Board 8 > Board 8's Other NFL Picks League 2021 - Wildcard Weekend

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Welcome to the playoffs!

1. Please submit your pick to me by within 1 hour of the game start time. I will post them shortly before the game begins. Usually about 5 minutes before game time.
2. Each round one picker will be eliminated. If both users pick the same team, tiebreaker rules will follow.

Congrats to Runemistress, MitsuruKirijo, and ProfessorLupin for having the best week last week at 11-5! Good job!
Congrats to Camden for having the best regular season record at 177-94-1! Good job!
Congrats to Runemistress for having the most tiebreaker points at 610! Good job!
Congrats to Buffy_Summers and Runemistress for locking 30/32 teams! Buffy_Summers missing only the Lions and Giants, and Runemistress missing only the Lions and Jets! Good job!

Final Standings:
(1)Camden 177-94-1 [200]
(2)foxhead84 176-95-1 [320]
(3)Silvstedt 176-95-1 [230]
(4)Buffy_Summers 174-97-1 [580]
(5)SwiftyDC 173-98-1 [360]
(6)Crescent-Moon 173-98-1 [270]
(7)Stripperiffic 173-98-1 [250]
(8)Ashethan 173-98-1 [240]
(9)terpaholic 172-99-1 [90]
(10)ProfessorLupin 171-100-1 [270]
(11)theawesomestevr 169-102-1 [280]
(12)Runemistress 168-103-1 [610]
(13)ElizeLutus 168-103-1 [290]
(14)davidponte 167-104-1 [320]
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(15)MitsuruKirijo 167-104-1 [320]
(16)Dancedreamer 167-104-1 [140]
(17)KCF0107 156-115-1 [120]

Wildcard Weekend:

Saturday, January 15th:

4:35 PM
Las Vegas Raiders @ Cincinnati Bengals
Runemistress vs SwiftyDC

8:15 PM
New England Patriots @ Buffalo Bills
ProfessorLupin vs Stripperiffic

Sunday, January 16th:

1:00 PM
Philadelphia Eagles @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
theawesomestevr vs Crescent-Moon

4:30 PM
San Francisco 49ers @ Dallas Cowboys
davidponte vs Silvstedt

8:15 PM
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Kansas City Chiefs
terpaholic vs Ashethan

Monday, January 17th

8:15 PM
Arizona Cardinals @ Los Angeles Rams
ElizeLutus vs Buffy_Summers

What you will be picking:

1. Which team will win?
2. By How much?
3. In the even you both pick the wrong team, how much will the other team win by?
4. How many total points will be scored in the game?
5. How many total passing yards will both teams get combined?
6. How many total rushing yards will both teams get combined?

Tiebreaker Explanation:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bgQI8lDBEHl9yU44MD8p0s7WgUmpbItX0RAb7Xl4Irc/edit?usp=sharing

Also need a volunteer to take my pick and theawesomestevrs pick that can post picks at 8:15 on Sunday.

I wish that I could say that I was close to 16th...

I am, as always, in 6th~

I can take your picks.

Knew I should've picked the Steelers last week...

Tag

Teams ranked by difficulty to pick:

1 Raiders 35.64%

2 Bengals 41.38%
3 Cardinals 41.52%
4 Titans 44.98%
5 Chargers 46.02%
6 Steelers 48.53%

7 Saints 52.60%
8 Panthers 55.90%
9 49ers 57.44%
10 Vikings 59.93%

11 Ravens 60.90%
12 Seahawks 61.94%
13 Rams 64.01%
14 Bills 64.14%
15 Chiefs 64.71%
16 Colts 65.74%
17 Packers 67.71%
18 Patriots 67.82%
19 Browns 68.75%
20 Broncos 68.75%
21 Giants 68.86%
22 Eagles 69.20%
23 Lions 69.85%
24 Falcons 69.90%

25 Cowboys 70.24%
26 Football Team 70.93%
27 Dolphins 71.63%
28 Texans 73.70%
29 Jaguars 75.09%
30 Buccaneers 75.09%
31 Bears 75.37%
32 Jets 78.89%

1 Raiders 35.64%

2 Bengals 41.38%

Las Vegas Raiders @ Cincinnati Bengals

...Good luck!

Gonna make a huge run after finishing with what was technically the second worst record in the entire league.

Or lose in the first round with awful tiebreakers, could go either way.

I sent my pick in just now. Good luck davidponte!

@Ashethan For the third question, are we still providing a spread for the losing team, or is it just a number?

davidponte posted...

@Ashethan For the third question, are we still providing a spread for the losing team, or is it just a number?

Just a number now. It's no longer a spread. I feel that it's more fair to do it this way.

Ashethan posted...

Just a number now. It's no longer a spread. I feel that it's more fair to do it this way.

Cool, sent my pick in.

I just sent my pick in. Not confident in it, but it is what it is.

SwiftyDC vs Runemistress
Las Vegas Raiders @ Cincinnati Bengals

SwiftyDC:
1. Which team will win? Bengals
2. By how much? 10
3. In the event you both pick the wrong team, how much will the other team win by? 3
4. How many total points will be scored in the game? 47
5. How many total passing yards will both teams get combined? 482
6. How many total rushing yards will both teams get combined? 275

Runemistress:
1. Which team will win? - Cincinnati Bengals
2. By How much? - By 10 points
3. In the even you both pick the wrong team, how much will the other team win by? - Las Vegas Raiders by 7 points
4. How many total points will be scored in the game? 44 points
5. How many total passing yards will both teams get combined? 395 yards
How many total rushing yards will both teams get combined 168 yards

If the Bengals win and the score is 46 points or more, SwiftyDC advances
If the Bengals win and the score is 45 points or less, Runemistress advances

If the Raiders win, it goes to best of 3 between Score beat by, Total Points, and Yards.
If neither person wins on the best of 3 then:
Raiders win by 4 or less, SwiftyDC advances
Raiders win by 6 or more, Runemistress advances
Raiders win by 5, and the score is 46 points or more, SwiftyDC advances
Raiders win by 5, and the score is 45 poitns or less, Runemistress advances

That came down to the wire. gg Rune. Win it all.

Stripperiffic vs ProfessorLupin
New England Patriots @ Buffalo Bills

Stripperiffic:
1. Which team will win? Bills
2. By How much? 7
3. In the even you both pick the wrong team, how much will the other team win by? 10
4. How many total points will be scored in the game? 52
5. How many total passing yards will both teams get combined? 482
6. How many total rushing yards will both teams get combined? 227

ProfessorLupin:
New England Patriots
By 7
Buffalo Bills - 9 points
49 points
387
228

If the Bills win, Stripperiffic wins.
If the Patriots win, ProfessorLupin wins.

Crescent-Moon vs theawesomestevr
Philadelphia Eagles @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Crescent-Moon:
Which team will win? Buccaneers
By How much? 11
In the even you both pick the wrong team, how much will the other team win by? 3
How many total points will be scored in the game? 51
How many total passing yards will both teams get combined? 475
How many total rushing yards will both teams get combined? 201

theawesomestevr:
the Bucs
By How much?:
10 points - expecting a bigger margin if Bucs win than if Eagles win
In the even you both pick the wrong team, how much will the other team win by?:
4 points
How many total points will be scored in the game?:
47
How many total passing yards will both teams get combined?:
468
How many total rushing yards will both teams get combined?:
192

If the Buccaneers win by 11 or more, Crescent-Moon advances.
If the Buccaneers win by 10 or less, theawesomestevr advances

If the Eagles win, it comes down to the best of 3 tiebreaker
If neither player comes out ahead in the best of 3 tiebreaker, and the Eagles win by 3 or less, Crescent-Moon advances
If neither player comes out ahead in the best 3 of 3 tiebreaker, and the Eagles win by 4 or more, theawesomestevr advances.

I flipped a coin 3 times and two of 3 came up heads, so I picked the Bucs. I was legitimately going back and forth this morning on who to take. If Hurts is even ok passing, I think the Eagles will win (assuming they also don't turn the ball over) due to their rushing attack.

I didn't look at that once until after the game was over because I thought he'd be anywhere from 10-14.

So all that trash time did was threaten to murder me.

Two trash time Eagles TDs is tradition!

Also we've now had two people pick a 10 point game with 47 points scored... Which is strictly impossible.

I originally went with Bengals by 7, 27-20. Forgot to change accordingly, oops.

Silvstedt vs davidponte
San Francisco 49ers @ Dallas Cowboys

Silvstedt:
1. Dallas Cowboys
2. By 7
3. 49ers by 6
4. 49
5. 498
6. 222

davidponte:
1. Cowboys by 7
3. 49ers by 4
4. 47 total points
5. 480 total passing yards
6. 230 total rushing yards

If the Cowboys win, and the total score is 49 or more, Silvstedt advances
If the Cowboys win, and the total score is 47 or less, davidponte advances
If the Cowboys win and the score is exactly 48, and the total passing yards are 490 or more, Silvstedt advances
If the Cowboys win and the score is exactly 48, and the total passing yards are 488 or less, davidponte advances
If the Cowboys win and the score is exactly 48, and the passing yards are 489, and the rushing yards are 225 or less, Silvstedt advances
If the Cowboys win and the score is exactly 48 and the passing yards are 489, and the rushing yards are 227 or more, davidponte advances
If the Cowboys win, the score is exactly 48, passing hards are 489, and rushing yards are 226, Silvstedt advances

If the 49ers win, it goes to the 3-way tiebreaker.

Best of 3:

Round 1:
Silvstedt: By 6
daivdponte: by 4
Winner: Silvstedt

Round 2:
Silvstedt: 49 points
davidponte: 47 points
Winner: davidponte

Round 3:
Silvstedt: 498 passing yards
davidponte: 480 passing yards
Winner: davidponte

Davidponte advances!

Wow, was not expecting that. GG, close one.

terpaholic
Which team will win? KC
By How much? 10
In the even you both pick the wrong team, how much will the other team win by? 3
How many total points will be scored in the game? 38
How many total passing yards will both teams get combined? 480
How many total rushing yards will both teams get combined? 110

Ashethan
1. Kansas City Chiefs
2.17 points
3. 6 points
4. 55 points
5. 468 passing yards
6. 215 rushing yards

Kansas City wins by 13 or less: terpaholic
Kansas City wins by 14 or more: Ashethan
Pittsburgh wins: lol

Grats on advancing Ashe.

If the Chiefs win by 14 or more, I advance
If the Chiefs win by 13 or less, terpaholic advances

If the Steelers win, it goes to the 3-way tiebreaker as seen in Silvstedt vs davidponte.

If the Steelers score and randomly go for 2 that'd be sick.

Congrats. I thought the game would look more like the first 25 minutes with the Chiefs being the decidedly better team playing down to their opponent instead of the massacre that was the rest of the game.

Buffy_Summers vs ElizeLutus
Arizona Cardinals @ Los Angeles Rams

Buffy_Summers:
Which team will win?
Los Angeles Rams
By How much?
7 points
In the even you both pick the wrong team, how much will the other team win by?
6 points
How many total points will be scored in the game?
41
How many total passing yards will both teams get combined?
406
How many total rushing yards will both teams get combined?
178

ElizeLutus:
Which team will win? - Arizona Cardinals
By How much? - 6 points
In the even you both pick the wrong team, how much will the other team win by? - 6 points
How many total points will be scored in the game? - 46
How many total passing yards will both teams get combined? - 420
How many total rushing yards will both teams get combined? - 175

If the Rams win, Buffy_Summers wins
If the Cardinals win, ElizeLutus wins.

Schedule if the Rams win:

Camden vs davidponte
Buffalo Bills @ Kansas City Chiefs

foxhead84 vs Runemistress
Cincinnati Bengals @ Tennessee Titans

Buffy_Summers vs Ashethan
San Francisco 49ers @ Green Bay Packers

Crescent-Moon vs Stripperiffic
Los Angeles Rams @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Schedule if the Cardinals win:

Camden vs davidponte
Arizona Cardinals @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers

foxhead84 vs ElizeLutus
Cincinnati Bengals @ Tennessee Titans

Crescent-Moon vs Runemistress
Buffalo Bills vs Kansas City Chiefs

Stripperiffic vs Ashethan
San Francisco 49ers @ Green Bay Packers

Oh I thought I'd get Bills/Chiefs regardless.

Interesting.

Nope, Bills/Chiefs are the only matchup where Camden has a pick advantage over davidponte. (He would've had the advantage in Cardinals vs Buccaneers, but not Rams vs Buccaneers). And as the one seed, he gets priority.

I feel like I definitely shouldn't have any advantage on Rams/Bucs over anybody unless this is like, the one person who did worse than me?

It was an even match.

Bills/Chiefs went to Camden
foxhead84 was the only higher seed to have an advantage in the Titans/Bengals game. (And that was a 5 game advantage)
That left the last two games, and since you had an even match in both, it didn't matter which you got. But I was at a slight disadvantage in 49ers/Packers. So you ended up with Rams/Bucs.