+++ NFL Playoffs: Wildcard Picks +++

[Auggie]

Same drill as the regular weeks with one twist — miss a week and you're out of the totals. Miss one game and you're out. There are just four weeks and eleven games so it shouldn't be too much a committment. And we can crown a true champ.

Spreads will be posted three days before the first kickoff to allow ample time for everyone to post. If during any week you think you'll have a problem doing so, PM me with instructions what you want to do and I'll post for you. You can check out spreads at http://www.footballlocks.com/nfl_point_spreads.shtml but understand they can/do change closer to game time. Wildcard playoffs start this Saturday, January 8th so we'll start today, Wednesday the 5th. Below are the spreads as of this morning. Ties will not count in standings.

Super Bowl spread will be posted on February 1st and will include a tie-breaking device of some kind.

Everyone is welcome to participate. Good luck.

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Favorite / Spread / Underdog (Home team in CAPS)

New Orleans / 10.5 / SEATTLE

INDIANAPOLIS / 2.5 / NY Jets

Baltimore / 3 / KANSAS CITY

PHILADELPHIA / 3 / Green Bay

[Forkboy]

1. Might as well get my wrong picks out of the way.

New Orleans
Indianapolis
Baltimore
Philly

The Jets are the only underdog that tempts me, but I just can't take them in Indy.

[charlie and algernon]

2. Why not

New Orleans
Indianapolis
Baltimore
Green Bay

[InternalDialogue]

3. My picks

SEATTLE

INDIANAPOLIS

Baltimore

PHILADELPHIA

[PRETZEL]

4. Why not,

Seattle
Jets
Baltimore
Philly

[Lions_fan]

5. All road teams

New Orleans
Baltimore
Green Bay
Jets

[JonLP24]

6. Your regular season champion is.......

RagAss (125-102) congrats on finishing first and having the most wins despite not playing all the weeks. :woohoo: :toast: :party: :smoke:

Congratulations.

Final Standings.

RK DUer (REC) PCT (WKS PLYD)
1. RagAss (125-102) .551 (1-11,13-17)
2. Goblinmonger (113-101) .528 (1-5,7,9-17)
3. PRETZEL (117-106) .525 (1-2,4-17)
4. chollybocker (123-117) .513 (1-17)
5. InternalDialogue (106-103) .507 (1,3-15,17)
6. Condem (119-121) .496 (1-17)
7. Scurrilous (82-84) .494 (1-12)
8. flvegan (118-122) .492 (1-17)
9. many a good man (110-115) .489 (1,4-17)
10. fishwax (88-92) .489 (1-13)
11. Auggie (116-124) .483 (1-17)
12. Forkboy (114-126) .475 (1-17)
13. brendan120678 (113-127) .471 (1-17)
14. Liberal_Dog (113-127) .471 (1-17)
15. Redbear (110-113) .469 (1-4,7-17)
16. JonLP24 (107-133) .446 (1-17) BOO
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joeybee12 (34-50) WEEKS 2-6, 9
madinmaryland (32-41) WEEKS 1-5
Bluzmann57 (14-15) WEEKS 1-2
mitchreject (9-5) WEEK 1
hughee99 (7-7) WEEK 1

I've decided this is it for the regular standings. I'm only going to do playoff standings and just rank by wins since a percentage won't be necessary since we're all going to do the same amount of games. I think it is too much work to continue when 11 games isn't going to make a whole lot of difference. Plus RagAss has a comfortable enough lead I doubt he/she loses no matter what happens.

[Auggie]

7. Thank you, JohnLP24

Congrats to RagAss and all the .500+ finishers

:applause:

[JonLP24]

8. Thanks for doing the hard part

Posting spreads and recording everyone's win and loss.

You're welcome.

[RagAss]

Thank You Auggie...Great Job !

[RagAss]

12. Thanks JohnLP24...Great job this year !

[Forkboy]

16. Congrats to RagAss!

Congrats to all the people who finished over .500. I've been picking the games every week since I was around 12, and this was one of the toughest years I can remember. Anyone over .500 did amazing, imo.

Thanks to Auggie for doing this each week, and to Jon for keeping it tallied all year. :toast:

[RagAss]

20. Thanks Forkboy....win or lose.....these things are lots of fun.

[Forkboy]

22. Picking the games makes each week a lot more fun.

Why else would I care about a Lions/Raiders game? :D

You kicked ass this year. From week to week I had no idea who was going to do what. Whatever your formula was it worked. :)

[RagAss]

23. I'm 52...The first NFL game I remember was the Ice Bowl....

Trust me....there's no formula...just a weekly guess.

[Forkboy]

24. Man, if one has to have a first football memory....

...there's worse ways to start! :)

[Goblinmonger]

18. Thanks for the stats work JonLP24

and Auggie. It was a fun season.

I feel very good about going from second to last to second.

[MadBadger]

9. Picks...

New Orleans
Indy
Baltimore
Green Bay

[flvegan]

10. My picks and thanks to Auggie and JonLP24

for running the season (and a difficult one at that) for us here in the Sports Forum.

New Orleans
Indianapolis
Baltimore
Philadelphia (as much as it pains me)

[MrSlayer]

11. I'll play.

I'm going all favorites.

Saints should Brees right through the pathetic Seahawks.

Colts win and cover.

Ravens should handle the young Chiefs.

Eagles win at home but this is probably a push on the line.

[MrSlayer]

32. 0 for 2 thusfar.

The Saints probably read my post and mailed it in. I'm glad to wrong on the other. Nice to see Manning gone.

[RagAss]

13. Mine....

Seattle
Indy
KC
Philly

[madinmaryland]

14. Well, I'll try it...

SEATTLE
NY Jets
Baltimore
Green Bay

This should go well! :D

[brendan120678]

15. Picks...

Seattle (to cover)
Indy (Sad but true. It's time for me to focus more on College hoops now anyways. Go St. John's!)
Baltimore
Philly (yuck)

[RagAss]

21. Go St. John's !!!!!!

[Jack Rabbit]

17. Well, if I'm 100% wrong, the sky will still be blue and the grass still green

Saints over the Seahawks (by a lot)
Colts over the Jets.
Chiefs over the Ravens.
Eagles over the Packers, unless the Packers field a defense consisting of pit bulls, Dobermans and Rottweilers who will be running Vick out of the pocket all day long (drawing a roughing the passer penalty or two in the process).

[Goblinmonger]

19. Such a tiny number of games

New Orleans--tough I would be happy if Seattle won (just to piss people off)
NY Jets
Baltimore
PHILADELPHIA--I'm a Viking fan that lives less than an hour from Green Bay. It will be hard to live here if the Packers win playoff games.

[Auggie]

25. Picks

New Orleans (I hate giving up this many points)
Indianapolis
Baltimore
Green Bay

[Liberal_Dog]

26. My Picks

New Orleans / 10.5 / SEATTLE-----Seattle

INDIANAPOLIS / 2.5 / NY Jets-----Indianapolis

Baltimore / 3 / KANSAS CITY-----Baltimore

PHILADELPHIA / 3 / Green Bay-----Green Bay

[chollybocker]

27. late nite pix

NO
IND
KC
GB

:applause: Game balls to Auggie and JLP! :applause:

[JonLP24]

28. -

Seattle
NY Jets
Kansas City (Toughest one I think)
Philadelphia

[Condem]

29. Selections

NO
Jets
Baltimore
Igs

[many a good man]

30. Playoff prognostications

SeaHawks -10.5 will lose by 10
Colts +2.5 will win by 3
Ravens +3 will win by 9 or 10
Packers -3 will win by 7

[SydneyBristow]

31. jump in

New Orleans
Indy
Baltimore
Green bay

Syd

[Auggie]

33. AND THE WILDCARD WINNER IS...

madinmaryland

with a perfect record, 4-0. Well done.

:applause:


Favorite / Spread / Underdog (Home team in CAPS)

New Orleans / 10.5 / SEATTLE / SEATTLE

INDIANAPOLIS / 2.5 / NY Jets / NY JETS

Baltimore / 3 / KANSAS CITY / BALTIMORE

PHILADELPHIA / 3 / Green Bay / GREEN BAY

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madinmaryland: Wins 4, Losses 0

W—Seattle
W—NY Jets
W—Baltimore
W—Green Bay
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Forkboy: Wins 1, Losses 3

L—New Orleans
L—Indianapolis
W—Baltimore
L—Philadelphia
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charlie and algernon: Wins 2, Losses 2

L—New Orleans
L—Indianapolis
W—Baltimore
W—Green Bay
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InternalDialogue: Wins 2, Losses 2

W—Seattle
L—Indianapolis
W—Baltimore
L—Philadelphia
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PRETZEL: Wins 3, Losses 1

W—Seattle
W—NY Jets
W—Baltimore
L—Philadelphia
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Lions_fan: Wins 3, Losses 1

L—New Orleans
W—NY Jets
W—Baltimore
W—Green Bay
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MadBadger: Wins 2, Losses 2

L—New Orleans
L—Indianapolis
W—Baltimore
W—Green Bay
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flvegan: Wins 1, Losses 3

L—New Orleans
L—Indianapolis
W—Baltimore
L—Philadelphia
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MrSlayer: Wins 1, Losses 3

L—New Orleans
L—Indianapolis
W—Baltimore
L—Philadelphia
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RagAss: Wins 1, Losses 3

W—Seattle
L—Indianapolis
L—Kansas City
L—Philadelphia
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brendan120678: Wins 2, Losses 2

W—Seattle
L—Indianapolis
W—Baltimore
L—Philadelphia
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Jack Rabbit: Wins 0, Losses 4

L—New Orleans
L—Indianapolis
L—Kansas City
L—Philadelphia
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Goblinmonger: Wins 2, Losses 2

L—New Orleans
W—NY Jets
W—Baltimore
L—Philadelphia
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Auggie: Wins 2, Losses 2

L—New Orleans
L—Indianapolis
W—Baltimore
W—Green Bay
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Liberal_Dog: Wins 3, Losses 1

W—Seattle
L—Indianapolis
W—Baltimore
W—Green Bay
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chollybocker: Wins 1, Losses 3

L—New Orleans
L—Indianapolis
L—Kansas City
W—Green Bay
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JonLP24: Wins 2, Losses 2

W—Seattle
W—NY Jets
L—Kansas City
L—Philadelphia
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Condem: Wins 2, Losses 2

L—New Orleans
W—NY Jets
W—Baltimore
L—Philadelphia
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many a good man: Wins 3, Losses 1

W—Seattle
L—Indianapolis
W—Baltimore
W—Green Bay
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SydneyBristow: Wins 2, Losses 2

L—New Orleans
L—Indianapolis
W—Baltimore
W—Green Bay

[brendan120678]

34. I totally did not expect the Jets to pull it off.

I'm very happy they did, but there was no way I was going to pick them to win over the Colts in a playoff game.

[Forkboy]

35. At least I'm being consistent this year.

:freak:

[Lions_fan]

36. 3-1 Is a nice start

I lost the Saints game and i thought that was a lock. Like they say Any Given Sunday