NFL Playoff Predictions '16

[BigSoxFan]

Wild Card
Hou over KC 20-17
Cin over Pit 27-24
Sea over Min 27-13
GB over Was 30-23

Divisional Round
Pats over Cin 30-24
Den over Hou 24-14
Car over Sea 20-17
AZ over GB 34-27

Conference Championships
Den over NE 27-24
Car over AZ 28-24

Super Bowl
Car over Den 24-21

 

[CaptainLaddie]

WC:
KC over Houston - KC is playing great, even with a weak schedule. Houston's D is real, but KC has some real talent on offense.
Cincy over Pittsburgh (only if DeAngelo Williams doesn't play) - If Williams doesn't play, Pitt's fucked. If he does, they probably win this game running away. So, yeah. There's my caveat.
Seattle over Minnesota - I think Seattle's going to end up in the Super Bowl.
Washington over GB - Washington's offensive is clicking, Captain Kirk is on fire, and GB looks like they couldn't beat the Titans.

DR:
NE over Cincy - I don't think Andy fucking Dalton or AJ fucking McCarron can come into Foxboro and win a game. Sorry. Edelman + Gronk + Amendola + healthy defense is too much.
KC over Denver - KC could have two wins against Denver this year very easily. They aren't afraid of coming to Mile High and they have the kind of defense that can swallow the Broncos whole. I don't think they're a great team but they're in a great matchup.
Seattle over Carolina - I love this Carolina team, but I think Seattle's the best team in football right now and they're getting Marshawn Lynch back.
Arizona over Washington - Should Arizona lose a home game to Washington, I'll be mildly shocked. Washington's offense is on fire right now, and losing Mathieu is only going to hurt more and more as the competition ramps up.

CC:
NE over KC - I could see this game going either way to be honest. KC's pretty damn good, and their kind of defense will give the Pats some issues. Still... Alex Smith and Andy Reid winning in Foxboro? I just don't see it happening. This is just a gut call - my heart says Patriots, my head says it's a coin flip.
Seattle over Arizona - Seattle is just too good.

Super Bowl:
Seattle over NE - I hate this, but it's how I feel. Ugh.

 

[Boston Brawler]

Wild Card
KC over Hou
Pitt over Cincy
Sea over Minn
Wash over GB

Division
NE over KC
Pitt over Den
Ari over Wash
Sea over Car

Conference
NE over Pitt
Ari over Sea

Super Bowl
NE over Ari

 

[Boston Brawler]

Duplicate post

 

[Leather]

It's going to be -2 at kickoff for the Sea@Min game.

 

[Dehere]

KC over HOU
PIT over CIN

SEA over MIN
GB over WAS

PIT over DEN
KC over NE

CAR over SEA - Most interesting potential matchup of the first two weeks to me. CAR is locked in as the Sun 1pm game. For SEA this would be a third straight long road trip and a second straight 10am body clock game, against a 15-1 team off a bye week. Expect CAR to be undervalued if this matchup comes to pass.

AZ over GB by a ton, again.

KC over PIT - PIT finished the year with consecutive (short) road trips. Divisional would be their 4th straight road game, AFCC their 5th. They have to run out of gas at some point.

AZ over CAR - Been waiting all year for this game.

AZ over KC - Too good at too many positions. Best and most complete team with the better coach in this matchup.

 

[Oil Can Dan]

Wild Card
- KC over Hou
- Cincy over Pitt
- Sea over Minn
- Wash over GB

Division
- Cincy over NE - can't believe I'd say Cincy could come in to Foxboro and beat the Pats in a playoff game, but I think they will and it'll be excused as the injuries that did the Pats in. I hope I'm wrong on this because I'd prefer to see the Pats win it all.
- KC over Den
- Ari over Wash - I think this game will be close
- Car over Sea

Conference
Cincy over KC
Car over Ari

Super Bowl
Car over Cincy

 

[genoasalami]

Paul DellegattoFOX ‏@PaulFox13 1h1 hour ago
ICE BOWL!!! 3° in #Minneapolis Sunday for #Seahawks vs #Vikings playoff game. One of reasons tickets on @StubHub are under $50? #SEAvsMIN

 

[staz]

Paul DellegattoFOX ‏@PaulFox13 1h1 hour ago
ICE BOWL!!! 3° in #Minneapolis Sunday for #Seahawks vs #Vikings playoff game. One of reasons tickets on @StubHub are under $50? #SEAvsMIN

Negative 1 at 1:00p kickoff per Wunderground.
http://www.wunderground.com/US/MN/Minneapolis.html

HOMERDOME'S LOOKIN PRETTY GOOD NOW, AINT IT?

 

[johnmd20]

I do enjoy extreme weather games. This could be fun to watch but that is cold.

 

[edmunddantes]

Perfect game to PSI test the balls. Am I right? ;-)

 

[johnmd20]

Perfect game to PSI test the balls. Am I right? ;-)

It's spelled amirite.

 

[Leather]

If someone is shown using a fucking sideline heater to heat the balls during the game and nobody cares...

 

[tims4wins]

Wind chill supposed to be -20 to -25. Holy smokes. That is significantly colder than the Pats-Titans 2003 game, and that was really really really cold.

 

[MillarTime]

I am in full-on homer mode....

Wild Card
KC over Hou
Cincy over Pitt
Sea over Minn
Wash over GB

Division
NE over Cincy
KC over Den
Ari over Wash
Car over Sea

Conference
NE over KC
Car over Ari

Super Bowl
NE over Car (27-21)

 

[Section15Box113]

Like the last couple years, I've built out my spreadsheet tracking everyone's picks.

Will post how we're all doing throughout the playoffs.

As usual, I'll score it as 1 point for picking a winner.

This will hold even if you mess up the seeding (i.e., put a #6 seed against a #2 seed). If you pick the #6 to win in that scenario - and the #6 beats the #1 - you still get the point.

If folks that just picked the SB want to build out their brackets, I'll include you as well. (Looking your way, @bankshot1 , @j44thor , @pk1627 , @amarshal2 , and @bsj ).

 

[DJnVa]

KC over Hou
Pitt over Cincy

GB over Washington
Sea over Minn

NE over KC
Den over Pitt

Sea over Car
AZ over GB

NE over Den

Sea over AZ

NE over Sea 24-20 with Chandler Jones knocking down a pass on 3rd down and Nink sacking Wilson on 4th down deep in NE territory.

 

[ThePrideofShiner]

NFC
Seattle d. Minnesota
Green Bay d. Washington
Seattle d. Carolina
Arizona d. Green Bay
Seattle d. Arizona
AFC
Kansas City d. Houston
Cincinnati d. Pittsburgh
Cincinnati d. New England
Denver d. Kansas City
Denver d. Cincinnati
Super Bowl 50
Seattle d. Denver

Homerism abounds!

 

[Section15Box113]

Here are my picks:

CIN over PIT
KC over HOU

KC over DEN
NE over CIN

SEA over MIN
GB over WAS

CAR over SEA
ARI over GB

ARI over CAR
NE over KC

ARI over NE 24-21

 

[grimshaw]

Like the last couple years, I've built out my spreadsheet tracking everyone's picks.

Will post how we're all doing throughout the playoffs.

As usual, I'll score it as 1 point for picking a winner.

This will hold even if you mess up the seeding (i.e., put a #6 seed against a #2 seed). If you pick the #6 to win in that scenario - and the #6 beats the #1 - you still get the point.

If folks that just picked the SB want to build out their brackets, I'll include you as well. (Looking your way, @bankshot1 , @j44thor , @pk1627 , @amarshal2 , and @bsj ).

Thanks - I did a search for your thread last year but couldn't find it, so started a new one.

 

[Section15Box113]

Thanks - I did a search for your thread last year but couldn't find it, so started a new one.

All good.

 

[LaszloKovacks]

Wild Card
KC over Hou
Cincy over Pitt
Minn over Sea
GB over Wash

Divisional
NE over Cincy
Den over KC
Ari over Minn
Car over GB

Conference
NE over Den
Car over Ari

Super Bowl
NE over Car

edit: fixed based on JohnnyK's comment.

 

[JohnnyK]

Wild Card
KC over Hou
Pitt over Cincy (assuming no Dalton)
Sea over Min
GB over Wash

Divisional
NE over KC
Den over Pitt
Ari over GB
Sea over Car

Conference
NE over Den
Ari over Sea

Super Bowl
NE over Ari

 

[JohnnyK]

Wild Card
KC over Hou
Cincy over Pitt

Divisional
NE over KC
Den over Cincy

KC goes to Den in this scenario

 

[Captaincoop]

Wild Card
KC over Hou
Cinci over Pitt
Sea over Minn
GB over Wash

Division
NE over Cinci
Den over KC
Ari over GB
Car over Sea

Conference
NE over Den
Car over Ari

Super Bowl
NE over Car

 

[( . ) ( . ) and (_!_)]

Wild Card
KC over Hou
Cincy over Pitt
Sea over Minn
Wash over GB

Division
NE over Cincy
KC over Den
Ari over Wash
Car over Sea

Conference
NE over KC
AZ over CAR

Super Bowl
NE over AZ (28-24)

 

[BusRaker]

Wild Card
Kansas City (5) over Houston (4)
Cincinnatti (3) over Pittsburgh (6)
Minnesota (3) over Seattle (6)
Green Bay (5) over Washington (4)

Division
New England (2) over Cincinnatti (3)
Kansas City (5) over Denver (1)
Arizona (2) over Minnesota (3)
Carolina (1) over Green Bay (5)

Conference
New England (2) over Kansas City (5)
Arizona (2) over Carolina (1)

Super Bowl
Arizona (N2) over New England (A2)

 

[estreetfan]

K C over Houston
Pittsburgh over Cincy
Seattle over Minnesota
Washington over Green Bay

New England over KC
Pittsburgh over Denver
Carolina over Seattle
Arizona over Washington

New England over pitt
Arizona over Carolina

New England over Arizona

 

[pk1627]

I feel all of the teams with the 1st round byes will make the conference championships. NE at Den is a toss-up and it'll come down to some freak call. I feel Car will beat Az and will also win the SB.

Cin over Pitt
KC over Hou
Wash over GB
Seattle over Minn

Den over KC
NE over Cin
Car over Sea
Az over Wash

Den over NE (due to last second horrid call)
Car over AZ

Car over Den

 

[Kutcher's Speed Limit]

Wild Card Round
Chiefs 24, Texans 14
Steelers 33, Bengals 17
Vikings 23, Seahawks 21
Redskins 28, Packers 17

Divisional Round
Panthers 31, Redskins 7
Cardinals 24, Vikings 17
Broncos 27, Steelers 24
Chiefs 35, Patriots 28

Conference Championships
Panthers 28, Cardinals 27
Chiefs 23, Broncos 14

Super Bowl 50
Panthers 28, Chiefs 10

 

[geoduck no quahog]

Shit, wtf do I know...(nothing)

Wild Card Round
Chiefs over Texans
Steelers over Bengals
Seahawks over Vikings
The Washington Team over Packers

Divisional Round
Panthers over Seahawks
Cardinals over The Team From Washington
Steelers over Broncos
Chiefs over Patriots

Conference Championships
Cardinals over Panthers
Chiefs over Steelers

Super Bowl L
Cardinals over Chiefs

 

[Zososoxfan]

Wild Card
KC (5) over Houston (4)
Pitt (6) over Cincy (3)
Seattle (6) over Minn (3)
GB (5) over Washington (4)

Division
New England (2) over KC (5)
Denver (1) over Pitt (6)
Arizona (2) over GB (5)
Carolina (1) over Seattle (6)

Conference
New England (2) over Denver (1)
Carolina (1) over Arizona (2)

Super Bowl
NE (A2) over Carolina (N1)

I feel confident about the entire WC round and I feel confident the Pats can take out KC and that Zona will take out GB. But, Denver-Pitt will be an interesting game and so will Carolina-Seattle. Ultimately, I think this Denver D can handle Pitt's offense and Pitt won't be able to stop the run, opening up the pass game enough. Carolina-Seattle is close to 50-50 for me, but Cam is just playing at another level right now. Pats-Broncos and Panthers-Cards would both be absolute battles (Hawks-Cards would be too), but I'll take the 4-ringers over the ponies and again, I think Cam is just too good right now. EXCEPT, Collins can handle Cam in space, the Pats have the rush to get home with 4-5 guys, and the Pats O will get it done against the Cats.

 

[CantKeepmedown]

Wild Card
(5)KC over (4)Houston
(6)Pittsburgh over (3)Cincy
(6)Seattle over (3)Minnesota
(4)Washington over (5)Green Bay

Divisional Round
(2)New England over (5)KC
(2)Arizona over (4) Washington
(6)Pittsburgh over (1) Denver
(1)Carolina over (6) Seattle

Conference Championships
(2) New England over (6)Pittsburgh
(1) Carolina over (2) Arizona

Super Bowl
(2)New England over (1) Carolina

 

[Awesome Fossum]

WC
KC d. Houston
Cincy d. Pitt
Min d. Sea
Pack d. Skins

Div
Carolina d. Pack
Arizona d. Min
KC d. Denver
NE d. Cincy

Conference
NE d. KC
Arizona d. Carolina

Super Bowl L
NE d. Arizona

 

[86spike]

I see a lot of people picking KC to go pretty deep which surprises me.

That 10 game win streak of theirs only includes victories against 2 winning teams and the rest of it was against chumps. Their Week 7 win against Pittsburgh was with third stringer Landry Jones starting at QB (and throwing 2 picks) and their Week 10 win @ Denver was the game where a one-legged Manning threw 5 completions and 4 picks before being benched. So neither of those wins were against full-strength squads either. The other wins were against Detroit, SD (x2), Buffalo, Oakland (x2), Baltimore and Cleveland. Not exactly world beaters.

On top of that, KC has the longest active playoff losing streak going with 9 straight losses.

I like Houston and if KC does squeak by I don't see them making it any deeper than that.

 

[luckiestman]

I see a lot of people picking KC to go pretty deep which surprises me.

That 10 game win streak of theirs only includes victories against 2 winning teams and the rest of it was against chumps. Their Week 7 win against Pittsburgh was with third stringer Landry Jones starting at QB (and throwing 2 picks) and their Week 10 win @ Denver was the game where a one-legged Manning threw 5 completions and 4 picks before being benched. So neither of those wins were against full-strength squads either. The other wins were against Detroit, SD (x2), Buffalo, Oakland (x2), Baltimore and Cleveland. Not exactly world beaters.

On top of that, KC has the longest active playoff losing streak going with 9 straight losses.

I like Houston and if KC does squeak by I don't see them making it any deeper than that.

Isn't this true for almost every team in the AFC? Pittsburgh certainly didn't play the 86 bears every week. The pats best wins is against Pitt in week 1. It's a weird year.

If Pats are moderately healthy, they should win. But I wouldn't be shocked at all if big Andy got the Chiefs to the SB.

 

[ifmanis5]

Steve Serby like the Pats to win it all: http://nypost.com/2016/01/06/how-patriots-will-run-through-playoffs-for-shocking-5th-ring/

 

[nolasoxfan]

Wild Card
KC (5) over Hou (4)
Cinc (3) over Pitt (6)
Sea (6) over Minn (3)
Wash (4) over GB (5)

Division
NE (2) over Cinc (3)
Den (1) over KC (5)
AZ (2) over Wash (4)
Car (1) over Sea (6)

Conference
NE (2) over Den (1)
Car (1) over AZ (2)

Super Bowl
NE over Car

FIXED.

 

[Ale Xander]

WC Round
Cincy over Pitt, Jeremy Hill rushes for 204 yards
KC over Houston
GB over Wash
Sea over Minny

Divisional
Pats over Cincy 34-6, AJ throws 2 pick 6's
KC over Denver 17-16
GB over 'Zona 27-23
Carolina over Seattle 16-13

CCG's
Pats over KC, 41-10, Smith is benched at halftime
GB over Carolina 31-30

Super Bowl
Pats over GB 34-31, Gronk catches Hail Mary a la Richard Rodgers, wins MVP with 12-195-3 performance

 

[Ale Xander]

Wild Card
KC (5) over Hou (4)
Cinc (3) over Pitt (6)
Sea (6) over Minn (3)
Wash (4) over GB (5)

Division
NE (2) over KC (5)
Den (1) over Hou (4)
AZ (2) over Wash (4)
Car (1) over Sea (6)

It doesn't work that way

 

[grimshaw]

In no way am I saying that the Bengals will win the SB, but I'm surprised they are the only team to not get a single vote so far (excluding whichever of the two teams wasn't picked in the Hou/GB/Was category).

They held their own vs good teams as I noted up thread, and they had the 3rd highest spread in the NFL. Their 140 spread was just 10 points fewer than New England's, and they had a much tougher schedule.

Even without Dalton they have been competitive. The only game they lost by more than 4 points all year was vs the Steelers. That doesn't really help my point given the match up, but this was a pretty damn good team.

Does it really all have to do with Marvin Lewis and the paper tiger thing?

 

[johnmd20]

In no way am I saying that the Bengals will win the SB, but I'm surprised they are the only team to not get a single vote so far (excluding whichever of the two teams wasn't picked in the Hou/GB/Was category).

They held their own vs good teams as I noted up thread, and they had the 3rd highest spread in the NFL. Their 140 spread was just 10 points fewer than New England's, and they had a much tougher schedule.

Even without Dalton they have been competitive. The only game they lost by more than 4 points all year was vs the Steelers. That doesn't really help my point given the match up, but this was a pretty damn good team.

Does it really all have to do with Marvin Lewis and the paper tiger thing?

Every year is the year Cincinnati supposedly gets over the hump. And every year, they lose. It is hard to back that record of futility in the playoffs.

 

[JoePoulson]

Wildcard Weekend
KC over HOU
PIT over CIN
SEA over MIN
WAS over GB

Divisional Weekend
NE over KC
PIT over DEN
SEA over CAR
AZ over WAS

Championship Weekend
NE over PIT
AZ over SEA

Super Bowl 50
NE over AZ

 

[pokey_reese]

Wild Card Round
Pit over Cin - Not sure that Cincy can put up the 20-25 points at least that they will need
KC over Hou - Hou is a nice story, and I think they have a shot at home, but that QB/Oline combo is scary
Was over GB - Was didn't beat many good teams, but GB lost to some bad teams, and Was offense is hot
Sea over Min - This one will be surprisingly close, I think Minny is up for this game, and that cold...

Divisional Round
NE over KC - That defense is scary against this Pats Oline, but I think the Pats can handle the KC offense at home, win a close one
Den over Pit - Brock almost beat the Steelers in Pitt, so I think that in Den the Broncos should take care of a Steelers team that will have gotten knocked around by Cincy
Car over Sea - Probably the game I most want to see. Should be a tight one, but I can't see why I would assume that a Car team that beat Sea on the road will lose to them at home
Ari over Was - I don't see how a well rested Ari team loses to Was in Ari, outside of some freak plays probably the easiest game to pick in the whole playoffs (in my hypothetical)

Championship Games
NE over Den - I think that if both teams are as healthy as they are expected to be in two weeks, NE is a little better. Obviously having to go to Denver isn't ideal, but I trust Brady in the 4th quarter of a close game more than Manning
Ari over Car - The most balanced team is probably the best equipped to beat the Panthers on the road, and I think that Car's easier schedule finally shows up in this game

Super Bowl
Ari over NE - Mainly for the reverse jinx. I think the Pats could definitely be competitive in this game if they get healthy and on a roll, but I don't expect perfect health from now until then.

 

[m0ckduck]

My predictions are exactly the same as pk1627's, right down to the 'horrid call' part.

The AFC wild card games are the two picks I feel most solid about:

Cin over Pitt
KC over Hou
Wash over GB
Seattle over Minn

Den over KC
NE over Cin
Car over Sea
Az over Wash

Den over NE (due to last second horrid call)
Car over AZ

Car over Den

 

[dcmissle]

On the assumption -- huge -- that we're healthy, chalk pretty much:

WC

KC over Hou

Cin over Pitts (drought over, close game)

Sea over Minn (ultimate wild card game with the weather; Sea wins primarily because nobody is used to it so talent wins out)

Wash over GB

Divisional

KC over Denver (yeah they are good, and Blandino/Commissioner thumb less evident than if it were NE at Dev)

NE over Cinn

Car over Sea (they are good too, as we shall see)

Az over Wash

Conference

NE over KC

Car over Az (too much Cam)

SB

NE over Car, 27 to 24, winning on the last possession with a FG, Ghost caps an excellent season and joins the pantheon.

NE trucks nobody offensively throughout. Championship earned substantially by the defense, ball security, solid special teams, and clean efficient play by TB.

 

[bankshot1]

Like the last couple years, I've built out my spreadsheet tracking everyone's picks.

Will post how we're all doing throughout the playoffs.

As usual, I'll score it as 1 point for picking a winner.

This will hold even if you mess up the seeding (i.e., put a #6 seed against a #2 seed). If you pick the #6 to win in that scenario - and the #6 beats the #1 - you still get the point.

If folks that just picked the SB want to build out their brackets, I'll include you as well. (Looking your way, @bankshot1 , @j44thor , @pk1627 , @amarshal2 , and @bsj ).

I'm in.

WC

Cin over Pitt
KC over Houston
Wash over GB
Seattle over Minn


Divisional

KC over Den
NE over Cinn

Car over Sea
Az over Wash

Conference

NE over KC
Az over Carolina

SB 50

Pats over Cards

I picked Cards in the poll, but I'm not picking against the Pats.

I'm a homer.
Go PATS.

 

[bankshot1]

dp

 

[BlackJack]

AFC Wildcard:
KC over Houston
Cincinnati over Pitt

NFC Wildcard:
GB over Wash
Seattle over Minn

AFC Divisional:
NE over Cincinnati
KC over Denver

NFC Divisional:
Carolina over Seattle
Arizona over GB

AFCCG:
NE over KC

NFCCG:
Arizona over Carolina

SB:
NE over Arizona 24-17

 

[redsoxcentury]

Wild Card Round

Cincinnati over Pittsburgh
Kansas City over Houston
Green Bay over Washington
Minnesota over Seattle

Divisional Round

Kansas City over Denver
New England over Cincinnati

Carolina over Green Bay
Arizona over Minnesota

Conference Championships

Kansas City over New England
Arizona over Carolina

Super Bowl L

Arizona over Kansas City, 34-20