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January 16, 2015
NFL Playoff Pick 'Em Contest, Conference Championship Round: Pick the winners and the spread of the NFC Championship and AFC Championship Sunday, along with the top passer, rusher and receiver. The first game is Green Bay at Seattle at 3:05 p.m. Eastern Sunday, followed by Indianapolis at New England at 6:40 p.m.
Seattle by 9
Indianapolis by 4
Seattle
Andrew Luck
Marshawn Lynch
Jordy Nelson
posted by bender at 02:45 PM on January 16, 2015
Green Bay by 6 New England by 10 New England Brady Lynch Hilton
posted by tahoemoj at 04:23 PM on January 16, 2015
Indianapolis by 17
Green Bay by 17
Green Bay
Luck
Richardson
Nelson
posted by tommybiden at 05:38 PM on January 16, 2015
I'd wanted to pick Suggs but with the Ravens-Steelers already going when I finally got to a computer on Saturday I elected to stay away from that game to avoid any potential disputes with scoring.
Seattle by 7Indianapolis by 3 Most points: IndianapolisQB most yards: Andrew Luck RB most yards: Marshawn Lynch Most receiving yards: Reggie Wayne
posted by NerfballPro at 05:39 PM on January 16, 2015
Seattle by 4
New England by 9
Most Points: New England
Most passing yards QB: Luck
Most Rushing Yards: With Belichick you never know which RB he will use but this game Pats will run the ball a lot: LeGarrette Blount
Most Receiving Yards: Rob Gronkowski
posted by ic23b at 05:45 PM on January 16, 2015
Green Bay by 7.
Indy by 3.
Most points: Indy.
Most passing yards: Andrew Luck.
Most rushing yards: Marshawn Lynch
Most receiving yards: Jordy Nelson
posted by Goyoucolts at 06:05 PM on January 16, 2015
Contrary to what I wrote, Ying Yang Mafia couldn't be in the running for the Constanza. You have to be in every round of a contest, achieving your last place via the most arduous route.
posted by rcade at 07:33 PM on January 16, 2015
Green Bay by 3
New England by 2
Most Points: New England
Most Passing Yards: Aaron Rodgers
Most Rushing Yards: Marshawn Lynch
Most Recieving Yards: Reggie Wayne
posted by grum@work at 11:18 PM on January 16, 2015
I'm pretty stoked that basically everyone with 8 or more points is picking Indy over NE, since it means my going with an almost all-New England line this week is either going to shove me into first... or drop me back into Costanza territory. :) It's a gamble, but since NE has averaged something like 48 points and a 20 point+ margin of victory over the Colts since Luck has come into the league... I like my chances.
Seattle over Green Bay, spread of 14
New England over Indianapolis, spread of 17
Most Points: New England
Most Passing Yards: Tom Brady
Most Rushing Yards: Marshawn Lynch
Most Receiving Yards: Rob Gronkowski
Fun fact I just learned today: Adam Vinatieri and Tom Brady have each made 5 SB appearances so far. With a win this Sunday, one of those two will go on to the Superbowl, and in so doing will tie the current NFL record for most Superbowls played in (6, Mike Lodish of the Bills/Broncos).
posted by hincandenza at 12:11 AM on January 17, 2015
Seattle by 6
New England 13
Most points: New England
Most prolific passer: Brady
Most prolific runner: Lynch
Most prolific receiver: Gronks
posted by NoMich at 08:42 AM on January 17, 2015
Seattle by 4
New England by 16
Most Points: New England
Most Passing: Brady
Most Rushing: Russel Wilson
Most Receiving: Randall Cobb
posted by LionIndex at 09:18 AM on January 17, 2015
Seattle by 14
New England by 6
Most Points: NE
Passing: Brady
Rushing: Daniel Herron
Receiving: Edelman
posted by Ufez Jones at 12:59 PM on January 17, 2015
Seattle by 10
New England by 4
New England
Luck
Lynch
T.Y. Hilton
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 04:23 PM on January 17, 2015
First timer.
Seattle by 21
New England by 9
Seattle
Wilson
Lynch
Amendola
posted by phaedon at 12:21 AM on January 18, 2015
Seattle by 8
New England by 4
Most points: Seattle
Most passing yards: Aaron Rodgers
Most rushing yards: Daniel Herron
Most receiving yards: Rob Gronkowski
posted by rcade at 10:31 AM on January 18, 2015
Most Rushing Yards: With Belichick you never know which RB he will use but this game Pats will run the ball a lot: LeGarrette Blount
I wanted to pick a New England back on a rainy Sunday, but after they collectively gained 14 yards on 13 carries last week I couldn't do it.
posted by rcade at 10:35 AM on January 18, 2015
In haste:
Seattle by 12
New England by 11
Most Points to New England
Most Passing Yards by Luck
Most Rushing Yards by LeGarrett Blount
Most Receiving Yards (and loudest spike) Gronkowski
posted by Howard_T at 02:58 PM on January 18, 2015
NerfballPro climbs to a four-point lead, helped by nailing the spread on the Seattle/Carolina game. Hincandenza is the only player to get all four games right and jumps from second-to-last to second place. Late entrant Ying Yang Mafia gets one of two three-point picks this week, avoiding a place with NoMich and Howard_T as favorites for the cherished Costanza.
Four players had New England with the most points (35), no one had Justin Forsett of Baltimore as the top rusher (129), two players predicted Bruce Irvin of Seattle would get a sack and no one predicted sacks by Timmy Jernigan, Terrell Suggs or Pernell McPhee (Bal); Thomas Davis or Mario Addison (Car); Cliff Avril (Sea); Jeremy Mincey or Demarcus Lawrence (Dal); Nick Perry, Julius Peppers, Mike Neal, Mike Daniels or Datone Jones (GB); Erik Walden or Jonathan Newsome (Ind). The temperature at Lambeau Field at kickoff was 24 degrees Fahrenheit, three degrees hotter than the two closest guesses
For this week, pick these games:
Green Bay at Seattle (preview)
Indianapolis at New England (preview)
For bonus points (1 point each):
Pick the team that scores the most points this weekend.
Pick the quarterback who passes for the most yards.
Pick the running back who runs for the most yards.
Pick the player who has the most receiving yards.