It's back! Unfortunately I didn't have time to run a whole season of predictions this time round, but I'm pretty sure I can swing a month of play-offs.
Same rules as 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)
Same rules as 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 (14th/15th Jan) | Divisional Round (21st/22nd Jan) | Championship Round (29th Jan) | ||
| Los Angeles Chargers (5) | ||||
| @ Jacksonville Jaguars (4) | Lowest Winning Seed | |||
| @ Kansas City Chiefs (1) | ||||
| Miami Dolphins (7) | Lowest Winning Seed | |||
| @ Buffalo Bills (2) | @(?) Highest Winning Seed | |||
| 2nd Lowest Winning Seed | ||||
| Baltimore Ravens (6) | @(?) Highest Winning Seed | |||
| @ Cincinnati Bengals (3) |
| Wild-Card Round (14th-16th Jan) | Divisional Round (21st/22nd Jan) | Championship Round (29th Jan) | ||
| Seattle Seahawks (7) | ||||
| @ San Francisco 49ers (2) | Lowest Winning Seed | |||
| @ Philadelphia Eagles (1) | ||||
| New York Giants (6) | Lowest Winning Seed | |||
| @ Minnesota Vikings (3) | @ Highest Winning Seed | |||
| 2nd Lowest Winning Seed | ||||
| Dallas Cowboys (5) | @ Highest Winning Seed | |||
| @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4) |
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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 completions for the same player, and then least passing attempts, before sharing the spoils.
- The game with the most points (stats according to nfl.com) – in the event of a tie, the tiebreaker will be the most touchdowns in that game, and then most defensive points (pick-sixes plus safeties), before sharing the spoils.
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