Okay, yeah, I've been busy. Or tired. Or lazy. Whatever. This is the last one, the big one, and the first one. Time to pick the NFL Playoffs!

Normally I copy/paste the rules, but I can't be bothered, and most of you know them anyways. So if I forget something, remind me.

-By the first Playoff game, submit your pick for each round of the playoffs, who will win each game. You fill out the entire playoff bracket, all the way to the Super Bowl, ahead of time. Note that only the winners matter, not who they beat (so if you pick New England beating Cincinnati, and they beat Denver, that's still considered a win). Also, this kinda went without saying before, but I guess I have to say it now - every bracket must be unique. First submitted, first served.

-Each Wild Card Round game picked correctly is worth 10 points. Each Divisional Round game picked correctly is worth 20 points. Each Championship game picked correctly is worth 40 points. The Super Bowl is worth 60 points. Ties are broken by most games picked correctly at first, then ties will result in a split prize.

-Remember, in the Divisional round, the #1 seed plays the lowest remaining seed, and the #2 seed plays the remaining team. Plan your brackets accordingly. If someone's bracket is mucked up, please be sure to tell that person.

-Prizes will be as follows this year:
-First place will win a $10 Gift Card to Amazon.com
-Second place will win a $5 Gift Card.
-Last place will win a $2 Gift Card, as long as they scored any points at all.
-Any perfect score will win double prizes.
-The following people won one of the earlier contests and therefore all prizes they win in this one are doubled - Atma, Username, Klimbatize, Cpt. Fantastic

Brackets are due January 7th by 4:30 PM EST. Sorry that doesn't give as much time as I'd hoped, but blame my new job and stuff.

To remind you, here are the teams and seeding

AFC
#1 - New England Patriots
#2 - Baltimore Ravens
#3 - Houston Texans
#4 - Denver Broncos
#5 - Pittsburgh Steelers
#6 - Cincinnati Bengals

NFC
#1 - Green Bay Packers
#2 - San Francisco 49ers
#3 - New Orleans Saints
#4 - New York Giants
#5 - Atlanta Falcons
#6 - Detroit Lions

Rankings
Klimbatize - 100
Pandajuice - 90
UsaSatsui - 80
@om*d - 70
Beach Bum - 70
Sidewaydriver - 70
Username - 70
Ghandi - 50
Tomdincan - 50
Cpt. Fantastic - 40
Douche - 40
Lavalarva - 30

Entries
UsaSatsui
Houston over Cincinnati
Pittsburgh over Denver
Atlanta over New York
New Orleans over Detroit

New England over Pittsburgh
Baltimore over Houston
Green Bay over Atlanta
San Francisco over New Orleans

Baltimore over New England
San Francisco over Green Bay

San Francisco over Baltimore

Beach Bum
New Orleans over Detroit
Pittsburgh over Denver
Cincinnati over Houston
Atlanta over New York

New England over Cincinnati
Pittsburgh over Baltimore
New Orleans over San Francisco
Green Bay over Atlanta

New England over Pittsburgh
Green Bay over New Orleans

Green Bay over New England

Douche
Texans over Bengals
Steelers over Broncos
Lions over Saints
Giants over Atlanta

Packers over Giants
Lions over 49ers
Houston over Baltimore
Patriots over Steelers

Lions over Packers
Texans over Patriots

Texans over Lions

Klimbatize
Bengals over Texans
Steelers over Broncos
Saints over Lions
Giants over Falcons

Patriots over Bengals
Ravens over Steelers
Packers over Giants
Saints over 49ers

Patriots over Baltimore
Saints over Packers

Saints over Patriots

Cpt. Fantastic
Houston over Cincinnati
Pittsburgh over Denver
New Orleans over Detroit
Atlanta over New York

Pittsburgh over New England
Houston over Baltimore
Green Bay over Atlanta
San Francisco over New Orleans

Pittsburgh over Houston
San Francisco over Green Bay

San Francisco over Pittsburgh

@om*d
Houston over Cincinnati
Denver over Pittsburgh
Detroit over New Orleans
New York Giants over Atlanta

Houston over New England
Denver over Baltimore
San Francisco over Detroit
New York Giants over Green Bay

Denver over Houston
San Francisco over New York Giants

Denver over San Francisco

Tomdincan
Houston over Cincinnati
Pittsburgh over Denver
New Orleans over Detroit
New York over Atlanta

New England over Houston
Pittsburgh over Baltimore
New Orleans over San Francisco
Green Bay over New York

Pittsburgh over New England
New Orleans over Green Bay

New Orleans over Pittsburgh

Sidewaydriver
Houston over Cincinnati
Pittsburgh over Denver
Atlanta over New York
Detroit over New Orleans

New England over Pittsburgh
Houston over Baltimore
Atlanta over San Francisco
Detroit over Green Bay

New England over Houston
Atlanta over Detroit

Atlanta over New England

Username
Houston over Cincinnati
Pittsburgh over Denver
New Orleans over Detroit
New York over Atlanta

New Orleans over San Francisco
Green Bay over New York
New England over Houston
Baltimore over Pittsburgh

Baltimore over New England
Green Bay over New Orleans

Green Bay over Baltimore

Ghandi
New Orleans over Detroit
New York over Atlanta
Pittsburgh over Denver
Houston over Cincinnati

Pittsburgh over Baltimore
New England over Houston
Green Bay over New York
New Orleans over San Francisco

New Orleans over Green Bay
Pittsburgh over New England

New Orleans over Pittsburgh

Lavalarva
Cincinnati over Houston
Denver over Pittsburgh
Detroit over New Orleans
Atlanta over New York

Cincinnati over New England
Baltimore over Denver
Green Bay over Detroit
Atlanta over San Francisco

Baltimore over Cincinnati
Atlanta over Green Bay

Baltimore over Atlanta

Pandajuice
New York over Atlanta
New Orleans over Detroit
Houston over Cincinnati
Pittsburgh over Denver

Green Bay over New York
San Francisco over New Orleans
New England over Houston
Baltimore over Pittsburgh

San Francisco over Green Bay
Baltimore over New England

San Francisco over Baltimore

Beach Bum wrote:

Hope I have the seeding correct. Tried to do it based on what the NFL.com playoff picture article said.

You got it right. The only place you can really mess up is the second round. New England and Green Bay play the lowest remaining seed.

Come on, we need more than 4 people!

You don't even need to pay attention to this one, guys. Just make a pick and I'll poke you if you win.

@om*d wrote:

Denver over San Francisco

Gonna need a bit more prayer for that one to work.

lavalarva wrote:

sidewaydriver wrote: Atlanta over Green Bay Detroit over San Francisco I don't think this works... and if it does, I screwed up.

It does not. Detroit would play Green Bay, and Atlanta would play SF. It's fine, though, since it all ends up in the same place. I'll fix it when I copy it over.

sidewaydriver wrote:

Ghandi, you have both Green Bay and New York over Atlanta.

The bracket still works. New York still plays Green Bay in his bracket. I'll fix that too. If he intended Atlanta to win round 1 though, he better change it.

Everything is copy/pasted up. A lack of robot entry makes me sad.