Predict the Playoffs

[koufax32]

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AFC:

SD over Cincy
Indy over KC

SD over DEN
NE over IND

NE over SD


NFC:

SF over GB
PHI over NO

CAR over PHI
SEA over SF

SEA over CAR

Super Bowl:

NE over SEA 20-17

 

[Morgan's Magic Snowplow]

AFC
 
CIN over SD
IND over KC
 
NE over CIN
DEN over IND
 
DEN over NE
 
NFC
 
SF over GB
PHI over NO
 
CAR over PHI
SF over SEA
 
SF over CAR
 
Super Bowl
 
SF over DEN
 
Winning three road games is a tough task but its been done before and I think SF has enjoyed the best injury luck of any real contender this year and is peaking at the right time.

 

[Gunfighter 09]

AFC
 
CIN over SD
IND over KC
 
NE over CIN
IND over DEN
 
NE over IND
 
NFC
 
SF over GB
PHI over NO
 
PHI over CAR
SEA over PHI
 
SEA over PHI
 
Super Bowl
 
SEA over NE

 

[DJnVa]

Heart:
AFC
Cin over SD
KC over Indy
 
Den over KC
NE over Cincy
 
NE over Den
 
NFC
SF over GB
NO over Philly
 
SEA over NO
CAR over SF
 
CAR over SEA
 
Super Bowl
NE over Carolina
 
My head though says it's gonna be Denver vs. Seattle

 

[C4CRVT]

AFC
 
CIN over SD
KC over IND
 
NE over CIN (Ha!)
DEN over KC
 
DEN over NE
 
NFC
 
SF over GB
PHI over NO
 
CAR over PHI
SEA over SF
 
CAR over SEA
 
CAR over DEN

 

[tims4wins]

CIN over SD
IND over KC
 
PHI over NO
SF over GB
 
---
 
NE over CIN
DEN over IND
 
CAR over PHI
SF over SEA
 
--
 
DEN over NE
SF over CAR
 
--
 
SF over DEN
31-28

 

[Dan Murfman]

AFC
 
CIN over SD
KC over IND
 
NE over KC
DEN over KC
 
DEN over NE
 
NFC
 
SF over GB
PHI over NO
 
CAR over PHI
SEA over SF
 
CAR over SEA
 
CAR over DEN

I don't think KC is getting beat twice in the divisional round

 

[koufax32]

I don't think KC is getting beat twice in the divisional round

Dood have u seen them play in the second haf uv the see seesun???!!?!

 

[C4CRVT]

, I fixed my prediction.

 

[Oil Can Dan]

AFC
 
SD over CIN
KC over IND
 
KC over NE
DEN over SD
 
DEN over KC
 
NFC
 
SF over GB
PHI over NO
 
PHI over CAR
SF over SEA
 
PHI over SF
 
Super Bowl
 
PHI over DEN

 

[DJnVa]

EDIT: Doing it myself

 

[Oppo]

AFC

SD over CIN
KC over IND

NE over KC
SD over DEN

NE over SD

NFC

SF over GB
PHI over NO

PHI over CAR
SF over SEA

PHI over SF

Super Bowl

NE over PHI 24-21

 

[loshjott]

It would be great to see NE and Phil square off in the SB in the Jets and Giants home stadium, but I don't see it happening:
 
AFC
 
CIN over SD
IND over KC
 
NE over CIN
DEN over IND
 
DEN over NE
 
NFC
 
SF over GB
PHI over NO
 
PHI over CAR
SEA over SF
 
SEA over PHI
 
Super Bowl
 
DEN over SEA

 

[ShaneTrot]

AFC
 
SD over CIN
KC over IND
 
KC over NE
DEN over SD
 
DEN over KC
 
NFC
 
SF over GB
PHI over NO
 
PHI over CAR
SF over SEA
 
PHI over SF
 
Super Bowl
 
PHI over DEN

Philly is going to beat in succession NO, Carolina, SF and Denver. What would be the odds of that? NFC East is little boy football this year. 

 

[Grin&MartyBarret]

AFC
 
Cincy over SD
IND over KC
 
NE over IND
CIN over DEN
 
CIN over NE
 
NFC
 
SF over GB
PHI over NO
 
CAR over PHI
SEA over SF
 
SEA over CAR
 
Super Bowl
 
SEA over CIN

 

[loshjott]

AFC
 
Cincy over SD
IND over KC
 
NE over IND
CIN over DEN
 
CIN over NE
 
NFC
 
SF over GB
PHI over NO
 
CAR over PHI
SEA over SF
 
SEA over CAR
 
Super Bowl
 
SEA over CIN

 
There is zero chance of this happening.

 

[ivanvamp]

Wild Card Weekend
Indy over KC
SD over Cincy
Philly over NO
SF over GB
 
Divisional Round
SD over Den (again!!!)
NE over Indy
Sea over SF
Philly over Carolina
 
Conference Championships
NE over SD
Sea over Philly
 
Super Bowl
NE over Sea 24-21, Brady winning the MVP on 20-34, 270 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT, drive the team for the GW-field goal in the last minute performance

 

[ivanvamp]

Winning three road games is a tough task but its been done before and I think SF has enjoyed the best injury luck of any real contender this year and is peaking at the right time.

 
That's two years straight that SF has been really healthy heading into the playoffs.  That's actually pretty amazing if you think about it.

 

[Morgan's Magic Snowplow]

 
That's two years straight that SF has been really healthy heading into the playoffs.  That's actually pretty amazing if you think about it.

 
Yup, from the perspective of a Patriots fan it seems pretty unfair!  Their only starter to suffer a significant injury was Crabtree and they have him back now.  The most important players they've had to put on IR are probably Chris Culliver and Mario Manningham.  Compare that to our walking wounded, Denver losing Miller/Clady/Vickerson, Seattle losing Rice and probably Harvin, Green Bay having a million guys on IR and maybe losing Matthews, etc.

 

[TomTerrific]

AFC

SD over CIN
IND over KC

NE over IND
DEN over SD

NE over DEN

NFC

SF over GB
PHI over NO

PHI over CAR
SF over SEA

PHI over SF

Super Bowl

NE over PHI 31-27

 

[koufax32]

There is zero chance of this happening.

Feel free to expound upon why your intellectual ability and football acumen is light years ahead of us minions.

 

[Dalton Jones]

Wild Card
Colts (4) over Chiefs (5)
Bengals (3) over Chargers (6)
49ers (5) over Packers (4)
Eagles (3) over Saints (6)
 
Divisional Round
Broncos (1) over Colts (4)
Patriots (2) over Bengals (3)
49ers (5) over Seahawks (1)
Eagles (3) over Panthers (2)
 
Conference Championships
Broncos (1) over Patriots (2)
49ers (5) over Eagles (3)
 
Super Bowl
49ers (5) over Broncos (1)

 

[jsinger121]

Feel free to expound upon why your intellectual ability and football acumen is light years ahead of us minions.

 
Because the Pats can't play the Bengals in the AFC Championship. Only time for them to meet is the divisional round.

 

[Ferm Sheller]

Feel free to expound upon why your intellectual ability and football acumen is light years ahead of us minions.

 
Cincy can't play Denver in the divisional round.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Feel free to expound upon why your intellectual ability and football acumen is light years ahead of us minions.


GJGE

 

[Oil Can Dan]

Philly is going to beat in succession NO, Carolina, SF and Denver. What would be the odds of that? NFC East is little boy football this year.

I hear ya.

I'm thinking NO outside is doable.

I'm thinking they could beat Carolina as Steve Smith may not be back and Cam's toe could affect him.

I'm thinking they could beat SF in Philly, which is where that game would be.

And I'm hoping they could beat Denver in a foot of snow in the Meadowlands.

More likely they'll lose to the Saints in the Wild Card round.

A boy can dream though.

 

[loshjott]

Feel free to expound upon why your intellectual ability and football acumen is light years ahead of us minions.

 
Already taken care of.

 

[dylanmarsh]

Wild Card
Chiefs (5) over Colts (4)
Bengals (3) over Chargers (6)
Packers (4) over 49ers (5)
Eagles (3) over Saints (6)
 
Divisional Round
Broncos (1) over Chiefs (5)
Patriots (2) over Bengals (3)
Packers (4) over Seahawks (1)
Panthers (2) over Eagles (3)
 
Conference Championships
Patriots (2) over Broncos (1)
Panthers (2) over Packers (4)
 
Super Bowl
Panthers (2) over Patriots (1)

 

[koufax32]

Buchholz

carry on gents

 

[amfox1]

Wild Card
Chiefs (5) over Colts (4)
Bengals (3) over Chargers (6)
Packers (4) over 49ers (5)
Eagles (3) over Saints (6)
 
Divisional Round
Broncos (1) over Chiefs (5)
Patriots (2) over Bengals (3)
Seahawks (1) over Packers (4)
Eagles (3) over Panthers (2)
 
Conference Championships
Broncos (1) over Patriots (2)
Seahawks (1) over Eagles (3)
 
Super Bowl
Seahawks (1) over Broncos (1)

 

[ShaneTrot]

I hear ya.

I'm thinking NO outside is doable.

I'm thinking they could beat Carolina as Steve Smith may not be back and Cam's toe could affect him.

I'm thinking they could beat SF in Philly, which is where that game would be.

And I'm hoping they could beat Denver in a foot of snow in the Meadowlands.

More likely they'll lose to the Saints in the Wild Card round.

A boy can dream though.

I love what Chip has done, but their only win over a playoff team this year was GB without Rogers. I can totally see them beating the Saints at home which would be huge for the franchise.

 

[cshea]

AFC

Cincy over San Diego
Indy over KC

NE over Cincy
Denver over Indy

Denver over NE

NFC

Green Bay over San Fran
Philly over New Orleans

Seattle over Green Bay
Philly over Carolina

Seattle over Philly

Super Bowl

Seattle over Denver

Not going out on a limb, but I think GB is very dangerous with Rodgers and Cobb back.

Edi: screwed up the NFC seeds.

 

[inJacobyWeTrust]

Wild Card
Colts (4) over Chiefs (5)
Bengals (3) over Chargers (6)
49ers (5) over Packers (4)
Saints (6) over Eagles (3)
 
Divisional Round
Broncos (1) over Colts (4)
Bengals (3) over Patriots (2)
Seahawks (1) over Saints (6)
Panthers (2) over 49ers (5)
 
Conference Championships
Bengals (3) over Broncos (1)
Panthers (2) over Seahawks (1)
 
Super Bowl
Panthers (2) over Bengals (3)
 
Two types of cats in the Super Bowl. Weird.

 

[Grin&MartyBarret]

 
There is zero chance of this happening.

 
Oops.

 

[RoyHobbs]

Wild Card
Chiefs (5) over Colts (4)
Bengals (3) over Chargers (6)
Packers (4) over 49ers (5)
Eagles (3) over Saints (6)
 
Divisional Round
Broncos (1) over Chiefs (5)
Patriots (2) over Bengals (3)
Packers (4) over Seahawks (1)
Panthers (2) over Eagles (3)
 
Conference Championships
Patriots (2) over Broncos (1)
Panthers (2) over Packers (4)
 
Super Bowl
Panthers (2) over Patriots (1)

 
I'm in agreement 100% with this post except the end result.

 

[RoyHobbs]

 
n/m

 

[Buck Showalter]

AFC
Colts over Chiefs
Bengals over Chargers
Broncos over Colts
Pats over Bengals
Pats over Broncos

NFC
Philly over NO
SF over GB
Carolina over Philly
SF over Seattle
SF over Carolina

Super Bowl
SF over NE
34-31

 

[dbn]

KC over IND
CIN over SD
NO over PHI
GB over SF
 
 
NE over CIN
KC over DEN
CAR over GB
SEA over NO
 
NE over KC
CAR over SEA
 
NE over CAR
 
Thanks for the car Nip. I like nice cars. It'll be nice, right?

 

[ThePrideofShiner]

Wild Card

Chiefs (5) over Colts (4)
Bengals (3) over Chargers (6)
49ers (5) over Packers (4)
Eagles (3) over Saints (6)
 
Divisional Round
Broncos (1) over Chiefs (5)
Patriots (2) over Bengals (3)
Seahawks (1) over 49ers (5)
Panthers (2) over Eagles (3)
 
Conference Championships
Broncos (1) over Patriots (2)
Seahawks (1) over Panthers (2)
 
Super Bowl
Seahawks (1) over Broncos (1)

 

[crystalline]

AFC
- IND over KC, CIN over SD
- DEN over IND, NE over CIN
- NE over DEN



NFC
- GB over SF, NO over PHL
- GB over CAR, NO over SEA
- NO over GB

Super Bowl
NE over NO

I am a homer.
I think Saints v. Seahawks will be a fun game. And I am rooting for Philly, I think they could make a deep run.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Wild Card
Colts over Chiefs
Bengals over Chargers
49ers over Packers
Eagles over Saints

Divisional
Broncos over Colts
Patriots over Bengals
49ers over Seahawks
Panthers over Eagles

Championship Games
Patriots over Broncos(screw you Peyton)
Panthers over 49ers

Super Bowl
Patriots over Panthers 21-20

I struggled with picking the Patriots over Denver. My heart says they will, but my head isn't sure. But I went all-in with this team a few weeks ago so it's in Bill and Tom we trust. My big upset is Seattle going down in the divisional round.

 

[DanoooME]

AFC
 
Colts over Chiefs
Bengals over Chargers
 
Colts over Broncos
Patriots over Bengals
 
Patriots over Colts
 
NFC
 
49ers over Packers
Eagles over Saints
 
Seahawks over 49ers
Panthers over Eagles
 
Seahawks over Panthers
 
Super Bowl
 
Seahawks over Patriots

 

[NortheasternPJ]

AFC
- IND over KC, CIN over SD
- DEN over IND, NE over CIN
- NE over DEN



NFC
- GB over SF, NO over PHL
- GB over CAR, NO over SEA
- NO over GB

Super Bowl
NE over NO

I am a homer.
I think Saints v. Seahawks will be a fun game. And I am rooting for Philly, I think they could make a deep run.

 
I really can't see NO going into The Linc, Seattle and Lambeau and winning 3 in a row. I'd be shocked if they won two of those games outside on the road.
 
Wild Card
IND over KC
SD over CIN
SF over GB
PHL over NO
 
Divisional
SD over DEN
NE over IND
SF over SEA
CAR over PHL
 
Championship
NE over SD
CAR over SF
 
SB
NE over CAR 35-31
 
If things don't break right for the Pats like having to play CIN and DEN back to back, they're not going to make it. SD's already beaten Denver once so we can dream.
 
If the Pats don't make it out of the AFC, I don't like any of the AFC teams to win against a NFC team. If I wasn't a giant homer I wouldn't think NE will beat any of them either.

 

[Leather]

I would never put it past the current state of NFL Referreeing to all-but-guarantee a Broncos win through ticky-tack PI calls and a few Roughing the QB calls for good measure.

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

Wild Card
Chiefs (5) over Colts (4)
Bengals (3) over Chargers (6)
49ers (5) over Packers (4)
Eagles (3) over Saints (6)
 
Divisional Round
Broncos (1) over Chiefs (5)
Patriots (2) over Bengals (3)
Panthers (2) over Eagles (3)
49ers (5) over Seahawks (1)
 
Conference Championships
Broncos (1) over Patriots (2)
49ers (5) over Panthers (2)
 
Super Bowl
49ers over Broncos
 
Nobody else had exactly this combination, though it's almost identical to tims4wins and Morgan's Magic Snowplow... I just prefer KC over Indy.

I like Niners defense, balance and coaching.

Edit: I used to be an idiot. Now I'm merely a moron

 

[Darnell's Son]

Wild Card:
Chiefs (5) over Colts(4)
Bengals(3) over Chargers(6)
49ers(5) over Packers(4)
Eagles(3) over Saints(6)
 
Divisional:
Patriots(2) over Bengals(3)
Broncos(1) over Chiefs(5)
Seahawks(1) over 49ers(5)
Panthers(2) over Eagles(3)
 
Conference:
Patriots(2) over Broncos(1)
Seahawks(1) over Panthers(2)
 
Super Bowl:
Patriots over Seahawks 34-20

 

[crystalline]

 
I really can't see NO going into The Linc, Seattle and Lambeau and winning 3 in a row. I'd be shocked if they won two of those games outside on the road.
 

 
If the Pats don't make it out of the AFC, I don't like any of the AFC teams to win against a NFC team. If I wasn't a giant homer I wouldn't think NE will beat any of them either.

I am a HFA skeptic, I think most of it is crowd noise and some weak ref bias, with some weather thrown in. If Sean Payton is smart he will bring an enormous sound system to the practice field this week and next. And practice the whole week after in GB. Outside. We will see if they get those chances.

Giant homer - me too. But I am picking the Pats as any given Sunday applies here. Of the 12 teams in it their odds of winning it all probably range from 5-10%. (On phone or I'd look up odds)

 

[Super Nomario]

I am a HFA skeptic, I think most of it is crowd noise and some weak ref bias, with some weather thrown in. If Sean Payton is smart he will bring an enormous sound system to the practice field this week and next. And practice the whole week after in GB. Outside. We will see if they get those chances.

Giant homer - me too. But I am picking the Pats as any given Sunday applies here. Of the 12 teams in it their odds of winning it all probably range from 5-10%. (On phone or I'd look up odds)

What do you mean by "HFA skeptic?" It's indisputably a real thing - every single team in the league has a better point differential at home since 2002 - though maybe the effect isn't as dramatic as folks think (Seattle has the most dramatic HFA and they're 10 points better at home than on the road; average is between 5 and 6).

 

[C4CRVT]

On football outsiders, the odds listed for SB win are:
 
SEA 24.9%
DEN 20.2 %
NE 14.7 %
CAR 14.5 %
PHI 6.5
CIN 4.7
SF 3.5
KC 3.4
NO 2.8
GB 2.3
SD 1.8
IND 0.6
 
The only caveat that they say that they added was to only have AAron games count for GB. Same can't be said for the other dozen impactful injuries I assume. And I don't think they factor in "Peyton playing in the cold" sort of stuff that some people might apply.
 
NE has traditionally done very poorly in Denver and needed a whole lotta Gronk to beat them at Gilette. HFA sure would've been nice. I don't think CIN is going to be a cakewalk either.

 

[mauf]

I hear ya.

I'm thinking NO outside is doable.

I'm thinking they could beat Carolina as Steve Smith may not be back and Cam's toe could affect him.

I'm thinking they could beat SF in Philly, which is where that game would be.

And I'm hoping they could beat Denver in a foot of snow in the Meadowlands.

More likely they'll lose to the Saints in the Wild Card round.

A boy can dream though.

There's a greater than 50% chance that one of the favorites will get upset, but Denver/Seattle is by far the most likely SB matchup. Any other prediction is playing a hunch.

Having said that, I like Philly's chances of crashing the party better than anyone else's. They are playing great football (3rd in weighted DVOA, behind SEA and DEN), and I like their draw -- they should beat NO at home, and among the four bye teams, I think CAR is the most vulnerable. (They are an excellent team, obviously, but would you rather go into Seattle or Denver, or face BB and Brady with two weeks to prepare? Didn't think so.)

And subjectively, the Eagles remind me of the Packers team that won the SB as a #6 seed a few years ago. Like those Packers, these Eagles are much better than their record, and Nick Foles is playing at an elite level right now and might be able to sustain that for four more games, even if he'll never be a super-elite QB like Rodgers.