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General => The Salon => Topic started by: Haruhifan on January 03, 2010, 09:20:45 AM
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It's back like me!
NFL PLAYOFF PICKS! This will be done right here with a simple reply system!
I'll post each round as they are confirmed. You come in before the game (I'll close picks with my own roughly the night before gamedays start so I can recap and tally all picks made) to post your picks and see how you do! 1 pick per matchup BUT unlike other pools you don't got to do them all. Why? I give props for 2 sets of winners:
-Top Player for overall most correct picks (for those who pick pretty much for all games per round)
-Top Player for best WINNING PERCENTAGE (minimum 3 games picked for now-so even if you make 3 right picks you got bragging rights too that way!)
So pick and choose as you wish! Give it a try! I will be around so just ask me if you got questions. All for fun!
Of course Week 1 of Playoff Games starts on Saturday, January 9th so picks close on the 8th by midnight.
I will when tallying picks include this posting also on Portego and my blogs. Keep an eye out for my post on the matchups and just reply and choose away! Good luck!
UPDATE:
Here are your matchups so you can make picks now for Week One of the NFL Playoffs!
AFC
Byes: Indianapolis and San Diego
Matchups:
1. New England Patriots vs. Baltimore Ravens
2. Cincinnati Bengals vs. New York Jets
NFC
Byes: New Orleans and Minnesota
Matchups:
3. Dallas vs. Philadelphia
4. Arizona vs. Green Bay
So pick before games start on Saturday, good luck and have fun!
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My picks are:
Baltimore Ravens. (I HATE the Patriots. Freakin cheaters!)
New York Jets
Dallas
Arizona
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I'm in so without further adieu here's my picks via the Andynator 2010 prediction machine
1. New England Patriots vs. Baltimore Ravens
-Like DTM i have no love for the pats cause i'm a dolphins fan.Anyway looking at this Brady's hurt Welker's gone for the season and Randy Moss hasn't been happy.Add in the Ravens have a decent defence and i'd say asta lavista Pats see you in 2010-11.
However i've got this nasty knawing feling that those Pats will be hook or crook pull it out just to spite us all.
Andy says Pats 20 Ravens 17 in OT
2. Cincinnati Bengals vs. New York Jets
-Now i said that i got no love for the Pats but I've got a downright disdain for the Jets in that I dislike them intently especailly this season.And after the Bengals more or less lay down this week i'm hoping that the opposite happens on the weekend so please Mr Ochocinco mwin for me.
Andy says Bengals 21 Jets 10
Back with my NFC picks tomorrow
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Even guessing the scores as well? Goooo andy! ;D
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Why ty DTM just hope i'm right.
NFC
3. Dallas vs. Philadelphia
-An NFC east battle with two much supported and much criticsed teams with high profile QB's.
Dallas hasn't won a playoff game iun a long time but have come good this year since Tony Romo replaced Jessica simpson as his QB coach .Philly with everyone's fav QB to moan about Donavon Mcnabb have the firepower and with this game having something on it I think they can continue the Dallas no playoff win streak.
Andy says Eagles 24 Cowboys 21
4. Arizona vs. Green Bay
-Another repeat of last week with last years cinderlla story the Cards against the Packers.Green bay got the win last week so have the edge and if the shut down Kurt Warner they win.This will be close and perhaps another OT decided games.
Andy says Arizona 27 Green Bay 24 OT
There you have it now to wait and see.
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Are there bonus points for getting the scores as well Haru?
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No...because for one I already suck at math and got enough calculating as it is. :P
Two because I'm calculating based on wins and winning percentage that bonus points don't make sense. Feel free to show off skills if you want to predict scores or the betting lines too. I close picks late tomorrow so anyone else get your picks in ASAP! Good luck!
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PLAYOFF PICKS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR WEEK 1!
Good luck with your picks in this Wild Card Round. Below are my picks and the tally of your stats to date.
HARU’s PICKS
AFC-New England vs. Baltimore: This is the one game I kept waffling back and forth on being the one game not involving the same opponents facing each other since week 17 of the regular season. Baltimore could have beaten New England back in the regular season, and now with top NFL receiver Wes Welker of the Pats now gone, they might just catch a sore and defensively youthful Patriots team at the right time. It will be ugly considering the weather too being cold and snowy, not good for a banged up Tom Brady and maybe the even field sophomore QB Joe Flacco needs.
Haru chooses the Baltimore Ravens.
Cincinnati vs. New York: I can’t figure out what Jets coach Rex Ryan says from day to day, but the truth of the matter is this Jets team is very young and not quite seasoned to make any dents in the playoffs. Give Mark Sanchez time, but I think he will wilt under more pressure. The Bengals have had a lot to think about with 2 people close to the organization passing away, but I think now they can focus at home unlike last week’s game in New York Jets territory, and maybe Ocho Cinco can have that big game; after all he said his bum knee is healed...after having sex!
Haru chooses the Cincinnati Bengals.
NFC-Dallas vs. Philadelphia: One of three Week 17 rematches, I think those games were deceiving except this one. I look back at my picks to win at the beginning of the year and I took a chance on Dallas winning the division because I truly think they suffered enough and matured. I think QB Tony Romo has matured the most and will get the monkey off his back in the new stadium of never winning a playoff game. The Eagles won’t be easy but seem to be exposed a bit when Dallas took all-star receiver DeSean Jackson off his game. Look for an inspirational DeMarcus Ware on defence to be the difference ever since his scary injury a few weeks ago but bouncing back ever since to give some heart to this team.
Haru chooses the Dallas Cowboys.
Arizona vs. Green Bay: Even if the Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t make the playoffs, the runner up Cardinals did despite being the lowest home seed in the playoffs. I think they drew one of the worst matchups in the Packers who quietly had as good of a season as the Cardinals, led by QB Aaron Rodgers. Arizona is a year older but that also means an older Kurt Warner at QB who might be without one of his top receivers in Anquan Boldin this game. Keep an eye on a healed up tight end Jermichael Finley for Green Bay to be a surprise game breaker.
Haru chooses the Green Bay Packers.
PLAYER NAME # GAMES PICKED WINS-LOSSES WINNING PERCENTAGE (WINS/GAMES)
HARU 4 0-0 .000
DTM 4 0-0 .000
ANDONE 4 0-0 .000
Week 1 picks:
HARU-BAL/CIN/DAL/GB
DTM-BAL/NYJ/DAL/ARI
ANDONE-NE/CIN/PHI/ARI
Good luck!
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Week One of the NFL playoffs are in the books.
Here are the match ups for Week 2 for everyone to get in on (remember even if you join late you can still get the best winning percentage award!):
AFC
1. Baltimore Ravens at Indianapolis Colts
2. New York Jets at San Diego Chargers
NFC
3. Arizona Cardinals at New Orleans Saints
4. Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings
And here are the standings to date:
PLAYER NAME # GAMES PICKED WINS-LOSSES WINNING PERCENTAGE (WINS/GAMES)
DTM 4 4-0 1.000
HARU 4 2-2 .500
ANDONE 4 1-3 .250
Get your picks in again by midnight this Friday January 15th Eastern Time and you're in! Good luck with Week 2!
(I changed mine to 4-0 Haru. You had me as 4-4.)
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May I just say very humbly..... I ROCK!!!!!! Woot!
Man talk about your lucky wild ass guesses! ;D
My picks for week 2.
Indianapolis Colts
San Diego Chargers
New Orleans Saints
Dallas Cowboys
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Well after last weeks predictions went blank i;m back again won't give my thoughts just scores sooooooo
AFC
Colts 28 Ravens 20
Chargers 35 Jets 7
NFC
Saints 27 Cowboys 24 (OT)
Vikngs 42 Cardinals 30
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WEEK 2 of the NFL PLAYOFF POOL IS CLOSED!
Here are Haru’s picks, followed by the standings and picks by other players:
NFC - Arizona at New Orleans: I feel like the dog days of the winter are with us, a little hint of how my picks will go this week. The lone game that was actually good since it wasn’t an all out blowout but was a shootout was the one won by Arizona. The Cardinals look like they might pull another run (sigh from the Divisional rival fan of the 49ers...) as they won without Anquan Boldin while Kurt Warner managed to be nearly perfect at finding receivers like Larry Fitzgerald and Steve Breaston at will. This is a good matchup with another pass happy team in the Saints, who slumped at the end of the season and might not find their mojo in time. If Drew Brews looks normal they will struggle, though the running game trio of Pierre Thomas, Mike Bell and Reggie Bush did get to rest during the bye week. I still think that Warner might be hot at the right time to lead another long playoff run now, and add this is an indoors game should keep Warner’s arm nice and fresh.
Haru takes the Arizona Cardinals.
Dallas at Minnesota: Another team that slumped at the end of the season seemed to be the Vikings, opening things up for anyone to win the NFC now, even the usually inept Cowboys. While Minnesota did blow out a win to end the season, Brett Favre is still 40 years old and likely going to retire like Warner at year’s end (knock on wood...). Unlike Warner, Favre over the last few years runs out of gas this late in the season. More concerning is how bad the supposed #1 running back in the NFL Adrian Peterson looks normal and fumble-prone. The Cowboys meanwhile might have like many teams had learned enough from past failures to put it all together. Their defence is the best of the NFC right now led by the inspirational DeMarcus Ware, while Tony Romo isn’t making mistakes, throwing only when needed while letting guys like Felix Jones and Marion Barber run the ball again. This might be the year of the Cowboys in their new stadium, but their road record is decent enough too to handle the Vikings while also being indoors sure helps for this game as well.
Haru takes the Dallas Cowboys.
AFC - Baltimore at Indianapolis: As my picks continue, so does my interest in the underdog seeds. Baltimore is doing what they do best: shut down the offense with defensive studs like Ed Reed, Terrell Suggs and Ray Lewis. These dirty birds attack the QB like they did last week, and will make MVP QB Peyton Manning force throws too. They also won despite sophomore QB Joe Flacco barely being a factor, letting an amazing running game come back that was absent early in the season in Willis McGahee, Le’Ron McClain and the rising Ray Rice. The Colts have issues handling the rush even with guys like Dwight Freeney on defence with his patented spin move. If the Ravens keep Manning off the field, they can win this one very handily.
Haru takes the Baltimore Ravens.
New York Jets at San Diego: Well I think I should end my dog picks and take one favourite here, and it’s for good reason. The Chargers are the hottest team going into the post season, and the bye week actually helps them heal up older players like LaDainian Tomlinson and Antonio Gates who have been good in spurts this year, allowing guys like Vincent Jackson and Darren Sproles to shine under the heavily forgotten QB Philip Rivers. Despite the Jets having a great defence led by shutdown king Darrelle Revis; San Diego has way more weapons to go to in order to avoid matchups. Don’t underrate the Charger defence either, as guys like Eric Weddle will make it much harder for Mark Sanchez to have time to find open receivers, while that’s good since then they can focus to better their not-so-good rush defence against the Jets’ Thomas Jones. I think this is finally the Chargers year to finally get over the hump and make the Super Bowl!
Haru takes the San Diego Chargers.
PLAYER NAME # GAMES PICKED WINS-LOSSES WINNING PERCENTAGE (WINS/GAMES)
DTM 4 4-0 1.000
HARU 4 2-2 .500
ANDONE 4 1-3 .250
Week 2 picks:
HARU-ARI/DAL/BAL/SD
DTM-NO/DAL/IND/SD
ANDONE-NO/MIN/IND/SD
Good luck!
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Week 2 of the playoffs is in the books so here's the next matchups you can start picking for now and the current standings.
AFC Championship Match
1. New York Jets at Indianapolis Colts
NFC Championship Match
2. Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints
PLAYER NAME # GAMES PICKED WINS-LOSSES WINNING PERCENTAGE (WINS/GAMES)
DTM 8 6-2 .750
ANDONE 8 4-4 .500
HARU 8 2-6 .250
Picks are due by 11:59PM EST Saturday Janaury 23rd so good luck with picking!
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I'm a going with the standings.
My picks are:
Indianapolis Colts
New Orleans Saints
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NFC
Will be close maybe go to OT
Saints 35 Vikings 28
AFC
Anyone but the Jets please please Colts do it
Colts 28 Jets 9
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WEEK 3 PLAYOFFS PICKS ARE NOW CLOSED!
Well that was a less than stellar week for me, but can only hope to bounce back from it!
Here’s Haru’s Picks for the Conference Championship games!
AFC Championship-New York Jets at Indianapolis Colts: Our lone low seed left (and a trash talking bunch they are, like coach Rex Ryan is) goes against the team who has won the most recent Super Bowl of the 4 remaining teams. Now I got fears about this game, as the Colts could have easily eliminated the Jets in the regular season but instead rested their starters like an angry Peyton Manning, Reggie Wayne and others which let the Jets win the game, continue a rare path to the playoffs and also end the chance at a perfect season for the Colts.
Now the pressure is all on those Colts as they got to win or come up with no perfect season or a championship. Scrutiny will come if they win or lose it all, but best to win it and deal with questions of perfection another time. I think the 2 keys to the Colts winning is not the excellent offense but how the defence contains a rookie QB in Mark Sanchez and a very good running back in Thomas Jones, and those keys are defensive ends Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis. If they can force Sanchez to make errors while they and the rest of the defensive line keeps an eye on Jones and the running game, Peyton will pick apart the best defence left in the Jets, as he can find his weapons like tight end Dallas Clark in the middle of the field to negate Darrelle Revis, who can likely shut down Wayne and any other wide receivers. There’s a reason he’s the MVP, and to compare the Colts to the WWE’s John Cena if the Jets are like the trash talking Miz, they won’t see what’s coming.
Haru picks the Indianapolis Colts to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl.
NFC Championship-Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints: The top 2 seeds of the NFC will make this a good game too. It might not have the story of the AFC since they never met in the regular season, but it features one of the most potent offenses in the Saints throwing against the pressure package of the Vikings on defence. Jared Allen, the Williams and Ray Edwards will want to repeat the sack-fest they had against the Cowboys on QB Drew Brees, who can have an off game sometimes. If you keep hitting him so he can’t find a receiver, just hope that either Reggie Bush showed his best game only for 1 game last week or that you can at least contain him not only in rushing but on special teams too.
The Vikings looks like they got Kobe Bryant’s Mamba killer instinct, blowing out the Cowboys well past when the game was decided. Brett Favre is 40 years old and has little time left in the game, and he wants that championship finish to his career like John Elway had. He’s going to throw until he no longer can or has won the big game, as he’s making stars out of receivers like Simeon Rice and rookie Percy Harvin. Now the one thing left to make Minnesota complete is a running game that disappeared with Adrian Peterson of late. I think he knows he has to show because he’s the reason Favre came to this team: to give him the best running back he’s ever had to open up a field. I see Peterson being the deciding factor by running just enough to keep the Saints defence honest and allow Favre to win the game on his aging but powerful arm.
Haru takes the Minnesota Vikings to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl.
After this week is the all star game then the Super Bowl, so picks for the Super Bowl XLIV in Miami on Sunday February 7 can come as late as the day before, Saturday February 6 by 11:59PM EST.
Here are the standings and picks recap for this week. New entrants for the most wins award are no longer possible but you can still try for the best winning percentage award simply by picking the winner of the Super Bowl!
PLAYER NAME # GAMES PICKED WINS-LOSSES WINNING PERCENTAGE (WINS/GAMES)
DTM 8 6-2 .750
ANDONE 8 4-4 .500
HARU 8 2-6 .250
Week 3 picks:
HARU-IND/MIN
DTM-IND/NO
ANDONE-IND/NO
Good luck as usual everyone!
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SUPER BOWL XLIV IS SET!
AFC Champs Indianapolis Colts vs. NFC Champs New Orleans Saints
In Miami on Sunday, February 7, 2010
Here are your updated standings!
PLAYER NAME # GAMES PICKED WINS-LOSSES WINNING PERCENTAGE (WINS/GAMES)
DTM 10 8-2 .800
ANDONE 10 6-4 .600
HARU 10 3-7 .300
Picks are due by 11:59PM EST Saturday February 6th. You can still have a shot at the Best Winning Percentage award if you pick the Super Bowl Winner correctly!
Good luck!
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I pick......
The New Orleans Saints!
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Well the big game is here! Sunday February 7th (way too late into the year and the NFL wants a longer season?!) in Miami, we got the final matchup, the two #1 teams all year by rank and possibly by talent in the AFC Champion Indianapolis Colts and the NFC Champion New Orleans Saints. I got a bad feeling of a blowout after having 2 excellent games the last 2 years, so I hope I’m wrong. At least the halftime show should be good with the Who playing classics like Pinball Wizard, Who are You and We Won’t Be Fooled Again (let’s just hope that David Caruso doesn’t suddenly come onto the field and a CSI episode breaks out as ESPN’s Around the Horn pointed out!), though I wonder like with WWE if the NFL really thinks this generation can even recall the bands of the past (and let’s not think how the WWE on this week debuted the XFL against the NFL...only to fall in 1 year). I would add we get to see the ads too that cost millions but up in Canada we get Canadian ones instead that are pretty lame. Maybe good old Youtube will be checked post game for them if any are interesting, and not just controversial like Tim Tebow’s Pro Choice ad or the ones they won’t show like the one from a Toronto Gay Dating company that had a Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings fan kiss as they watched the game (a poke at Favre perhaps?).
So the Crystal Ball is set for me to make my pick! It might not be covered by Diane Sawyer like for President Obama’s pick of New Orleans (whom others have pick as well from analysts to even Hulk Hogan, brotha), but it’s mine nevertheless!
SUPER BOWL XLIV-Indianapolis vs. New Orleans
Source help from http://www.tsn.ca/nfl/
HARU’S PICK: As I said earlier, I don’t like the odds for one of these teams. That would be the New Orleans Saints who played a bad game statistically against Minnesota in the NFC Championship, and only won due to so many turnovers by the Vikings (someone buy Adrian Peterson new gloves with glue on them) and a hot home crowd. I very doubt the former will occur as the Colts have been here before while this is not only the first time most of the Saints have been to the Super Bowl, but also the first time for this team in its history. The latter advantage of home field will not be as grand as in their dome, but they will likely have a mass exodus from Louisiana to Miami unlike the Indianapolis fans, that have already done this before and rather let the suits from the sponsors have those seats instead.
Now I will give this could see a lot of scoring, as from the Saints end you got a star on the rise in Drew Brees, who plays a great spread offense to find many forms of offense, like running backs Pierre Thomas or Reggie Bush, who can also do it on special teams, tight end Jeremy Shockey who has the experience so long as his body holds up, to wide receivers like Marques Colston and Devery Henderson. I think the Colts don’t have that great a defence as other teams but it should be intriguing to see if Dwight Freeney (who could be even more key if his ankle injury either limits him or worse, keeps him on the bench) or Robert Mathis can get to Brees to pressure him to throw interceptions, where a young safety like Antoine Bethea might be able to change the look of the game. Barring a special teams score which I can only see occurring if Bush is even kicked to, the Saints might move the ball but I don’t see them scoring often enough early on when the Colts might start slow to be able to stop “the dissection.”
Looking at the other side of the ball, that dissection comes from the MVP of the league, Peyton Manning. Watching him simply analyse the Jets’ top defence (and the #2 defence the week before in the Baltimore Ravens) while they played from behind, he took them apart and will likely do the same to the Saints defence as well, keeping the Saints own offense on the sidelines more often than not. Manning can pass inside the middle to tight end Dallas Clark, to the outside to Reggie Wayne or to the better Pierre on the rise in Pierre Garçon. Joseph Addai is a much underrated running back who can give Peyton enough space to work, as the Saints defence, led by Darren Sharper, will have to keep honest is Addai runs efficiently. There are just too many weapons for Manning to choose from, and I think by the first half the score will be run up before the Who even get on stage.
In the end, the Saints are a good story, but the best team going into this is the Colts, and when they play 4 quarters this year, they win, simply put.
Haru is choosing the Indianapolis Colts to win the Super Bowl by a score of 45-27.
Here are the standings and final picks from the NFL Fun and Free Playoff Pool I’ve been doing as well!
PICKS for the last time this season are CLOSED for the Playoff Pool!
PLAYER NAME # GAMES PICKED WINS-LOSSES WINNING PERCENTAGE (WINS/GAMES)
DTM 10 8-2 .800
ANDONE 10 6-4 .600
HARU 10 3-7 .300
SUPER BOWL PICKS:
HARU-IND
DTM-NO
Sending you out on the Who with the likely starting song of the halftime show, Won’t Get Fooled Again AMV - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnbhTWF4pKU
Ta and enjoy the game!
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Thanks for all for playing! Congrats to the 1st time Super Bowl champs the New Orleans Saints.
Here are the final standings for the playoff pool:
PLAYER NAME # GAMES PICKED WINS-LOSSES WINNING PERCENTAGE (WINS/GAMES)
DTM 11 9-2 .818
ANDONE 10 6-4 .600
HARU 11 3-8 .273
Congrats to DTM for being both the guy picking the most correct games and for having the best winning percentage. Thanks for all playing and take care!
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Woot! I rock!
Who dat!
The Saints and the city wanted that win sooo bad. Great game to watch.