NFLPPC 2012 Winners: ShakeItUp and AndViet!

[Killah]

Thirty-two teams have been whittled down to twelve; it's time for the NFL Playoff Predictions Challenge!

However, to make things more interesting, I've decided to add a small twist to the predictions. Rather than just a single competition, this year's challenge will be split into two separate challenges! ...In other words, the fun has been doubled.

But first, the general rules:

1. Due to the short nature of this competition, late entries will not be accepted.
2. Failure to submit a prediction by gametime will result in a forfeit of that game: no exceptions. If the game kicks off at 1:00 EST and you submit at 1:02 EST, tough shit.
3. In addition to this, any edits to posts after the first games kick off will result in the forfeiting of all prior games. If you make your guesses for the saturday games and sunday games in the same post, then decide to edit your sunday afternoon pick on sunday morning by editing that post, you will be given losses for the two saturday games. Instead, make a new post with your changed picks.
4. Do NOT get into discussions/debates with other peoples' picks. No flaming, no bashing, no "omg why did you pick them" etc. Tips are OK, but it's preferable to keep them in the NFL discussion thread instead.

procedures

Part 1:
Exactly like the weekly predictions challenge, you will choose winners for each game the week of those games.

Divisional Schedule:
New Orleans @ San Francisco
Denver @ New England
Houston @ Baltimore
NY Giants @ Green Bay


Example of the format:

Cincinnati @ Houston
Detroit @ New Orleans
Atlanta @ NY Giants
Pittsburgh @ Denver

Part 2:
Rather than waiting the week of to make each pick, you will make the picks for the entire playoffs right now! Point system is yet to be finalized, but at the moment it is simply one point per win.

Note that it does not matter who you pick each team to beat; only the winners of each game matter. Regardless of whether you picked the Packers to beat the Giants or the Lions in the divisional round, if you picked them and they win you will be awarded one point.

Please be very careful of seeding: in the second round, the #1 seed will face the LOWEST remaining seed, while the #2 seed will face the HIGHEST remaining seed (not counting the #1 ofc).


Schedule:
AFC:
#1 New England @ Bye
#2 Baltimore @ Bye
#6 Cincinnati @ #3 Houston
#5 Pittsburgh @ #4 Denver

NFC:
#1 Green Bay @ Bye
#2 San Francisco @ Bye
#6 Detroit @ #3 New Orleans
#5 Atlanta @ #4 NY Giants


Example of the format:

AFC:
#6 Cincinnati @ #3 Houston
#5 Pittsburgh @ #4 Denver

#4 Denver @ #1 New England
#2 Baltimore @ #3 Houston

#4 Denver @ #2 Baltimore


NFC:
#6 Detroit @ #3 New Orleans
#5 Atlanta @ #4 NY Giants

#5 Atlanta @ #2 San Francisco
#6 Detroit @ #1 Green Bay

#5 Atlanta @ #1 Green Bay


Super Bowl:
Atlanta vs. Denver

There will be separate winners for each part, plus a combined winner for both.

Part 1 top 5 7:

1st. ShakeItUp 10
2nd.Nozizaki 9
Flamestrike 9
Foster 9
AndViet 9
TuckAndRolle 9
Keving Garrett 9

Part 2 top 5 6:

1st. AndViet 9
2nd. yondie 8
ShakeItUp 8
Foster 8
5th. Keving Garrett 7
DM 7


Combined top 5:

1st. ShakeItUp 18
1st. AndViet 18
3rd. Foster 17
3rd. yondie 16
5th. Kevin Garrett 16

Final Spreadsheet

Final scores sorted (by part)

Best of luck!

bottom 12

Texas Cloverleaf 8
Terywj 8
Stallion 8
Byrne 8
Killah 8
Galladiator 8
H S A 8
Zuki 8
Bad Ass 7
Steeler 6
zach the great 6
dloosh13 6

 

[Steeler]

AFC:
#6 Cincinnati @ #3 Houston
#5 Pittsburgh @ #4 Denver

#6 Cincinnati @ #1 New England
#5 Pittsburgh @ #2 Baltimore

#5 Pittsburgh @ #1 New England


NFC:
#6 Detroit @ #3 New Orleans
#5 Atlanta @ #4 NY Giants

#3 New Orleans @ #2 San Francisco
#5 Atlanta @ #1 Green Bay

#3 New Orleans @ #1 Green Bay


Super Bowl:
Pittsburgh vs Green Bay

tbh i just want a rage rematch

 

[WaterBomb]

WILD CARDS

#6 Cincinnati @ #3 Houston
#5 Pittsburgh @ #4 Denver

#6 Detroit @ #3 New Orleans
#5 Atlanta @ #4 NY Giants


DIVISIONALS

#6 Cincinnati @ #1 New England
#5 Pittsburgh @ #2 Baltimore

#4 NY Giants @ #1 Green Bay
#3 New Orleans @ #2 San Francisco


CHAMPIONSHIPS

#5 Pittsburgh @ #1 New England :(

#3 New Orleans @ #1 Green Bay


SUPER BOWEL

Green Bay vs New England

 

[-RatCheesy]

Part 1:

Wild Card schedule:
Saturday:
Cincinnati @ Houston
Detroit @ New Orleans
Sunday:
Atlanta @ NY Giants
Pittsburgh @ Denver

Part 2:

AFC:
#6 Cincinnati @ #3 Houston
#5 Pittsburgh @ #4 Denver

#6 Cincinnati @ #1 New England
#5 Pittsburgh @ #2 Baltimore

#2 Baltimore @ #1 New England


NFC:
#6 Detroit @ #3 New Orleans
#5 Atlanta @ #4 NY Giants

#3 New Orleans @ #2 San Francisco
#4 NY Giants @ #1 Green Bay

#3 New Orleans @ #1 Green Bay


Super Bowl:
New Orleans vs. New England

WHO DAT!

 

[Mercy]

Wild Card schedule:
Saturday:
Cincinnati @ Houston
Detroit @ New Orleans
Sunday:
Atlanta @ NY Giants
Pittsburgh @ Denver

#6 Cincinnati @ #3 Houston
#5 Pittsburgh @ #4 Denver

#5 Pittsburgh @ #1 New England
#3 Houston @ #2 Baltimore

#5 Pittsburgh @ #2 Baltimore


NFC:
#6 Detroit @ #3 New Orleans
#5 Atlanta @ #4 NY Giants

#3 New Orleans @ #2 San Francisco
#5 Atlanta @ #1 Green Bay

#3 New Orleans @ #1 Green Bay

SuperBowl

Green Bay vs. Pittsburgh

 

[yond]

AFC:
#6 Cincinnati @ #3 Houston
#5 Pittsburgh @ #4 Denver

Division
#3 Texans @ #1 New England
#5 Pittsburgh @ #2 Baltimore

Championship
#2 Baltimore @ #1 New England


NFC:
#6 Detroit @ #3 New Orleans
#5 Atlanta @ #4 NY Giants

Division
#3 New Orleans @ #2 San Francisco
#4 NY Giants @ #1 Green Bay

Championship
#3 New Orleans @ #4 NY Giants


Super Bowl:
Baltimore vs NY Giants

 

[Steeler]

yondie you think da gee men are gonna beat the packers in green bay but not da saints in new orleans? if you gonna let your homerism get to you, just go all the way like i did. B)

 

[yond]

I made those picks based on regular season performances and mostly because I believe the Saints are a hell of a lot better suited to beat the Giants than the Packers are. Personally I think the Giants will beat the Packers in Green Bay because of their pass rush, offense that can exploit GB as they did earlier and because they travel better than they play at home. (They also have a much better running game for cold weather regardless of what statistics tell you).

Saints on the other hand have speedy sproles and jimmy gram (grahm???) who are matchup nightmares for the Giants weak linebacking core and they take away from the Giants Pass Rush abilities which leads me to believe the Saints will most likely beat the Giants at the superdome.

but anyway my picks are subject to change i just dont want to forget and have nothing
(aka i may just go homer idk yet)

 

[Steamroll]

WILD CARDS
#6 Cincinnati @ #3 Houston
#5 Pittsburgh @ #4 Denver

#6 Detroit @ #3 New Orleans
#5 Atlanta @ #4 NY Giants

DIVISIONALS
#6 Cincinnati @ #1 New England
#5 Pittsburgh @ #2 Baltimore

#4 NY Giants @ #1 Green Bay
#3 New Orleans @ #2 San Francisco

CHAMPIONSHIPS
#2 Baltimore @ #1 New England
#3 New Orleans @ #1 Green Bay
Super Bowl:
Green Bay vs. Baltimore

 

[Texas Cloverleaf]

idk if I'm allowed but predictions anyway

AFC:
#6 Cincinnati @ #3 Houston
#5 Pittsburgh @ #4 Denver

Division
#6 Cincinnati @ #1 New England
#5 Pittsburgh @ #2 Baltimore

Championship
#2 Baltimore @ #1 New England


NFC:
#6 Detroit @ #3 New Orleans
#5 Atlanta @ #4 NY Giants

Division
#3 New Orleans @ #2 San Francisco
#4 NY Giants @ #1 Green Bay

Championship
#3 New Orleans @ #1 Green Bay


Super Bowl:
Baltimore vs Green Bay

 

[Nozizaki]

Wildcard:
AFC:
#1 New England @ Bye
#2 Baltimore @ Bye
#6 Cincinnati @ #3 Houston
#5 Pittsburgh @ #4 Denver Fuck it, Jesus wins.

NFC:
#1 Green Bay @ Bye
#2 San Francisco @ Bye
#6 Detroit @ #3 New Orleans
#5 Atlanta @ #4 NY Giants

Divisional:
AFC:
#5 Pittsburgh @ #1 New England
#3 Houston @ #2 Baltimore

NFC:
#5 Atlanta @ #1 Green Bay
#3 New Orleans @ #2 San Francisco

Championship:
AFC:
#5 Pittsburgh @ #2 Baltimore

NFC:
#2 San Francisco @ #1 Green Bay

Super Bowl:
Baltimore vs San Francisco


Bonus points for picking Pro Bowl correctly?

 

[DM]

I'm definitely in this, but I'm going to wait until we get closer to the games. Gotta check those injury reports, donchaknow.

I love the format, but the only thing that sucks about it is one huge injury could derail the entire thing. If I pick a team to win the Super Bowl and their starting QB breaks his leg on their first play... ugh.

 

[Blindy McBlind]

Damn, I hope no one gets injured.

Schedule:
AFC:
#1 New England @ Bye
#2 Baltimore @ Bye
#6 Cincinnati > #3 Houston
#5 Pittsburgh > #4 Denver

#6 Cincinnati < #1 New England
#5 Pittsburgh < #2 Baltimore

#2 Baltimore < #1 New England


NFC:
#1 Green Bay @ Bye
#2 San Francisco @ Bye
#6 Detroit < #3 New Orleans
#5 Atlanta < #4 NY Giants

#4 NY Giants < #1 Green Bay
#3 New Orleans < #2 San Francisco

#2 San Francisco > #1 Green Bay

Super Bowl: San Francisco > New England

I hope I did that right, with all the seedings and pairings and all.

 

[ButteredToast]

You remember in one of those back to the futures where the guy goes into the future and picks up a copy of a Sports Scores book and comes back to the present and makes crazy picks and wins millions of dollars and starts doing the guys mother? Remember that?

Well, thats me. GG everyone.


Wildcard:
AFC:
#1 New England @ Bye
#2 Baltimore @ Bye
#6 Cincinnati @ #3 Houston
#5 Pittsburgh @ #4 Denver

NFC:
#1 Green Bay @ Bye
#2 San Francisco @ Bye
#6 Detroit @ #3 New Orleans
#5 Atlanta @ #4 NY Giants

Divisional:
AFC:
#5 Pittsburgh @ #1 New England
#3 Houston @ #2 Baltimore

NFC:
#6 Detroit @ #1 Green Bay
#4 NY Giants @ #2 San Francisco

Championship:
AFC:
#2 Baltimore @ #1 New England

NFC:
#4 NY Giants @ #1 Green Bay


Super Bowl:

Baltimore vs NY Giants

 

[CaptKirby]

defending co-champion in to win again (probably not on this, but will on the actual picks do not worry :D)

Saints>Lions
Falcons>Giants
Steelers>Broncos
Texans>Bengals

Saints>49ers
Packers>Falcons
Patriots>Steelers
Ravens>Texans

Ravens>Patriots
Saints>Packers

Ravens>Saints

The teams that are definitely not making the Super Bowl are the Bengals, Giants, and Broncos (all extremely untalented teams). I had to vote out Texans round 1 since Jake Delhomme might end that game within 10 minutes. The rest pretty much speaks for itself. Every other team can win the Super Bowl, so pick what you like.

EDIT: mixed this crap up because T.J. Yates is starting which changes the entire playoffs. No Jake Delhomme definitely murdering the Texans...even if Yates is playing with a separated shoulder Jake Delhomme is not going to be around to commit 3 turnovers in the first half. All righttttt.

 

[theamericandream38]

Wild Card Round:
AFC:
#1 New England @ Bye
#2 Baltimore @ Bye
#6 Cincinnati @ #3 Houston
#5 Pittsburgh @ #4 Denver

NFC:
#1 Green Bay @ Bye
#2 San Francisco @ Bye
#6 Detroit @ #3 New Orleans
#5 Atlanta @ #4 NY Giants

Divisional Round:
AFC:
Cincinnati @ New England
Pittsburgh @ Baltimore

NFC:
Giants @ Green Bay
New Orleans @ San Francisco

Championship Round:
AFC:
Cincinnati @ Baltimore

NFC:
San Fran @ Green Bay

Super Bowl:
Baltimore vs San Fran

 

[TheValkyries]

Part 1:

WILD CARDS

#6 Cincinnati @ #3 Houston
#5 Pittsburgh @ #4 Denver

#6 Detroit @ #3 New Orleans
#5 Atlanta @ #4 NY Giants



Part 2:

DIVISIONALS

#5 Pittsburgh @ #1 New England
#3 Houston @ #2 Baltimore

#4 NY Giants @ #1 Green Bay
#3 New Orleans @ #2 San Francisco


CHAMPIONSHIPS

#2 Baltimore @ #1 New England :(

#3 New Orleans @ #1 Green Bay


SUPER BOWL
Baltimore @ New Orleans

 

[-Terywj-]

NFC
Wild Card: Saints > Lions, Falcons > Giants
Divisional: Saints > 49'ers, Packers > Falcons
Champsionship: Packers > Saints

AFC
Wild Card: Bengals > Texans, Steelers > Broncos
Divisional: Ravens > Bengals, Patriots > Steelers
Champsionship: Patriots > Ravens

Super Bowl XLV: Packers > Patriots

There's many variables but I just went with hard picks.

 

[Stallion]

Part A:

Cincinnati vs Houston
Pittsburgh vs Denver

Detroit vs New Orleans
Atlanta vs New York (toughest match)

Part B:

AFC:
#6 Cincinnati @ #3 Houston
#5 Pittsburgh @ #4 Denver

Division
#6 Cincinnati @ #1 New England
#5 Pittsburgh @ #2 Baltimore

Championship
#2 Baltimore @ #1 New England


NFC:
#6 Detroit @ #3 New Orleans
#5 Atlanta @ #4 NY Giants

Division
#3 New Orleans @ #2 San Francisco
#4 NY Giants @ #1 Green Bay

Championship
#3 New Orleans @ #1 Green Bay


Super Bowl:
Baltimore vs New Orleans - I have a feeling the Saints would win the matchup but if my favourite team makes it this far I gotta believe in them!

 

[Bad Ass]

AFC:
#1 New England @ Bye
#2 Baltimore @ Bye
#6 Cincinnati @ #3 Houston
#5 Pittsburgh @ #4 Denver

#1 New England vs #6 Cincinnati
#2 Baltimore vs #5 Pittsburgh

#1 New England vs #2 Baltimore
NFC:
#1 Green Bay @ Bye
#2 San Francisco @ Bye
#6 Detroit @ #3 New Orleans
#5 Atlanta @ #4 NY Giants

#1 Green Bay vs #5 Atlanta
#2 San Francisco vs #3 New Orleans

#1 Green Bay vs #3 New Orleans

Super Bowl:
New Orleans vs Baltimore

 

[macle]

WILD CARDS

#6 Cincinnati @ #3 Houston
#5 Pittsburgh @ #4 Denver

#6 Detroit @ #3 New Orleans
#5 Atlanta @ #4 NY Giants


DIVISIONALS

#6 Cincinnati @ #1 New England
#5 Pittsburgh @ #2 Baltimore

#4 NY Giants @ #1 Green Bay
#3 New Orleans @ #2 San Francisco


CHAMPIONSHIPS

#2 Ravins @ #1 New England

#3 New Orleans @ #1 Green Bay


SUPER BOWEL

Green Bay vs New England



lol at anyone picking the saints

 

[TheCalmSnivy]

Wildcard

Detroit @ New Orleans
Atlanta @ New York
Cincinnati @ Houston
Pittsburgh @ Denver

Divisional
Atlanta @ Green Bay
New Orleans @ San Francisco
Cincinnatti @ New England
Pittsburgh @ Baltimore

Championships
San Francisco @ Green Bay
Baltimore @ New England

SUPER BOWL
Baltimore @ Green Bay

 

[Flamestrike]

Part A:
Cincinnati @ Houston
Detroit @ New Orleans
Atlanta @ NY Giants
Pittsburgh @ Denver

Part B:
AFC:
#6 Cincinnati @ #3 Houston
#5 Pittsburgh @ #4 Denver

#5 Pittsburgh @ #1 New England
#2 Baltimore @ #3 Houston

#2 Baltimore @ #1 New England


NFC:
#6 Detroit @ #3 New Orleans
#5 Atlanta @ #4 NY Giants

#3 New Orleans @ #2 San Francisco
#4 NY Giants @ #1 Green Bay

#3 New Orleans@ #1 Green Bay


Super Bowl:
New England vs. Green Bay

 

[-Tsunami-]

AFC:
#6 Cincinnati @ #3 Houston
#5 Pittsburgh @ #4 Denver

#4 Denver @ #1 New England
#3 Houston @ #2 Baltimore

#2 Baltimore @ #1 New England

NFC:
#6 Detroit @ #3 New Orleans
#5 Atlanta @ #4 NY Giants

#3 New Orleans @ #2 San Francisco
#4 NY Giants @ #1 Green Bay

#4 NY Giants @ #3 New Orleans

Super Bowl:

New England vs. New Orleans

 

[Fabbles]

AFC:

Cincinnati vs Houston
Pittsburgh vs Denver

Division
#5 Pittsburgh @ #1 New England
#3 Houston @ #2 Baltimore

Championship
#5 Pittsburgh @ #2 Baltimore

NFC:

Detroit vs New Orleans
Atlanta vs New York

Division
#3 New Orleans @ #2 San Francisco
#4 NY Giants @ #1 Green Bay

Championship
#2 San Francisco @ #1 Green Bay


Super Bowl:
Baltimore vs San Francisco