalk to manage. The times I ran it, iPad Notes was all I needed. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/86 "2024-01-17T04:12:57Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > The **Detroit** Lions? > > _They made the playoffs?!?_ [sidebar continued] _They won a playoff game?!?_ ---
**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 17, 2024, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/87 "2024-01-17T06:12:02Z")
I prefer to spend hours trying to automate something that would take me half the time to do manually. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/88 "2024-01-17T13:15:36Z")
Yes, this principle: > **[Is It Worth the Time?](https://xkcd.com/1205/)** > > Don't forget the time you spend finding the chart to look up what you save. And the time spent reading this reminder about the time spent. And the time trying to figure out if either of those actually make sense. Remember, every second counts toward your life total, including these right now. ---
**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 22, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/89 "2024-01-22T15:32:24Z")
All four possible groups have been chosen, meaning if you’re not perfect already, you’re out. Still Perfect **Hamlet:** 49ers 30, Chiefs 24 **Intergalactic\_Gladiator:** 49ers 27, Chiefs 24 **borschevsky:** 49ers 27, Ravens 24 **LoneRhino:** 49ers 38, Ravens 35 **peccavi:** 49ers 38, Ravens 30 **TroutMan:** 49ers 31, Ravens 20 **Velocity:** 49ers 31, Ravens 23 **opiewan:** Lions 35, Chiefs 31 **Mean\_Mr.Mustard:** Lions 28, Ravens 24 **Atamasama:** Ravens 20, 49ers 17 **Bullitt:** Ravens 31, 49ers 17 **dirtball:** Ravens 27, 49ers 21 **Jahiegel2.0:** Ravens 23, 49ers 22 **Jasmine:** Ravens 24, 49ers 20 **Kimble:** Ravens 17, 49ers 16 **minlokwat:** Ravens 34, 49ers 31 **notfrommensa:** Ravens 30, 49ers 24 **SuntanLotion:** Ravens 35, 49ers 22 **zimanne:** Ravens 38, 49ers 20 **Shoeless:** Ravens 24, Lions 14 One Down **garygnu:** 49ers 34, ~~Bills~~ 23 **Justin\_Bailey:** 49ers 28, ~~Bills~~ 24 **Omniscient:** 49ers 27, ~~Bills~~ 24 **Dr.Winston\_OBoogie:** Chiefs 31, ~~Cowboys~~ 17 **Munch:** Chiefs 24, ~~Rams~~ 18 **AlsoNamedBort:** Ravens 28, ~~Cowboys~~ 24 **Fear\_the\_Turtle:** Ravens 31, ~~Cowboys~~ 24 **Telemark:** Ravens 30, ~~Cowboys~~ 14 **iiandyiiii:** ~~Bills~~ 28, 49ers 27 **muldoonthief:** ~~Bills~~ 27, Lions 17 **Procrustus:** ~~Browns~~ 24, 49ers 17 **Chronos:** ~~Browns~~ 5, Lions 2 **Dorjan:** ~~Browns~~ 23, Lions 20 **SenorBeef:** ~~Browns~~ 30, Lions 23 **FlikTheBlue:** ~~Cowboys~~ 24, Ravens 23 **hajario:** ~~Dolphins~~ 24, Lions 12 **ShadowFacts:** ~~Dolphins~~ 34, Lions 28 **Chisquirrel:** ~~Packers~~ 28, Ravens 22 **MadTheSwine:** ~~Rams~~ 31, Ravens 28 **Hal\_Briston:** ~~Steelers~~ 24, 49ers 16 Completely Out **eschereal:** ~~Bills~~ 21, ~~Buccaneers~~ 20 **Frosted\_Glass:** ~~Bills~~ 27, ~~Cowboys~~ 24 **Ulf\_the\_Unwashed:** ~~Bills~~ 35, ~~Packers~~ 24 **Railer13:** ~~Cowboys~~ 33, ~~Bills~~ 27 **Hampshire:** ~~Dolphins~~ 33, ~~Packers~~ 21 **Great\_Antibob:** ~~Steelers~~ 15, ~~Packers~~ 9 ---
**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 22, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/90 "2024-01-22T16:56:04Z")
I used to run an NFL playoffs bracket pool, and a Super Bowl Squares pool. Had it all in Excel, and they were beautiful! Red for AFC and blue for NFC. I remember it taking me **many** hours to design it and to make sure each could print onto one sheet of paper. It wasn’t really worth the effort but it sure was pretty. ---
**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 22, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/91 "2024-01-22T17:30:47Z")
I’m hoping the Lions make it to the SB even though that’s going to eliminate me here. And even though I’m rooting for the Ravens over the Chiefs (because the Chiefs being in the SB yet again seems so boring), I also think that a Chiefs/Lions SB would be awesome since it would be a perfect bookend to the year, as the very first game played this season was when the Lions beat the Chiefs by one point. How awesome would it be if a rematch was also the last game of the season? ---
**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 23, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/92 "2024-01-23T17:17:00Z")
If that were the SB matchup, opiewan would win the game here next week and we could all just go home (which is not unprecedented). ---
**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 23, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/93 "2024-01-23T17:51:06Z")
I am all in favor of this result. ---
**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 28, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/94 "2024-01-28T23:13:06Z")
Well this just got a lot easier to figure out. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2024, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/95 "2024-01-28T23:43:18Z")
Wow. Down to just 3 contestants. ---
**Author:** ![3AxisCtrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/ecd19e/32.png) [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/96 "2024-01-29T00:16:14Z")
And Lions currently up 14-0. Will **opiewan** soon be crowned the winner, 2 weeks before kickoff? ---
**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 29, 2024, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/97 "2024-01-29T02:33:33Z")
Signs point to no. ---
**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 29, 2024, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/98 "2024-01-29T02:55:34Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > **Hamlet:** 49ers 30, Chiefs 24 > **Intergalactic\_Gladiator:** 49ers 27, Chiefs 24 And then there were two. The #5 tiebreaker will probably determine the victor. ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/99 "2024-01-29T03:18:41Z")
I just did this quickly in my head, so please correct me if I’m wrong, but… The entire pool has come down to a simple over/under bet on the 49ers final score. **over/under for 49ers final points = 28.5** **Hamlet** has the over **Intergalactic\_Gladiator** has the under So the pool results could be known before the end of the game. ---
**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 29, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779/100 "2024-01-29T03:50:02Z")
I should go back through the last few rounds to see how it was scored, but I’ve interpreted rule 5 to be closest to individual winning and losing scores, regardless of which team wins. So if the Chiefs win, it will come down to the Chiefs final score. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/995779.md?page=6)