NFL 2016 Pick'em League!

[Tiberius]

Yeah but I am obsessed with the NFL, so don't feel too bad.

Is there a reason for the WOC at all? I like the idea of not having it. 

Not that it helped me or hurt me. And next year I'll be just as spotty.

Its basically just a fun thing you can compare yourself against. Wisdom of the Crowd should always come out high up in the rankings because it's an average of all the picks.

[GUBU]

I'll do a full breakdown tomorrow but the final overall season rankings are:

1) Wisdom of the Crowd
2) Tiberius
3) Crossless1
4) Rubber Ducky (Brian's Mom)
5) Tazzycorn
=6) c172
=6) Nymphadora
8) Brian37
9) Faith No More
10) Jörmungandr
=11) The Gentleman Bastard
=11) Cato
13) TheRealJoeFish

Well done everyone! Thanks for participating every week!

Just like any good Irishman I'm declaring my top five finish a moral victory, the best kind of victory.

[Brian37]

Is there a reason for the WOC at all? I like the idea of not having it. 

Not that it helped me or hurt me. And next year I'll be just as spotty.

Its basically just a fun thing you can compare yourself against. Wisdom of the Crowd should always come out high up in the rankings because it's an average of all the picks.

Ok, but gonna assume you make your picks before you post WOC, right? I'd hate to think you are rigging the pocket lint prize by gerrymandering the system.

[Angrboda]

Congratulations Tibbs.

[Tiberius]

Its basically just a fun thing you can compare yourself against. Wisdom of the Crowd should always come out high up in the rankings because it's an average of all the picks.

Ok, but gonna assume you make your picks before you post WOC, right? I'd hate to think you are rigging the pocket lint prize by gerrymandering the system.

Yeah I usually put my picks into the spreadsheet first.

[Brian37]

Ok, but gonna assume you make your picks before you post WOC, right? I'd hate to think you are rigging the pocket lint prize by gerrymandering the system.

Yeah I usually put my picks into the spreadsheet first.

Nu uh! House GOP is working on gutting the ethics laws. I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE UP TO!

"Usually"....... Always a disclaimer involved. I'm on to you.

Just ignore me, I am bitter about my Redskins having another crappy year.

Now lets see how crappy my playoff picks will be.

[Tiberius]

Results for Week 17

Here are the results for the NFL 2016 Pick'em League Week 17.

Standings:

1) Crossless1 (13 - 3) (+8)
=2) Wisdom of the Crowd (11 - 5) (+2)
=2) Tiberius (11 - 5) (-1)
=2) c172 (11 - 5) (+0)
=5) Jörmungandr (10 - 6) (+7)
=5) The Gentleman Bastard (10 - 6) (-1)
=5) Nymphadora (10 - 6) (+7)
=5) TheRealJoeFish (10 - 6) (+4)
=5) Faith No More (10 - 6) (-1)
=10) Brian37 (9 - 7) (-6)
=10) Tazzycorn (9 - 7) (+1)
=10) Rubber Ducky (Brian's Mom) (9 - 7) (-6)
13) Cato (8 - 8) (-11)

Well done to Crossless1!

The "Lucky Pick" Awards

There were no Lucky Pick awards this week.

The "What were they thinking!?" Awards

Cato for picking the Jaguars over the Colts.
Tazzycorn for picking the Chargers over the Chiefs.

Analysis

11 players had winning records this week!
1 player had tying records this week!
0 players had losing records this week!

Everyone picked the Steelers and Falcons to win, and they won!

The Wisdom of the Crowd had a winning record this week (11 - 5) and 1 person managed to beat that record!

Crossless1 improved the most since last week, moving up 8 places in the weekly standings.

Brian37 and Rubber Ducky (Brian's Mom) dropped the most since last week, moving down 6 places in the weekly standings.

Overall Standings:

1) Wisdom of the Crowd (167 - 89) (+0)
2) Tiberius (166 - 90) (+0)
3) Crossless1 (165 - 91) (+1)
4) Rubber Ducky (Brian's Mom) (164 - 92) (-2)
5) Tazzycorn (158 - 98) (+0)
=6) c172 (156 - 100) (+1)
=6) Nymphadora (156 - 100) (+0)
8) Brian37 (154 - 102) (-1)
9) Faith No More (153 - 103) (+0)
10) Jörmungandr (151 - 105) (+0)
=11) The Gentleman Bastard (148 - 108) (+1)
=11) Cato (148 - 108) (+0)
13) TheRealJoeFish (147 - 109) (+0)

Crossless1, c172 and The Gentleman Bastard improved the most since last week, moving up 1 place in the overall standings.

Rubber Ducky (Brian's Mom) dropped the most since last week, moving down 2 places in the overall standings.

Overall Regular Season Winner

Wisdom of the Crowd takes the top spot, with Tiberius coming in 1st out of all the human players.

[Tiberius]

OK, so on to the Playoff Pick'Em League, which is completely separate from the regular season, so if you failed to win a top spot in the regular season, you can still clinch victory in the playoffs!

Here's how it works. You must predict the winners of every playoff game (including the Super Bowl) before the playoffs starts. You will get 1 point for a wild card round win (because you know who will be playing), 3 points for a divisional round win, 5 points for a conference championship win, and 7 points for a Super Bowl win.

Here are the picks I need from you by Friday January 6th:

Wild Card Round:

Raiders (12 - 4) @ Texans (9 - 7)
Lions (9 - 7) @ Seahawks (10 - 5 - 1)
Dolphins (10 - 6) @ Steelers (11 - 5)
Giants (11 - 5) @ Packers (10 - 6)

Divisional Round:

(Seahawks OR Packers OR Giants) @ Falcons (11 - 5)
(Texans OR Raiders OR Dolphins) @ Patriots (14 - 2)
(Steelers OR Texans OR Raiders) @ Chiefs (12 - 4)
(Packers OR Giants OR Lions) @ Cowboys (13 - 3)

Conference Championships:

Cowboys OR Falcons OR Seahawks OR Packers OR Giants OR Lions
Patriots OR Chiefs OR Steelers OR Texans OR Raiders OR Dolphins

Super Bowl

Patriots OR Cowboys OR Chiefs OR Falcons OR Steelers OR Seahawks OR Texans OR Packers OR Raiders OR Giants OR Dolphins or Lions

[Brian37]

BROWNS FOR THE SUPERBOWL WIN!

[Tiberius]

If you are confused about the Divisional Round, have a look at this: http://www.nfl.com/playoffs/playoff-picture

The 6 remaining teams in each conference are ranked with a "seed" (#1 being the best, #6 being the worst). For the Divisional Round, the #1 seed plays the worst surviving seed from the Wild Card Round, and the #2 seed plays the best surviving seed.

So for the AFC, the Patriots can't play the Steelers in the Divisional Round, because the Steelers are #3, meaning there must be a team with a lower seed still in the playoffs. Likewise in the NFC, the Cowboys can't play the Seahawks in the Divisional Round.