Championship Round Playoff Thread

[kungfoodude]

Haven't seen this posted yet so....

 

My predictions(4-6 so far after an 0-4 Divisional)

New England 17, Denver 13

Closer than anticipated as Jared Sitdham proves to be a much more adept playoff QB than CJ Stroud. Ugly, defensive game.

St. Louis 31, Seattle 24

Sam Darnold doesn't catch lightning in a bottle again and provides at least 2 TO's(has 6 total versus them this season) to the Rams which proves to be the difference as Seattle's potent rushing offense(153 YPC vs Rams in 2025) isn't utilized enough to keep Stafford at bay.

[strato]

No idea about the AFC. i hate to pick Denver so I won’t.
I think LA falls short though. Their defense is a little suspect and Seattle is a hard place to go into.
 

Rams do have a lot of trips in there and it might not be as much of a hurdle to them as someone traveling cross country that never plays there.

 

We’ll see what kind of bullshit the refs pull today.  

Edited 1 hour ago by strato

[UnluckyforSome]

28 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Haven't seen this posted yet so....

 

My predictions(4-6 so far after an 0-4 Divisional)

New England 17, Denver 13

Closer than anticipated as Jared Sitdham proves to be a much more adept playoff QB than CJ Stroud. Ugly, defensive game.

St. Louis 31, Seattle 24

Sam Darnold doesn't catch lightning in a bottle again and provides at least 2 TO's(has 6 total versus them this season) to the Rams which proves to be the difference as Seattle's potent rushing offense(153 YPC vs Rams in 2025) isn't utilized enough to keep Stafford at bay.

Very sound thinking.

I am leaning more towards Denver. I think their home field advantage is just enough to tip the scale. I fully expect a clunky, somewhat unwatchable game disguised as a defensive battle.

Bad Sam Darnold, come on down! It's time to make your appearance.

[frankw]

I'm interested to see which version of Sam Darnold shows up today.

[kungfoodude]

2 minutes ago, strato said:

No idea about the AFC. i hate to pick Denver so I won’t.
I think LA falls short though. Their defense is a little suspect and Seattle is a hard place to go into.
 

Rams do have a lot of trips in there and it might not be as much of a hurdle to them as someone traveling cross country that never plays there.

 

We’ll see what kind of bullshit the refs pull today.  

Average margin of victory in the St. Louis/Seattle series this year was 1.5 points. In fact, if you recall, the Rams basically choked away the season sweep in Seattle.

I would be very surprised if that game isn't very close(one score or less).

[UnluckyforSome]

 Cold with some snow possible in Denver. 

Will be in low 30s in Seattle this evening but clear.

 

[strato]

39 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Average margin of victory in the St. Louis/Seattle series this year was 1.5 points. In fact, if you recall, the Rams basically choked away the season sweep in Seattle.

I would be very surprised if that game isn't very close(one score or less).

Yeah. Probably will be close. I am not rooting for anyone don’t really care that much.
 

Same for the AFC game, don’t really care. Except it is Sean Payton, I always like it when he loses.  But it’s New England, I can’t root for them.
It’s going to be 23 degrees at kickoff in Denver, wind will 12-15mph, dropping to 13 degrees by 7pm with snow predicted to start before halftime. 

[LinvilleGorge]

Patriots by three scores. Seahawks by a hair if Darnold doesn't hand the game to the Rams which is always a strong possibility.