Not just for those of you who participated in the regular season tournament, those scores have been wiped and everyone starts from the same baseline of a glorious zero points. Even the victorious Kevin S
Similar rules to last year's play-off picks, we’ll start with predictions for the whole play-off tournament, with opportunities to bolster your score round-by-round. At the end, the winner will be the person with the most points across all rounds, with secondary kudos for the person with the most points purely from the pre-play-off predictions.
Points available for pre-play-off predictions:
Pick Divisional winner (even if they defeat a team you weren’t expecting) – 3 points
Pick Championship winner (even if they defeat a team you weren’t expecting) – 5 points
Pick Super-Bowl winner (even if they defeat a team you weren’t expecting) – 10 points
Predict every single match correctly – bonus 20 points and you will be accused of witchcraft
Points available for round-by-round predictions:
(note that the number of bonus picks available will increase from the Championship Round)
The full bracket is below, the seedings are after the team names.
AFC
NFC
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This week’s bonus categories (note, these two are only for the wild-card games this weekend)
Full bracket and bonus predictions need to be in prior to kick-off of the first game, which is Raiders @ Bengals at 16:35 EST (21:35 GMT) on Saturday 15th January. I will allow predictions for individual games up to the kick-off of each game, edits can be made, but the edit must be timestamped prior to the kick-off of the earliest game in that post.
Similar rules to last year's play-off picks, we’ll start with predictions for the whole play-off tournament, with opportunities to bolster your score round-by-round. At the end, the winner will be the person with the most points across all rounds, with secondary kudos for the person with the most points purely from the pre-play-off predictions.
Points available for pre-play-off predictions:
Pick Divisional winner (even if they defeat a team you weren’t expecting) – 3 points
Pick Championship winner (even if they defeat a team you weren’t expecting) – 5 points
Pick Super-Bowl winner (even if they defeat a team you weren’t expecting) – 10 points
Predict every single match correctly – bonus 20 points and you will be accused of witchcraft
Points available for round-by-round predictions:
- Pick winner – 3 points if you get the correct winner and how many scores/touchdowns they will win by*, or just one point if you 'only' predict the correct winner.
- *A one score win would equate to a 1-8 point win, a two score win would equate to a 9-16 point win and so on.
- Pick the leading player (details round-by-round) – 3 points
- Predict the leading game/team (details round-by-round) – 3 points
(note that the number of bonus picks available will increase from the Championship Round)
The full bracket is below, the seedings are after the team names.
AFC
| Wild-Card Round (15th/16th Jan) | Divisional Round (22nd/23rd Jan) | Championship Round (30th Jan) | ||
| Las Vegas Raiders (5) | ||||
| @ Cincinnati Bengals (4) | Lowest Winning Seed | |||
| @ Tennessee Titans (1) | ||||
| New England Patriots (6) | Lowest Winning Seed | |||
| @ Buffalo Bills (3) | @ Highest Winning Seed | |||
| 2nd Lowest Winning Seed | ||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers (7) | @ Highest Winning Seed | |||
| @ Kansas City Chiefs (2) |
| Wild-Card Round (16th/17th Jan) | Divisional Round (22nd/23rd Jan) | Championship Round (30th Jan) | ||
| Arizona Cardinals (5) | ||||
| @ Los Angeles Rams (4) | Lowest Winning Seed | |||
| @ Green Bay Packers (1) | ||||
| San Francisco 49ers (6) | Lowest Winning Seed | |||
| @ Dallas Cowboys (3) | @ Highest Winning Seed | |||
| 2nd Lowest Winning Seed | ||||
| Philadelphia Eagles (7) | @ Highest Winning Seed | |||
| @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2) |
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This week’s bonus categories (note, these two are only for the wild-card games this weekend)
- The quarterback with the most passing yards (stats according to nfl.com) – in the event of a tie, the tiebreaker will be the most passing touchdowns for the same player, and then least passing attempts, before sharing the spoils.
- The game with the most sacks (stats according to nfl.com) – in the event of a tie, the tiebreaker will be the most fumbles in that game, and then most interceptions, before sharing the spoils.
Full bracket and bonus predictions need to be in prior to kick-off of the first game, which is Raiders @ Bengals at 16:35 EST (21:35 GMT) on Saturday 15th January. I will allow predictions for individual games up to the kick-off of each game, edits can be made, but the edit must be timestamped prior to the kick-off of the earliest game in that post.
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