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January 17, 2012
NFL Playoff Pick'em, Championship Round: Week 1 scores and picks for the championship round inside.
Two questions:
- Do you want us to predict how many points the winning team will will by?
- Is there a minimum carries for question #2 or can a player just have a single carry?
posted by NoMich at 10:49 AM on January 17, 2012
1. Yes, predict the games by winner and score.
2. A single rush/reception is all that's needed to be the correct answer for Bonus Pick 1 or 2. The questions specifically ask for "Player" because the position the player normally plays in is irrelevant.
posted by apoch at 11:47 AM on January 17, 2012
Patriots by 7
49ers by 6
1. Eli Manning, 0.0 yards
2. Wes Welker, 36 yards
3. New York Giants, 61%
4. Patriots, 75%
posted by grum@work at 11:59 AM on January 17, 2012
New England by 17
San Fransisco by 7
1. Joe Flacco 0.5 yards
2. Victor Cruz 73 yards
3. San Fransisco 67%
4. New England 83%
posted by tommybiden at 12:52 PM on January 17, 2012
NE 7
49ers 3
1. Flacco minus 2 yards
2. Nicks 47 yards
3. 49ers 45%
4. 49ers 100%
posted by cixelsyd at 02:51 PM on January 17, 2012
Ravens by 14, 49ers by 6
Tom Brady, -3.5 yards
Torrey Smith, 80 yards
49ers, 56%
Ravens, 100%
posted by boredom_08 at 04:25 PM on January 17, 2012
Patriots by 20
Giants by 7
1. Tom Brady, -10 yards
2. Torrey Smith, 45 yards
3. Giants, 60%
4. Patriots, 85%
posted by scully at 07:08 PM on January 17, 2012
Wow, do I suck at this. Nonetheless...
New England by 13;
San Francisco by 3
Eli Manning, .5 ypc
Hakim Nicks, 77 yards
New England, 60%
Giants 66%
posted by tahoemoj at 07:24 PM on January 17, 2012
Pats by 17
Giants by 3
Eli with minus 1.5 yards
Welker with 41 yards
Pats with 63 %
Pats with 75 %
posted by owlhouse at 08:07 PM on January 17, 2012
New England by 14
New York by 4
Flacco for 1
Cruz for 61
New England with 50%
New England with 75%
posted by cl at 08:13 AM on January 18, 2012
Baltimore by 4
San Francisco by 7
Eli Manning, -.4 ypc
Anquan Boldin, 38-yard reception
San Francisco, 77% on 3rd down
Baltimore, 75% in the red zone
posted by bender at 07:21 PM on January 18, 2012
Pats by 11
Niners by 3
Eli Manning: minus 1.5 yards
Welker with 41 yards
Pats with 60%
Niners with 75 %
posted by billsaysthis at 12:20 PM on January 19, 2012
Patriots by 14
Giants by 4
Green-Ellis - 1.8 ypc
Hakeem Nicks - 74 yards
New England - 67%
Giants - 100%
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 09:41 AM on January 20, 2012
New England by 17
San Francisco by 4
Alex Smith - 1 ypc
Victor Cruz - 42 yards
New England - 66%
New England - 80%
posted by tron7 at 10:16 AM on January 20, 2012
New England by 10
New York by 14
Alex Smith, -1 ypc
Rob Gronkowski, 77 yds
New England, 70%
New England, 85%
posted by DrJohnEvans at 12:46 PM on January 20, 2012
Pates by 10
G-men by 6
A Smith -2 yds
H Nicks 48 yds
G-men 90%
G-men 90%
posted by NoMich at 02:25 PM on January 21, 2012
New England by 13
New York by 8
DJ Ware 1
H Nicks 45 yards
Giants 75%
New England 80%
posted by dviking at 02:46 PM on January 21, 2012
Baltimore by 6
49ers by 13
Eli Manning, -.5
Torrey Smith 72 yards
San Francisco, 65%
New England, 90%
Thanks again, Apoch!
posted by Ufez Jones at 01:40 PM on January 22, 2012
Patriots by 10
Giants by 4
Worst rusher: Eli Manning, -2 yards
Longest reception: Hakeem Nicks, 42 yards
Third down: Patriots, 43.5%
Red zone: Patriots, 65%
posted by rcade at 01:56 PM on January 22, 2012
New England by 6
49ers by 11
Worst Rusher: Tom Brady -3.0
Longest reception: Gronkowski 44 yds
Third Down: 49ers - 62%
Red Zone: 49ers - 62%
posted by rumple at 02:08 PM on January 22, 2012
Scores can be reviwed here. Please double check for accuracy.
Rankings after two rounds:
1t. tron7 - 11
1t. owlhouse - 11
3t. Ufez Jones - 9
3t. DrJohnEvans - 9
3t. cixelsyd - 9
3t. billsaysthis - 9
7. grum@work - 8
8t. rumple - 7
8t. Bender - 7
10t. terrapin - 6
10t. rcade - 6
10t. dviking - 6
10t. cl - 6
14t. tahoemoj - 5
14t. NoMich - 5
16t. tommytrump - 4
16t. holden - 4
16t. Folkways - 4
16t. boredom_08 - 4
20t. Ying Yang Mafia -3
20t. Howard_T - 3
22. littleLebowski - 1
The Games
Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots, Sun, Jan 22nd 3:00 pm
New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers, Sun, Jan 22nd 6:30 pm.
Bonus Picks
1. Which player will have the worst rushing average and what will it be? (extra point for average if within 1.5 yards either way, 2 extra points if nailed exactly)
2. Which player will have the longest reception and what will it be? (points awarded using same margin of error calculations as score)
3. Which team will have the best third down efficiency, and what will it be? (extra point if within 5% either way, 2 extra points if nailed exactly)
4. Which team will have the best red zone efficiency, and what will it be? (extra point if within 5% either way, 2 extra points if nailed exactly)
All stats are from the boxscore as listed on NFL.com. All picks are due by 2:55 pm EST on Sunday Jan 22nd. If you nail any of the predictions for average, etc in the bonus picks, even if you don't get the team/player correct, you get a bonus point. If there is a tie where more than one player/team would be correct, points will be awarded to anyone who picks either.