Predict the Playoff winners contest

Cincy at Houston- winner Cincy
Vikings at Packers - winner Packers

1/6/13
Indy at Baltimore- winner Indy
Seattle at Washington- winner Washington

1/12/13

Cincy at Denver - winner Denver
Packers at SF- Winner 49ers

1/13/13
Washington at Atlanta - Winner Atlanta
Indy at Your NE Patriots - winner Pats

1/20/13
AFC Championship game Pats at Denver - winner Pats
NFC Championship game 49ers at Atlanta - winner 49ers

2/3/13
Super Bowl Pats vs 49ers - winner Pats

I'm not one to criticize, as I have the Seahawks winning three road games to reach the SB, but I want to here people's reasoning picking the Packers to go to the SB?

The Packers are going to go in Candlestick and win? They have no running game, no OL, weak run defense, and their offense isn't even prolific (5th in ppg, 13th in yardage) I wouldn't be surprised if AP takes it to them for the 3rd time this year and pulls an upset. That's a seriously flawed team.

Cincy at Houston- winner CINCY
Vikings at Packers - winner PACKERS

1/6/13
Indy at Baltimore- winner BALTIMORE
Seattle at Washington- winner WASHINGTON

1/12/13

CINCY at Denver - winner CINCY
PACKERS at SF- Winner SF

1/13/13
WASHINGTON at Atlanta - Winner ATLANTA
BALTIMORE at Your NE Patriots - winner PATS

1/20/13
AFC Championship game CINCY at PATS - winner PATS
NFC Championship game SF at ATLANTA - winner SF

2/3/13
Super Bowl PATS vs SF - winner SF

Wild card weekend
Bengals over Houston
Packers over Vikings
Colts over Ratbirds
Seattle over Washington

Divsional round
Bengals over Broncos
San Francisco over Green Bay
Seattle over Atlanta
Patriots over Colts

Conference championships
San Fran over Seattle
Pats over Bengals

SB
Pats over Niners

Cincy is this years version of the Giants and I bet nobody wants a piece of that team right now, and getting a team in Houston who hasn't been the same since they came to Gillette and a team in Denver who have been pounding on the Little Sisters of the Poor for a few months might be a ticket to the AFC Championship. I have Indy winning as well, Baltimore has looked old and slow the last few weeks and they are beat up, combined with Indy basically reminds me a lot of the 01-02 Patriots where they are not scared of the big moment or big challenge (don't forget everybody had Pittsburgh pounding us then St Louis was supposed to run us out of the Super Dome.)

The NFC is going to be battle after battle, there will not be a winner, more like a survivor. I do think though I will take the best defenses, Seattle and San Fran to go on, but it would not shock me to see Peterson destroy Green Bay again, and if RG3 was healthy Washington might be a bigger threat. Atlanta needs to win a post season game before I back their horse and their corners are dinged up which could be a factor if they see Green Bay down the line. So wide open are these playoffs, not one team that is stands out as the favorite IMO.

All right here is my (burnt) offering:

1/5/13
Cincy at Houston:- winner CIN
Vikings at Packers: - winner GB

1/6/13
Indy at Baltimore:- winner IND
Seattle at Washington:- winner SEA

1/12/13

CIN at Denver: - winner DEN
GB at SF:- Winner GB

1/13/13
SEA at Atlanta: - Winner ATL
IND at Your NE Patriots: - winner NE

1/20/13
AFC Championship game: NE at DEN- winner NE
NFC Championship game: GB at ATL- winner GB

2/3/13
Super Bowl: GB vs NE- winner NE


That is a tough row to hoe for NE but I think they get it done.

PATSNUTme said:

OK, so it's the bye week for the Patriots and a chance to have a little fun. Many here seem to have the power of seeing the future so let's put it into use;

Pick the winners of the playoff games including the SB game:
1/5/13
Cincy at Houston- winner Houston
Vikings at Packers - winner Vikings

1/6/13
Indy at Baltimore- winner Baltimore (unfortunately)
Seattle at Washington- winner Seattle

1/12/13

Baltimore at Denver - winner Denver
Seattle at SF- Winner SF

1/13/13
Vikings at Atlanta - Winner Vikings
Houston at Your NE Patriots - winner NE

1/20/13
AFC Championship game NE at Denver - winner New England BABY!!
NFC Championship game Vikings at SF - winner SF

2/3/13
Super Bowl NE vs SF - winner NE Baby!!! (redemption!)


You fill in the blanks. Good Luck and happy predicting

EDIT the thread will be closed this Sat around 4:30. The person or persons who gets the most right will get a big

from all of us.

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Here's mine. Who knows and Go Patriots!!

1/5/13
Cincy at Houston- winner Houston
Vikings at Packers - winner Packers

1/6/13
Indy at Baltimore- winner Colts
Seattle at Washington- winner Seahawks

1/12/13

Indy at Denver - winner Colts
Packers at SF- Winner SF

1/13/13
Seattle at Atlanta - Winner Seahawks
Houston at Your NE Patriots - winner Patriots

1/20/13
AFC Championship game Colts at New England - winner Patriots
NFC Championship game Seattle at SF - winner Seahawks

2/3/13
Super Bowl Seahawks vs Patriots - winner Patriots

1/5/13
Cincy at Houston- winner Cincinnati (6)
Minnesota at Green Bay - winner Green Bay (3)

1/6/13
Indy at Baltimore- winner Baltimore (4)
Seattle at Washington- winner Seattle (5)

1/12/13

Cincinnati at Denver - winner Denver (1)
Green Bay at San Francisco- Winner Green Bay (3)

1/13/13
Seattle at Atlanta - Winner Seattle (5)
Baltimore at Your NE Patriots - winner New England

1/20/13
AFC Championship game New England at Denver - winner New England
NFC Championship game Seattle at Green Bay - winner Seattle

2/3/13
Super Bowl New England vs Seattle - winner New England Patriots

SB MVP = Rob Gronkowski

1/5/13
Cincy at Houston- Cincinnati
Minnesota at Green Bay - Minnesota

1/6/13
Indy at Baltimore- Baltimore
Seattle at Washington- Seattle

1/12/13

Cincinnati at Denver - Cincinnati
Seattle at San Francisco- San Francisco

1/13/13
Minnesota at Atlanta - Minnesota
Baltimore at New England - New England

1/20/13
AFC Championship game Cincinnati at New England - New England
NFC Championship game Minnesota at San Francisco - San Francisco

2/3/13
Super Bowl New England vs San Francisco - New England Patriots


I have Minnesota going to the NFCCG because of Peterson. He will carry them through Green Bay because I'm counting on weather slowing the GB passing attack down. (Rodgers will still have a good game, but he isn't as cold weather acclimated as say...Brady). Green Bay's lack of running game will cost them. I still have no hope in ATL as they are the Tony Romo of NFL teams.

The AFC is pretty self-explanatory. I think Cincy's defense will carry them to Foxboro where it will fizzle out after a tough fought victory against Manning.

1/5/13
Cincy at Houston- winner Cincy
Vikings at Packers - winner Vikings

1/6/13
Indy at Baltimore- winner Indy
Seattle at Washington- winner Seattle

1/12/13

Cincy at Denver - winner Denver
Seattle at SF - Winner SF

1/13/13
Vikings at Atlanta - Winner Atlanta
Indy at NE - winner PATS

1/20/13
AFC Championship game Pats at Denver - winner PATS
NFC Championship game SF at ATL - winner SF

2/3/13
Super Bowl SF vs PATS - winner PATS

Round 1:

Houston over Cincy
Green Bay over Minnesota
Indy over Baltimore
Seattle over Washington

Round 2:

Denver over Indy
San Fran over Green Bay
Seattle over Atlanta
New England over Houston

Round 3:

Denver over New England
Seattle over San Fran

Super Bowl:

Seattle over Denver


This isn't what I want to see happen, but I feel like it's most likely given the history of our defense on the road. Pats still have a good chance to go all the way.

1/5/13
Cincy at Houston- winner _Houston
Vikings at Packers - winner __Packers_____

1/6/13
Indy at Baltimore- winner _Baltimore__
Seattle at Washington- winner __Washington____

1/12/13

_Ravens_______ at Denver - winner _Denver________
__Packers____ at SF- Winner ___Packers______

1/13/13
_Redskins______ at Atlanta - Winner _Atlanta________
_Texans__ at Your NE Patriots - winner _Patriots________

1/20/13
AFC Championship game _Patriots at Denver_ - winner __Patriots_____
NFC Championship game __Packers_ at _Atlanta_ - winner _Packers______

2/3/13
Super Bowl _Packers__ vs __Patriots_ - winner __Patriots_____

No doubt my predictions can be thrown out the window given I changed the results for the umpteenth time. As long as the final result goes the Patriots way who cares?

ausbacker; said:

No doubt my predictions can be thrown out the window given I changed the results for the umpteenth time. As long as the final result goes the Patriots way who cares?

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Agreed. .....

Pick the winners of the playoff games including the SB game:

1/5/13
Cincy at Houston - winner: Houston
Vikings at Packers - winner: Packers

1/6/13
Indy at Baltimore - winner: Indy
Seattle at Washington - winner: Washington

1/12/13

Indy at Denver - winner: Denver
Packers at SF - winner: Packers

1/13/13
Washington at Atlanta - winner: Atlanta
Houston at Your NE Patriots - winner: Patriots

1/20/13
AFC Championship game Patriots at Denver - winner: Patriots
NFC Championship game Packers at Atlanta - winner: Packers

2/3/13
Super Bowl Packers vs Patriots - winner: Patriots

the Patriot said:

Round 1:

Houston over Cincy
Green Bay over Minnesota
Indy over Baltimore
Seattle over Washington

Round 2:

Denver over Indy
San Fran over Green Bay
Seattle over Atlanta
New England over Houston

Round 3:

Denver over New England
Seattle over San Fran

Super Bowl:

Seattle over Denver


This isn't what I want to see happen, but I feel like it's most likely given the history of our defense on the road. Pats still have a good chance to go all the way.

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I give you big time credit for picking the Pats to lose. You might just win by default on that one. I hope not, of course...and I certainly hope we don't have to watch Pete Carroll hoist it.

Ok, the way I decided to do this is by the football trading cards that I am collecting for my son for when he is older. I put all of the cards into their teams then counted the cards.

So the team with the highest cards advance to the next round. Since I am too lazy to go downstairs to get the actual number of cards, I will just tell you the winners of each round.

Cincy at Houston- winner Bengals
Vikings at Packers - winner Vikings

1/6/13
Indy at Baltimore- winner Colts
Seattle at Washington- winner Redskins
1/12/13

Bengals at Denver - winner Broncos
Redskins at SF- Winner 49ers

1/13/13
Vikings at Atlanta - Winner Vikings
Colts at Your NE Patriots - winner PATRIOTS

1/20/13
AFC Championship game Patriots at Broncos- winner PATRIOTS
NFC Championship game Vikings at 49ers- winner 49ers

2/3/13
Super Bowl Patriots vs 49ers - winner PATRIOTS

1/5/13
Cincy at Houston- HOU
Vikings at Packers - GB

1/6/13
Indy at Baltimore- BAL
Seattle at Washington- SEA

1/12/13

BAL at Denver - DEN
GB at SF- GB

1/13/13
SEA at Atlanta - SEA
HOU at NE Patriots - NE

1/20/13
AFC Championship game NE @ DEN - NE
NFC Championship game SEA @ GB - GB

2/3/13
Super Bowl NE vs GB - NE

1/5/13
Cincy at Houston- winner HOU
Vikings at Packers - winner GB

1/6/13
Indy at Baltimore- winner BAL
Seattle at Washington- winner SEA

1/12/13

BAL at Denver - winner DEN
GB at SF- Winner SF

1/13/13
SEA at Atlanta - Winner ATL
HOU at Your NE Patriots - winner NE
1/20/13
AFC Championship game NE at DEN - winner NE
NFC Championship game SF at ATL - winner SF
2/3/13
Super Bowl NE vs SF - winner NE

1/5/13
Cincy at Houston- winner Houston
Vikings at Packers - winner Packers

1/6/13
Indy at Baltimore- winner Indy
Seattle at Washington- winner Washington

1/12/13

Indy at Denver - winner Denver
Packers at SF- Winner SF

1/13/13
Washington at Atlanta - Winner Washington
Houston at Your NE Patriots - winner NE

1/20/13
AFC Championship game NE at Denver - winner NE
NFC Championship game Washington at San Fran - winner San Fran

2/3/13
Super Bowl NE vs San Fran - winner NE