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January 20, 2017
NFL Playoff Pick 'Em: Conference Championship Edition: We're running out of NFL games again as the conference championships come down to Steelers/Patriots and Packers/Falcons on Sunday. For our pick 'em contest, pick the weekend's playoff winners, the spread and four bonus categories.
This Week's Games
Picks must be submitted in this discussion before the game's kickoff. So if you miss Saturday's opener you can still choose the remaining games.
Atlanta by 3
New England by 3
1. Rodgers
2. Bell
3. Julio Jones
4. Micah Hyde
posted by tron7 at 03:34 PM on January 20, 2017
Atlanta by 8
Pittsburgh by 3
1. QB: Rodgers
2. RB: Bell
3. RX: A.Brown
4. INT: Burns
posted by cixelsyd at 03:43 PM on January 20, 2017
Green Bay by 3
New England by 10
1. Quarterback with most passing yards - Aaron Rodgers, GB
2. Player with most rushing yards - Le'Veon Bell, PIT
3. Player with most receiving yards - Julian Edelman, NE
4. Player with an interception - Malcolm Butler, NE
posted by MeatSaber at 03:48 PM on January 20, 2017
Atlanta by 4 (LOCK)
New England by 10 (LOCK)
Passing Yards: Matt Ryan
Rushing yards: Le'Veon Bell
Receiving yards: Julian Edelman
Interception: Logan Ryan, NE
posted by ic23b at 04:30 PM on January 20, 2017
Atlanta by 6 *LOCK*
New England by 9 *LOCK*
1. Quarterback with most passing yards - Matt Ryan
2. Player with most rushing yards - LeVeon Bell
3. Player with most receiving yards - Antonio Brown
4. Player with an interception. - Deion Jones
posted by grum@work at 04:36 PM on January 20, 2017
Atlanta by 17
Pittsburgh by 17
QB Ryan
RB Bell
RY Jones, Julio
Int Freeney
posted by tommybiden at 05:56 PM on January 20, 2017
Atlanta by 9 - lock
New England by 12 - lock
1. Matt Ryan
2. Ty Montgomery
3. Julio Jones
4. Malcolm Butler
posted by cl at 10:25 PM on January 20, 2017
So it is time for the conference championships. Here in New England it's time to ask, "Where's Roger?" I'm sure Mr. Goodell would love to hand the Lamar Hunt Trophy over to the Patriots. Of course, that assumes that New England will beat the Steelers, but the Patriots are favored. Roger will be in Atlanta. It's warmer there, and certainly friendlier. Good luck, Mr. Commissioner.
Brady vs an inexperienced secondary. Steelers will try to get to Brady. It won't work. New England by 7 LOCK
Two QBs who are both playing lights out. Which way to go? I'll take the one with the double vowels in his first name. Green Bay by 4.
Prolific Passer: Brady (NEP)
Rampaging Runner: Ty Montgomery (GBP)
Rambunctious Receiver: Edelman (NEP)
Interrupting Interceptor: McCourty (NEP)
posted by Howard_T at 11:29 PM on January 20, 2017
ATL by 7
NEP by 10
1. Quarterback with most passing yards: A. Rodgers (GBP)
2. Player with most rushing yards: L. Bell (PIT)
3. Player with most receiving yards: D. Adams (GBP)
4. Player with an interception: R. Allen (ATL)
posted by NoMich at 09:25 AM on January 21, 2017
NE by 17 LOCK
ATLANTA by 10 LOCK
QB: Brady
Rushing: Bell
Receiving: Jones
Interception. Allen (ATL)
posted by rumple at 01:48 PM on January 21, 2017
I appear to be waltzing my way into the Costanza, but just in case there's a chance, I'm going to basically copy tron7's picks but put a lock on them. Not proud, but hey it's a strategy...
Atlanta over Green Bay by 7 LOCK
New England over Pittsburgh by 13 LOCK
1. Rodgers
2. Bell
3. Julio Jones
4. Micah Hyde
posted by hincandenza at 06:00 PM on January 21, 2017
Atlanta by 8
New England by 3
Matt Ryan
Le'veon Bell
Julio Jones
posted by holden at 11:35 PM on January 21, 2017
Malcolm Butler
posted by holden at 11:36 PM on January 21, 2017
holden has unintentionally shamed me in my lack of homerism; I'd like to update my prop picks. New picks:
Atlanta over Green Bay by 7 LOCK
New England over Pittsburgh by 13 LOCK
1. Quarterback with most passing yards: Matt Ryan, Atlanta
2. Player with most rushing yards: LeVeon Bell, Pittsburgh
3. Player with most receiving yards: Julian Edelman, New England
4. Player with an interception: Malcolm Butler, New England
posted by hincandenza at 12:36 AM on January 22, 2017
Did no one get any points for the bonus picks? (I noticed that it's not listed with the game picks). Just curious.
For this week:
Atlanta by 3 LOCK
New England by 6 LOCK
Passing-Aaron Rodgers
Rushing-LeVeon Bell
Receiving-Julio Jones
Interception-Jalen Collins
posted by jagsnumberone at 01:25 AM on January 22, 2017
Atlanta by 4
LOCK New England by 10 LOCK
Matt Ryan
Ty Montgomery
Julio Jones
Malcolm Butler
posted by bender at 11:35 AM on January 22, 2017
Atlanta by 8 LOCK
New England by 5 LOCK
QB passing: Matt Ryan
Rushing yardage: Blount
Reception yardage: Sanu
Interception: P. Chung
posted by beaverboard at 12:05 PM on January 22, 2017
Honestly don't feel all that confident, so I'm not locking anything.
ATL by 9
NE by 3
QB: Ryan
RB: Bell
REC: Julio
INT: Deion Jones
posted by Ufez Jones at 12:23 PM on January 22, 2017
Atlanta by 3
New England by 4 <-- lock
1. Quarterback with most passing yards: Ryan
2. Player with most rushing yards: Bell
3. Player with most receiving yards: Julio Jones
4. Player with an interception: Malcolm Butler
posted by rcade at 02:58 PM on January 22, 2017
I've posted the wild card standings with props. More to come.
posted by rcade at 03:05 PM on January 22, 2017
Atlanta by 24. At the half. Because I am watching it, and forgot to put my picks in.
New England by 10 LOCK
Brady
Bell
Brown
Butler (had to stick with my late game, "B" theme)
posted by tahoemoj at 04:36 PM on January 22, 2017
Divisional round props
Most passing yards: Aaron Rodgers, 355 (tahoemoj, grum@work, rumple, Howard_T, beaverboard)
Most rushing yards: Le'Veon Bell, 170 (ic23b, cixelsyd, rumple, Howard_T, holden, rcade, beaverboard)
Most receiving yards: Julian Edelman, 137
Players with a sack or partial sack: Seattle: Bennett, Rubin, Clark (beaverboard); Atlanta: Babineaux, Reed, Garland; Houston: Mercilus (bender, tommytrump), Cushing; New England: Brown, Ninkovich; Green Bay: Perry, Hyde; Dallas: Church, Scandrick, Heath; Pittsburgh: Harnison (cixelsyd); Kansas City: Jenkins, Poe, Ford
After the props are factored in, here are the standings.
Standings
Pick the winner and the game's spread. Locks are unlimited.
Also choose these four props for five points each:
1. Quarterback with most passing yards
2. Player with most rushing yards
3. Player with most receiving yards
4. Player with an interception.
There will be 10 props for the Super Bowl.