The final event of the football pick season, and it's time for the third annual event of picking the NFL playoffs. The rules are the same as last year, so I copy and paste:

-All picks for the entire playoffs must be in before the -first- playoff game. Up until then, you can change them, but once the first game begins, your choices are locked in.
-Picking the winners in the Wild Card round gets you 10 points per correct pick. Each winner in the Divisional Round gets you 20 points. Picking the Conference Champion gets you 40 points. And the Super Bowl Champ gets you 60 points.
-Only the winners matter. You don't have to pick the exact matchup, so long as the team you picked for that round advances.
-Remember that after every round, the teams are "reseeded". The highest-ranked remaining seed plays the lowest-ranked remaining seed at home in each conference. If you need help figuring out who plays who, ask away.

The Coin is retiring this year, however, the lovable chat-bot Lexiabot9000 will be making picks instead. He's not eligible for a prize, though.

Here's the prizes:
-$10 for the highest score. Ties are broken by most games won, then the prize will be split.
-$20 if the winner gets a perfect score.
-$5 for the person with the lowest score, ties broken by the least number of games won, then by whoever I feel deserves pity.
-Any winner of one of this year's Survival pools (Not Sure, Rydog) or the College Bowl Game Pick 'Em (winner as yet determined), will win double prizes.

That's right, you can possibly win $40! Prizes will be an Amazon gift card.

All picks must be in by January 8, 4:30 EST. Sorry about the short time frame, but, you work with what you got.

Here's the seeds and the first week's matches. Remember, in the next round, the highest remaining seed plays the lowest at home.

AFC Seeds
1 - New England Patriots
2 - Pittsburgh Steelers
3 - Indianapolis Colts
4 - Kansas City Chiefs
5 - Baltimore Ravens
6 - New York Jets

New York at Indianapolis
Baltimore at Kansas City

NFC Seeds
1 - Atlanta Falcons
2 - Chicago Bears
3 - Philadelphia Eagles
4 - Seattle Seahawks
5 - New Orleans Saints
6 - Green Bay Packers

Green Bay at Philadelphia
New Orleans at Seattle

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Scores
Valdronius - 200
Beach Bum - 90
Pandajuice - 70
Sarge - 50
Douche - 40
Klimbatize - 40
Lavalarva - 40
Not Sure - 40
UsaSatsui - 40
LexiaBot9000 - 30
Tomdincan - 20

*Scores in italics are final scores, scores in bold win prizes
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Picks

Douche:
Indianapolis, Kansas City, Green Bay, Seattle
New England, Green Bay, Kansas City, Seattle
Kansas City, Seattle
Seattle

Valdronius:
Indianapolis, Baltimore, Green Bay, New Orleans
New England, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Green Bay
Pittsburgh, Green Bay
Green Bay

Sarge:
Indianapolis, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Orleans
Chicago, Philadelphia, New England, Pittsburgh
New England, Chicago
Chicago

Tomdincan:
Indianapolis, Baltimore, New Orleans, Green Bay
New England, Indianapolis, Atlanta, New Orleans
New England, New Orleans
New England

Klimbatize:
New Orleans, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Philadelphia
Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Chicago, New England
Chicago, New England
New England

Beach Bum:
Indianapolis, New Orleans, Green Bay, Kansas City
Pittsburgh, New England, Atlanta, Green Bay
Pittsburgh, Atlanta
Atlanta

Pandajuice:
New York, Kansas City, Philadelphia, New Orleans
Pittsburgh, New England, Atlanta, Philadelphia
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia
Philadelphia

UsaSatsui
Indianapolis, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Seattle
New England, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Philadelphia
New England, Atlanta
Atlanta

Lavalarva:
Indianapolis, Baltimore, Green Bay, New Orleans
Baltimore, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, New Orleans
Baltimore, Atlanta
Atlanta

Not Sure:
Indianapolis, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Seattle
New England, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Philadelphia
New England, Atlanta
New England

LexiaBot9000:
Indianapolis, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Seattle
Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Philadelphia
Kansas City, Philadelphia
Kansas City

...did Douche just pick Seattle to win it all?

Hey, one more day to get involved in this, eh? Hurry up.

Here's my picks:

INDIANAPOLIS over New York
BALTIMORE over Kansas City
PHILADELPHIA over Green Bay
SEATTLE over New Orleans (really!)

NEW ENGLAND over Baltimore
PITTSBURGH over Indianapolis
ATLANTA over Seattle
PHILADELPHIA over Chicago

NEW ENGLAND over Pittsburgh
ATLANTA over Philadelphia

ATLANTA over New England.

And here's Lexy's:

INDIANAPOLIS over New York
KANSAS CITY over Baltimore
PHILADELPHIA over Green Bay
SEATTLE over New Orleans.

KANSAS CITY over New England
PITTSBURGH over Indianapolis
SEATTLE over Atlanta
PHILADELPHIA over Chicago

KANSAS CITY over Pittsburgh
PHILADELPHIA over Seattle

KANSAS CITY over Philadelphia.

Don't worry, I'm well aware of the only people who have picked the Seahawks.

Good point, though, I'll write them down.

Crazy, man, crazy.

10 entrants, plus Lexy, not too bad.

Picks thrown up into the OP, I'll do the scores once all the games are done.

Yeah, that screwed up a few brackets.

Beach Bum wrote:

Yeah same here. I still can't believe that the worthless Seahawks beat the Saints... I can't see them repeating that feat next week.

Call a team "worthless" enough times, they're gonna go out and prove they aren't. I think that's what happened.

7-9 or not, they are still a professional football team, and despite how they made it they're a playoff level professional football team playing at home that just got their star quarterback back. Thinking they were a speedbump for the Saints on the way to the next round was a mistake, and that's why I went with them.

I do agree, though, they aren't going any further. Seattle is a very different team on the road.