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February 01, 2019
SportsFilter NFL Playoff Pick 'Em Super Bowl 0x35 Edition: The New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams meet Sunday in Super Bowl 0x35. In our contest, Howard_T jumps into first place with a 25-point week, followed by Tahoemoj in second and Jagsnumberone in third. For the chance to don the pants of a champion, pick the Super Bowl winner, the spread, 10 prop bets and a tiebreaker. Remember to bubble your answers in fully. Don't pick up your pencils until I say begin. Begin!
How This WorksSportsFilter is running an NFL Pick 'Em contest for the playoffs and awarding a prize to the winner: Zubaz NFL camo print casual active pants for the team of your choice ($34.99 value).
To play, pick who you think will win and by how many points. You then get points based on the result:
Picked the winner? You get 5 points
Picked the winner and a spread within the margin of error? You get 3 more points
Picked the winner and the exact spread? You get 2 more points
There are also bonus categories to pick each week worth 5 points each.
What's the Margin of Error?
A window around the spread that's defined as the following:
spread - round(0.3 * spread) <= Margin of Error <= spread + round(0.3 * spread)
You get rewarded for being close to the spread. The bigger the spread, the bigger the margin of error, so you don't have to be as accurate predicting a blowout as a close game.
Examples:
| Actual Spread | Margin Starts at | Margin Ends at |
| 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | 8 | 14 |
| 20 | 14 | 26 |
| Outcome | Your score |
| Miami by 20 | 8 points (winner + spread within MoE) |
| Miami by 10 | 5 points (winner only) |
| Miami by 15 | 10 points (winner + nailed spread) |
| Miami by 5 | 0 points |
Stone Cold Lead Pipe Locks
You can choose any game as a stone cold lead pipe lock. This doubles the points you win for that game, but if that team doesn't win, you lose 10 points (even if you get the spread). You can make as many picks a lock as you like or pick no locks at all.
The Small Print
In order to receive the prize, you must respond to our email within 14 days of the winner announcement. Make sure you have a valid email address on SportsFilter or contact me within that time period. The prize does not include international shipping, so in that situation you can pay the cost or receive an equivalent cash prize over Paypal.
This Week's Games 1
Buffalo at Houston on ABC (Saturday)
Tennessee at New England on CBS (Saturday)
Minnesota at New Orleans on Fox (Sunday)
Seattle at Philadelphia on NBC (Sunday)
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.
I'm not in the pick'em, but I will predict that:
- Matthew Slater will score a touchdown
- Something that has never happened to the Pats in the SB: Brady will get knocked out of the game
- Gostkowski will end up wishing that someone else had his job
posted by beaverboard at 10:44 AM on February 01, 2019
RAMS by 10
FIRST FG: Zuerlein
FIRST TD: Gurley
PASSING: Goff
RUSHING: CJ Anderson
RECEIVING: Cooks
SACK: Sheard
INTERCEPTION: Talib
OOPS: Brady +5
MVP: Gurley
ADS: Amazon
POINTS: 58
posted by cixelsyd at 12:03 PM on February 01, 2019
L.A. Rans by 17
F.G. Zuerein
T.D. Goff
Rushing Anderson
Receiving Woods
Sack Suh
Interception Johnson
Oops! Brady +5
MVP Goff
Ad Budweiser
Points 61
Lock whatever is lockable
posted by tommybiden at 01:01 PM on February 01, 2019
Damn, Howard bringing the A-Game!! You're going to need to bring it again to keep me from repeating as champ, because my ultimate goal is to have the entire family--Mrs. Moj and the little Moj's--decked out in matching Zubaz for the first game of the post-Marvin era of Bengals football. Or as my 3-year old daughter calls them, "Daddy's silly pants."
Rams win by 6 (and the cries from New Orleans only intensify)
FIRST FG: Zuerlein
FIRST TD: Edelman
PASSING: Brady +5
RUSHING: Gurley (shake it off, kid)
RECEIVING: Gronkowski
SACK: Flowers
INTERCEPTION: Joyner
OOPS: Michel
MVP: Gurley
ADS: Hyundai (Jason Bateman FTW)
POINTS: 62
posted by tahoemoj at 02:39 PM on February 01, 2019
New England by 3 (LOCK)
First FG- Greg Zuerlein
First TD- Sony Michel +5
QB most Passing Yards- Brady +5
Most Rushing Yards- Sony Michel +5
Most Receiving Yards- Julian Edelman +5
Sack- Trey Flowers (NE)
Interception- Stephon Gilmore (NE) +5
OOPS- Golf
MVP- Sony Michel
AD- Hyundai
Total Score- 73
posted by ic23b at 02:42 PM on February 01, 2019
Rams by 10
FIRST FG: Stephen Gostkowski +5
FIRST TD: Robert Woods
PASSING: Jared Goff
RUSHING: Sony Michel +5
RECEIVING: Robert Woods
SACK: Aaron Donald
INTERCEPTION: Marcus Peters
OOPS: Tom Brady +5
MVP: Jared Goff
ADS: Budweiser
Tiebreaker: 44
posted by rcade at 05:05 PM on February 01, 2019
Game Result
The Rams of Los Angeles, California by 28 LOCK LOCK LOCK
Props
FIRST FG: S. Gostkowski (NEP) +5
FIRST TD: B. Cooks (LAR)
PASSING: J. Goff (LAR)
RUSHING: S. Michel (NEP) +5
RECEIVING: B. Cooks (LAR)
SACK: N. Suh (LAR)
INTERCEPTION: J. Johnson (LAR)
OOPS: T. Brady (NEP) +5
MVP: J. Goff (LAR)
ADS: Hyundai
Tiebreaker
38 - 10
posted by NoMich at 05:55 PM on February 02, 2019
Last time's success was the result of a deep and abiding faith in all things Patriots. There was also a bit of understanding that KC's run defense was not too good. It turned out well enough, but I want a do-over because of the rather interesting non call in the NFC game. Here goes this week's;
Start with the essentials: The final margin will be the result of a pick 6 with the clock in the last 60 seconds as Rams were driving toward the winning touchdown. New England by 11 LOCK
1st field goal Zuerlein LA
1st TD White NE
Passing yards Goff LA
Rushing yards Michel NE +5
Receiving yards Gronkowski NE
Sack T Flowers NE
Interception D. McCourty NE
1st turnover Anderson LA
MVP Brady NE
Ads (Note Pepsi is the parent company of Frito-Lay. Thus, by choosing Pepsi, I am also picking Frito-Lay. Deny this and tahoemoj will represent me in the resultant lawsuit.) Pepsi/Frito-Lay
Total score 34 + 23 = 57
posted by Howard_T at 11:18 PM on February 02, 2019
New England by 12
First FG - Greg Zuerlein (LA)
First TD - Julian Edelman (NE)
Passing Yards - Tom Brady (NE) +5
Rushing Yards - Sony Michel (NE) +5
Receiving Yards - Brandin Cooks (LA)
Sack - Cory Littleton (LA)
INT - JC Jackson (NE)
Turnover - Jared Goff (LA)
MVP - Tom Brady (NE)
Ad winner - Budweiser
Total Points - 56
posted by gridironarizona at 01:42 AM on February 03, 2019
This Week's Game
Rams by 3
This Week's Props
FIRST FG: Gostkowski +5
FIRST TD: Goff
PASSING: Goff
RUSHING: Michel +5
RECEIVING: Edelman +5
SACK: Suh
INTERCEPTION: Johnson (LA)
OOPS: Brady +5
MVP: Goff
ADS: Microsoft
Total Points: 67
posted by grum@work at 10:18 AM on February 03, 2019
Rams by 6
FIRST FG: Gostkowski +5
FIRST TD: Woods
PASSING: Goff
RUSHING: Gurley
RECEIVING: Edelman +5
SACK: Donald
INTERCEPTION: Talib
OOPS: Brady +5
MVP: Goff
ADS: Budweiser
Total Points: 58
posted by tron7 at 10:50 AM on February 03, 2019
Rams by 3
FG: Zuerlein
TD: Michel +5
Passing: Brady +5
Rushing: Michel +5
Receiving: Cooks
Sack: Flowers
Int: Talib
Turnover: Goff
MVP: Goff
AD: Microsoft (Xbox controllers) (for bonus points: 2nd: Amazon Alexa)
Tie: Rams 33-30
posted by jagsnumberone at 01:56 PM on February 03, 2019
LOCK Patriots 24-34 Rams LOCK
FIRST FG: Greg Zuerlein (LA)
FIRST TD: Julian Edelman (NE)
PASSING: Tom Brady (NE) +5
RUSHING: Todd Gurley (LA)
RECEIVING: Julian Edelman (NE) +5
SACK: Trey Flowers (NE)
INTERCEPTION: Aqib Talib (LA)
OOPS: Tom Brady (NE) +5
MVP: Todd Gurley (LA)
ADS: Doritos
TOTAL SCORE: 58
posted by bender at 04:16 PM on February 03, 2019
Patriots by 17 LOCK
FIRST FG: Zuerlein
FIRST TD: Gronk
PASSING: Brady +5
RUSHING: Michel +5
RECEIVING: Edelman +5
SACK: Flowers
INTERCEPTION: Harmon
OOPS: Goff
MVP: Brady
ADS: M&Ms
Tiebreaker: 51 points
posted by rumple at 05:20 PM on February 03, 2019
Standings with Props
Last Week's Props
1. Passing yards: Tom Brady, 348 (rumple, Howard_T)
2. Rushing yards: Sony Michel, 113 (rumple, Howard_T, bender)
3. Receiving yards: Sammy Watkins, 114 (no winners)
4. Points: New England, 37 (Howard_T)
5. Sack or partial sack: Cameron Jordan, New Orleans (truthhurts); Trey Flowers, New England (rumple, jagsnumberone, bender); Ndamukong Suh and Dante Fowler Jr., L.A. Rams (no winners); Kyle Van Noy, Lawrence Guy, John Simon, New England (no winners)
This Week's Game
Pick the winner and spread.
This Week's Props
FIRST FG: Pick the kicker who scores the first field goal.
FIRST TD: Pick the player who scores the first touchdown.
PASSING: Pick the quarterback with the most passing yards.
RUSHING: Pick the player with the most rushing yards.
RECEIVING: Pick the player with the most receiving yards.
SACK: Pick a player who will get a sack or partial sack.
INTERCEPTION: Pick a player who will get an interception.
OOPS: Pick the player who commits the first turnover.
MVP: Pick the game's MVP.
ADS: Pick the brand/company that will win the USA Today Ad-Meter.
Tiebreaker
Pick the total score of the game. (If two players choose the same score, the one who posted it first wins.)