[The Survivor]

Welcome to the playoff edition of the 16th season of the NFL “Pick the Winners” game here at the Sports board! :wave For those who have played this game before, you know how the drill goes. If you are new to the game, it’s pretty simple. During each week of the season, there will be a thread posted with that week’s slate of games. It is your job to pick the winners of each match-up and place a point value on it.

At the conclusion of each week, we will add up the total points and crown a “Pick the Winners” champion. Over the course of the season, we will keep a list of the weekly champions and a running point total for each participant. At the end of the season, the person(s) with the highest point total and/or best record and/or closest to the actual score of the Super Bowl will be crowned the playoff winner. Sounds pretty simple, right? So, join in! If you have any questions, feel free to ask here.

Remember, you must have your picks posted by the deadline listed, so make sure to double-check to make sure your picks are correct before then. Also, once the deadline listed passes, your picks are locked in.

The rules are basically the same as the regular season, except there fewer games to work with. So there will be a slight change to the rules just for the playoffs:

There are 11 games in the playoffs,ending at the SuperBowl LII on February, 7 2018 in Minnesota

4 Wild Card
4 Divisional Playoff
2 Conference Championship
1 Superbowl

11 total games, so everyone will get the numbers 1-11 to use.

As normal, In round 1, you pick the four winners, and give each of them a number as to the likelihood of that team's victory. for example:

Team A beats Team B (6)
Team C beats team D (10)
Team E beats Team F (2)
Team G Beats Team H (9)

Say you get the first three right, but miss the last one. You get 18 points. Now in round two, you pick again, but you have already used 6, 10, 2, and 9, so you can't assign those values anymore. And we'll keep a running tab on the values you've already assigned.

Team I beats Team A (11)
Team J beats Team C (4)
Team E beats Team K (8)
Team L beats Team H (7)

This time, you get the last two, but miss the first two. So now you have 33 points. And only the values 1, 3, and 5 left for the two semi finals and the Superbowl.

Do you follow?

Wildcard Round Results
Ms Cyatt: 15 pts (2-2)
canflam: 14 pts (2-2)
Hot Rod: 13 pts (2-2)
The Survivor: 8 pts. (3-1)
Logan: 7 pts. (2-2)
Chasity05: 5 pts (2-2)


Numbers Available
Ms. Cyatt: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
canflam: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Hot Rod: 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11
The Survivor: 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Logan: 1, 6, 7, 8,9,10,11
Chasity05: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11


Divisional Round Weekend

Saturday, Jan. 13

Atlanta Falcons @ Philadelphia Eagles, 4:35 p.m. ET (NBC)

Tennessee Titans @ New England Patriots, 8:15 p.m. ET (CBS)

Sunday, Jan. 14

Jackonsville Jaguars @ Pittsburgh Steelers, 1:05 p.m. ET (CBS)

New Orleans Saints @ Minnesota Vikings, 4:40 p.m. ET (FOX)

[The Survivor]

New England Patriots - 11
New Orleans Saints - 8
Atlanta Falcons - 6
Jacksonville Jaguars - 3 (Longshot. Gonna be my upset pick)

[Chasity05]

8- Patriots
7- Saints
6- Steelers
5- Eagles

[NikNak]

Good luck this weekend, everyone.

[The Survivor]

Just bumping this up in case it got overlooked. I know its a busy week for most of us just didn't want anyone to miss getting their picks in.


I wonder if Wentz hadn't gone down as a QB if more people would be picking the Eagles over the Falcons this week. Noticing alot of pro experts think Atlanta is gonna win this weekend.

[canflam]

Atlanta I saw is favored by 3 points in their game Philadelphia.

New England 9
Minnesota 7
Philadelphia 6
Jacksonville 5

[Ms Cyatt]

Here are my picks:

Atlanta Falcons: 9
New England Patriots: 10
Pittsburgh Steelers: 5
Minnesota Vikings: 3

[Logan]

Patriots -11
Eagles -6
Jacksonville- 1
Minnesota- 7

[Hot Rod]

New England - 11
Pittsburgh - 10
Minnesota - 4
Philadelphia - 2

[Logan]

2-0 so far … looking for a Jags big win !!

[The Survivor]

Well pros and I were wrong. Falcons blew that game.

Well then they were four. New England. Jacksonville. Philadelphia. Minnesota.

[The Survivor]

Final Standing for Divisional Round

canflam: 27 points (4-0)
Logan: 25 points (4-0)
Hot Rod: 17 points (3-1)
The Survivor: 14 points (2-2)
Chasity05: 13 points (2-2)
Ms. Cyatt: 13 points (2-2)

Congrats, canflam you win the Divisional Round week. Also congrats to you and Matt for winning all four games. You're the only ones who had a flawless week.

Overall Standings

canflam: 41 pts (6-2)
Logan: 32 pts. (6-2)
Hot Rod: 30 pts (5-3)
Ms Cyatt: 28 pts (4-4)
The Survivor: 22 pts. (5-3)
Chasity05: 18 pts (4-4)

[Logan]

The last play in Minnesota was just crazy. New Orleans was so close to saving Sean Paytons ass from horrible challenges . 9 sec left that was only possibly two plays l left. Minnesota obviously was going to go long ..

[The Survivor]

Both games didn't disappoint. Thrilling to the final second.

[canflam]

Yeah. I shut the freaking Vikings/Saints game off right after the Saints scored their last points of the game & missed that final seconds TD by the Vikings. Oh well. Glad they won at least.