Divisional Playoff Saturday has arrived!
Now before we get started, a quick word on how things will proceed.
As you know, The Playoffs involve the points system (covered here and here).
But for the purposes of The Divisional round, there will be additional tiebreakers.
So the tiebreakers are as follows:
- Number of games picked correctly, as normal.
- The accumulated points total of the correct picks
- The tiebreaker point total of the final ballgame of the weekend (Baltimore/Buffalo)
- The closest point total to the over/under total of the last matchup (Baltimore/Buffalo) – which is 51.5 for this weekend (meaning the closest player to this total *IF WE GET TO THIS TIEBREAKER* Wins the pot!)
I anticipate this weekend’s games will go to tiebreakers, and this will ensure a single Winner for the round.
That’s the contingency plan.
Now that we’ve settled the mechanics, let’s set the table.
There are an even 27 players shooting at a pot of $440 for The Divisional Round.
Pot’s right.
Below is the spreadsheet for this week’s field:
FOR THE WEEK
- The pot is $440
- There are 27 players
- Once again, each team has been picked. That’s parity in today’s National Football League
- The underdog pick of the week is Houston to Win on the road at Kansas City & visiting Washington to upset home favorite Detroit. Honestly, several people picked these underdogs, so we’ll all see how things play out very soon.
- Although it isn’t unanimous, the popular choice this week is Baltimore to Win on the road AT Buffalo. I know we have a healthy contingent of Ravens Fans, but this surprised me. Personally, I view this ballgame as a tossup but Baltimore could very well smoke ’em!
Alright. Time for some football.
Good Luck everybody.