2025 Interference NFL Playoff Pool

[DaveC]

It's that time of year again...

In a thrilling nail-biter that literally went into overtime, phanan was the winner of last year's playoff pool and was awarded with a free entry into this year's contest. iron yuppie won the secondary prize for guessing the total points in the Super Bowl with 47, and his entry into this year's pool is discounted 50%. Congratulations gentlemen, and I hope you both enjoy the discount from the normal entry fee of $0.00.

2024 final standings:

phanan	127
Headache in a Suitcase	123
mikal	112
PennyLanePHINS	110
iron yuppie	101
DaveC	100
Hewson	96
U2inUtah	93

It's Integerin' Time!
We've all done this before. Assign your integers 1 through 14 for each playoff team and when a team wins a game, you get the number of points correlating to the integer to which that particular team has been assigned. Points are cumulative through the whole playoffs.

REMEMBER THE TIEBREAKER - total points scored in the Super Bowl. I wonder if I should also take bets on how long it'll be before I have to remind someone about the tiebreaker? Last year it was forgotten on the very first entry lol.

team list
AFC
1 - Kansas City Chiefs (15-2) *bye*
2 - Buffalo Bills (13-4)
3 - Baltimore Ravens (12-5)
4 - Houston Texans (10-7)
5 - Los Angeles Chargers (11-6)
6 - Pittsburgh Steelers (10-7)
7 - Denver Broncos (10-7)

NFC
1 - Detroit Lions (15-2) *bye*
2 - Philadelphia Eagles (14-3)
3 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers (10-7)
4 - Los Angeles Rams (10-7)
5 - Minnesota Vikings (14-3)
7 - Washington Commanders (12-5)

Wild Card Weekend:
Saturday
Chargers at Texans, 4:30 pm
Steelers at Ravens, 8:00 pm

Sunday
Broncos at Bills, 1:00 pm
Packers at Eagles, 4:30 pm
Vikings at Rams, 8:00 pm

Monday
Commanders at Buccaneers, 8:00 pm

 

[Hewson]

It's that time of year again...

It's Integerin' Time!

Woo hoo!

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

i can do this!

 

[mikal]

I'll start us out:

14 - Detroit
13 - Baltimore
12 - Kansas City, Kansas
11 - Philadelphia
10 - Buffalo
9 - Minnesota
8 - Green Bay
7 - Washington
6 - LA Rams
5 - LA Chargers
4 - Houston
3 - Tampa Bay
2 - Denver
1 - Pittsburgh

Tiebreaker - 57

 

[DaveC]

mikal on track to win by default at this rate.

submit your picks ya jabronis

 

[mikal]

I'm feeling really good currently, but I might swap my Super Bowl pick to Baltimore over Detroit. I just have a gut feeling.

 

[Hewson]

14. Chiefs
13. Rams
12. Eagles
11. Bills
10. Chargers
9. Lions
8. Commanders
7. Ravens
6. Bucs
5. Texans
4. Packers
3. Broncos
2. Vikings
1. Steelers

Tiebreaker: 49

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

14. Bills
13. Lions
12. Eagles
11. Ravens
10. Chiefs
9. Vikings
8. Bucs
7. Rams
6. Chargers
5. Packers
4. Broncos
3. Steelers
2. Texans
1. Commies

tie breaker - 56

 

[DaveC]

you listed ravens twice and skipped rams.

 

[Hewson]

you listed ravens twice and skipped rams.

It's a sneaky strategy,

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Birds of a feather flock together

 

[DaveC]

I'll submit my picks now since there's only about a day left until the first kickoff. hopefully some of the people who joined in last year make their picks. phanan, iyup, U2inUT, and PennyLanePHINS all have yet to be seen. If there ends up only being 4 or 5 of us this season it may be the last time we do this.

14 - Philadelphia
13 - Baltimore
12 - Detroit
11 - Buffalo
10 - Kansas City
9 - Washington
8 - LA Chargers
7 - Minnesota
6 - Tampa Bay
5 - Houston
4 - LA Rams
3 - Green Bay
2 - Denver
1 - Pittsburgh

Tiebreaker: 52

 

[mikal]

Instead of me reposting mine, can I just request to swap Baltimore and Detroit?

 

[DaveC]

Instead of me reposting mine, can I just request to swap Baltimore and Detroit?

no problem. I just updated the spreadsheet.

you now have BAL with an integer of 14 and DET with 13.

 

[DaveC]

well, this is a little disappointing, although i suppose it was bound to happen eventually.

if there's anyone out there who still wants to make picks i'll leave it open for a bit longer.

 

[phanan]

I can get mine in, give me half an hour.

 

[phanan]

So I’m on my way back from DC, was listening to music, then switched to the radio and football was on, and that reminded me of the picks.

At a rest area for gas and this very post.

14. Chiefs
13. Bills
12. Lions
11. Ravens
10. Eagles
9. Vikings
8. Rams
7. Bucs
6. Chargers
5. Packers
4. Texans
3. Steelers
2. Commanders
1. Broncos

Tiebreaker: 50

 

[DaveC]

it's halftime so picks are locked now.

good luck, babes!

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

After last night I'm guaranteed to finish no worse than 5th

 

[Hewson]

After last night I'm guaranteed to finish no worse than 5th

I'm somehow locked into 6th.

 

[DaveC]

I'm somehow locked into 6th.

joke's on you!

standings after Wild Card round:

Hewson	56
DaveC	56
mikal	53
phanan	48
Headache in a Suitcase	47

 

[Hewson]

joke's on you!

standings after Wild Card round:

Hewson	56
DaveC	56
mikal	53
phanan	48
Headache in a Suitcase	47

 

[mikal]

Even though my Packers completely shit the bed at the end of the year, the Vikings also shitting the bed warmed my heart.

 

[DaveC]

standings after divisional weekend:

Hewson	101
DaveC	100
mikal	94
phanan	87
Headache in a Suitcase	84

 

[phanan]

Nice quick elimination for me this year

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

Fifth Place is the best place.

 

[Hewson]

If I am looking at this correctly, a Bills Superb Owl victory over the Commandants would result in a tie and the need to ACTUALLY GO TO THE TIEBREAKER.

.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

i'd say that i think you won't have to worry about that, but i also thought the Lions would win by 30.