NFL 2018 Pick'em League!

[Hillbillyatheist]

what happened to wheelz? I figure some of the others dropped out feeling left too far behind but wheelz was leading the pack.

[Brian37]

Well, the Redskins ended their season on a high note, but meth doesn't count.

[Angrboda]

what happened to wheelz? I figure some of the others dropped out feeling left too far behind but wheelz was leading the pack.

Maybe he just got too busy with the holidays and forgot.

[Brian37]

Hey Jor or Tibs can you post the playoff brackets?

[Angrboda]

[Brian37]

I got that part, but Tibs says we have to choose all the way through to the Superbowl, 

The way he types it out it makes it easy.

[Angrboda]

I got that part, but Tibs says we have to choose all the way through to the Superbowl, 

The way he types it out it makes it easy.

It's not easy. The options depend upon your predictions. But all the information you need is in the chart. Pay particular attention to whether the highest or the lowest seed plays a particular team in the second round. Which team that is will depend upon which teams win in the first round, so it's impossible to say with certainty until the first round is played. You just have to assume that the teams that you picked to win the first round actually do win the first round, and then plug them into the second round based on their respective seeds to see who plays who in the second round. There are sites that explain this all in words, and if you like, I'll try to find one for you, but all the information you need to make your choices is in that chart. The only problem is, some of the information which determines who plays who in the second round won't be known until after the first round.

[Brian37]

I got that part, but Tibs says we have to choose all the way through to the Superbowl, 

The way he types it out it makes it easy.

It's not easy.  The options depend upon your predictions.  But all the information you need is in the chart.  Pay particular attention to whether the highest or the lowest seed plays a particular team in the second round.  Which team that is will depend upon which teams win in the first round, so it's impossible to say with certainty until the first round is played.  You just have to assume that the teams that you picked to win the first round actually do win the first round, and then plug them into the second round based on their respective seeds to see who plays who in the second round.  There are sites that explain this all in words, and if you like, I'll try to find one for you, but all the information you need to make your choices is in that chart.  The only problem is, some of the information which determines who plays who in the second round won't be known until after the first round.

Tibs had it set up all the way through as a week to week "pick one of" the way he wrote it.

If he doesn't have the time that is fine, I will just have to muddle through and fake it, I am on the Titanic in any case.

[Angrboda]

It's not easy.  The options depend upon your predictions.  But all the information you need is in the chart.  Pay particular attention to whether the highest or the lowest seed plays a particular team in the second round.  Which team that is will depend upon which teams win in the first round, so it's impossible to say with certainty until the first round is played.  You just have to assume that the teams that you picked to win the first round actually do win the first round, and then plug them into the second round based on their respective seeds to see who plays who in the second round.  There are sites that explain this all in words, and if you like, I'll try to find one for you, but all the information you need to make your choices is in that chart.  The only problem is, some of the information which determines who plays who in the second round won't be known until after the first round.

Tibs had it set up all the way through as a week to week "pick one of" the way he wrote it.

If he doesn't have the time that is fine, I will just have to muddle through and fake it, I am on the Titanic in any case.

Here is an example from 2016, here.  Basically it's just a extrapolation of the information given in the chart.  I suppose I could do the work for you, but I'm not really inclined.  If I find an example on the web where somebody has already done the work, I will post it.

Wild Card Weekend

Saturday, January 5

No. 6 Indianapolis at No. 3 Houston, 4:35 p.m. ET (ESPN/ABC)

No. 5 Seattle at No. 4 Dallas, 8:15 p.m. ET (Fox)

Sunday, January 6

No. 5 Los Angeles Chargers at No. 4 Baltimore, 1:05 p.m. ET (CBS)

No. 6 Philadelphia at No. 3 Chicago, 4:40 p.m. ET (NBC)

Divisional Round

Saturday, January 12

Indianapolis/L.A. Chargers/Baltimore at No. 1 Kansas City, 4:35 p.m. ET (NBC)

Seattle/Dallas/Chicago at No. 2 Los Angeles Rams, 8:15 p.m. ET (Fox)

Sunday, January 13

L.A. Chargers/Baltimore/Houston at No. 2 New England, 1:05 p.m. ET (CBS)

Philadelphia/Seattle/Dallas at No. 1 New Orleans, 4:40 p.m. ET (Fox)

NFL Playoff Schedule 2019: Dates, times and TV for every round of the AFC and NFC postseason

[Brian37]

Tibs had it set up all the way through as a week to week "pick one of" the way he wrote it.

If he doesn't have the time that is fine, I will just have to muddle through and fake it, I am on the Titanic in any case.

Here is an example from 2016, here.  Basically it's just a extrapolation of the information given in the chart.  I suppose I could do the work for you, but I'm not really inclined.  If I find an example on the web where somebody has already done the work, I will post it.

Funny, I can read and understand Hitchens and Dawkins, but this bracket stuff is lost on me. My late friend Bob, from Australia, always had a hard time even understanding the down system, although he loved listening to me blow a gasket when my Skins blew chunks. And he knew far more about science and was an engineer.