OTB NFL Playoff Picks: Conference Championship Week

To be brutally honest, we stunk the joint up last week. When you go, 0-4 for the Divisional Round, it's pretty tough to ignore that.

The Great Sports Name Hall of Fame has already clinched the playoff prediction pick em' title as well. So many of you out there might say, "What do I have to play for?"

Three Words: Live to Win!



Here are my predictions for the Championship Games:

AFC Championship Game: Jets vs. Colts

Let's be honest, not even the most optimistic Jets fan thought that they would make it to this point. Rex Ryan and Darelle Revis "Island" have pretty much shut-down two of the most high-power offenses in the league.

However, Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts are s completely different entity and let's be honest, if they didn't pull their starters, they probably would have cruised to a win against New York in week 16.

The Jets appear to be the hottest team left in the playoffs and it would seem to most fans that they might be able to pull of one more upset. However, conventional misdom would say take the Colts due to Manning & Company.

As much as it pains me to go against Peyton Manning, Sexy Rexy will be getting the Gatorade dump this Sunday.

Prediction: Jets over Colts

NFC Championship: Saints vs. Vikings

The Saints are hosting their first Conference Championship game in team history and it's nice to see a team that was on the verge of being moved to Los Angeles fight for that city.

That guy Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings come into with the demons of Minnesota past but if one player can get them past it, it's Brett Favre.

The Saints have an incredible offense with a spectualar running attack but the Vikings have a great run defense with the Williams brothers leading the crew. The Vikings pass rush will probably hassle, "Mr. Brees" and we all know the last time that Brees had to deal with a great pass rushing team, The Cowboys in week 15. Guess how that turned out?

One thing to watch for in this game is the turnover margin, the team that wins it will probably be booking a trip to the Super Bowl.

This prediction is tough but how can I go against, Guy who sung "Pants on the Ground"



Prediction: Vikings over Saints

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OTB NFL Picks Playoff Style: Divisional Round

If you have been keeping up with OTB/GSNHOF NFL Pick Em' Challenge,Great Sports Name Hall of Fame won the regular season and we had close race in the first round of the playoffs. (GSNHOF went 4-0, OTB went 3-1)

So, this might be the make or break week. So I think the best term for this week was spoken by Skii Bo Ski.



"It's a package deal. Because I'm like the dollar store. You can get everything in the same package, and it's only one dollar."

Here are the picks:

Arizona Cardinals @ New Orleans Saints
Baltimore Ravens @ Indianapolis Colts
Dallas Cowboys @ Minnesota Vikings
New York Jets @ San Diego Chargers

(LOL NFL Pic Courtesy of Kissing Suzy Kolber)

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OTB NFL Picks Playoff Style: Wild Card Weekend

Ah, it's that time of year again when the NFL blooms into the world of playoff football and it could not have come any sooner.

In our battle with Great Sports Name HOF, they took the regular season crown in the pick em' contest but that might all change as making picks in the playoffs are an entirely different entity.

This is where I would make some quirky, interesting or controversial remark but I think I will let this video do the talking.



Here are the picks:

Philadelphia Eagles @ Dallas Cowboys
Green Bay Packers @ Arizona Cardinals
Baltimore Ravens @ New England Patriots
New York Jets @ Cincinnati Bengals

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OTB NFL Picks Week 17

We have finally reached the end of the regular season in the NFL and GSNHOF has already won the regular season title for the pick em' contest this year.

GSNHOF is up by a total of 22 games with a record of 163-77; while OTB has a record of 141-98. Making it impossible for us to steal the crown on the final week of the season.

However, OTB has finished strong with winning week 16 in correct picks. So, will GSNHOF ride off into the sunset as a dominant winner or will they pull a New Orleans Saints and limp into victory lane?

Here are the picks:

Week 17
Indianapolis Colts at Buffalo Bills
Jacksonville Jaguars vs Cleveland Browns
Chicago Bears vs Detroit Lions
San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Rams
Pittsburgh Steelers at Miami Dolphins
New York Giants vs Minnesota Vikings
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers
New England Patriots vs Houston Texans
Green Bay Packers vs Arizona Cardinals
Washington Redskins at San Diego Chargers
Tennessee Titans at Seattle Seahawks
Baltimore Ravens at Oakland Raiders
Philadelphia Eagles vs Dallas Cowboys
Kansas City Chiefs vs Denver Broncos
Cincinnati Bengals vs New York Jets

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OTB NFL Picks Week 16

With only a few weeks to spare in the NFL season, OTB is going try to do the unthinkable.

That is have two perfect weeks of NFL picks. Yep, that's what were shooting for since the GSNHOF is up by a 21 game lead.

So let's just do like Jamarcus Russell and throw up some, "Scissors" and pull off the greatest comeback of all time.

NFL Week 16
FRI, DEC 25 TIME (ET) TV
San Diego at Tennessee 7:30 PM NFL
SUN, DEC 27 TIME (ET) TV
Buffalo at Atlanta 1:00 PM CBS
Kansas City at Cincinnati 1:00 PM CBS
Oakland at Cleveland 1:00 PM CBS
Seattle at Green Bay 1:00 PM FOX
Baltimore at Pittsburgh 1:00 PM CBS
Houston at Miami 1:00 PM CBS
Jacksonville at New England 1:00 PM CBS
Tampa Bay at New Orleans 1:00 PM FOX
Carolina at NY Giants 1:00 PM FOX
Detroit at San Francisco 4:05 PM FOX
St. Louis at Arizona 4:05 PM FOX
NY Jets at Indianapolis 4:15 PM CBS
Denver at Philadelphia 4:15 PM CBS
Dallas at Washington 8:20 PM NBC
MON, DEC 28 TIME (ET) TV
Minnesota at Chicago 8:30 PM ESPN

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OTB NFL Picks Week 15

It's been a rather tough last week for OTB in picking NFL games when we went an awesome 6-10. Oh well, we are now behind the GSNHOF by a total of 19 games.

So, essentially we are hoping for a couple of Great Sports Name HOF website crashes to eventually pull even.

However, it might not be impossible to come back but highly improbable.

Here are the picks for Week 15:

Week 15
THU, DEC 17 TIME (ET) TV
Indianapolis at Jacksonville 8:20 PM NFL
SAT, DEC 19 TIME (ET) TV
Dallas at New Orleans 8:20 PM NFL
SUN, DEC 20 TIME (ET) TV
New England at Buffalo 1:00 PM CBS
Arizona at Detroit 1:00 PM FOX
Miami at Tennessee 1:00 PM CBS
Cleveland at Kansas City 1:00 PM CBS
Houston at St. Louis 1:00 PM CBS
Atlanta at NY Jets 1:00 PM FOX
San Francisco at Philadelphia 1:00 PM FOX
Chicago at Baltimore 1:00 PM FOX
Cincinnati at San Diego 4:05 PM CBS
Oakland at Denver 4:05 PM CBS
Green Bay at Pittsburgh 4:15 PM FOX
Tampa Bay at Seattle 4:15 PM FOX
Minnesota at Carolina 8:20 PM NBC
MON, DEC 21 TIME (ET) TV
NY Giants at Washington 8:30 PM

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OTB's NFL Week 14 Picks

Yep, I finally decided to gain ground in the OTB/GSNHOF Pick Em' Contest and the only problem is that it was only one game.

So, I am down about 15 correct picks with about four weeks to go, it's pretty much impossible but I am not about to quit at this point.

Would the 1992-1993 Bills quit?



That's right, here are the picks:

Thursday Night Football December 10, 2009 8:20PM ET
Pittsburgh Steelers @ Cleveland Browns
Sunday NFL Games December 13, 2009
New Orleans Saints @ Atlanta Falcons
Denver Broncos @ Indianapolis Colts
Buffalo Bills @ Kansas City Chiefs
Detroit Lions @ Baltimore Ravens
Miami Dolphins @ Jacksonville Jaguars
New York Jets @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cincinnati Bengals @ Minnesota Vikings
Green Bay Packers @ Chicago Bears
Carolina Panthers @ New England Patriots
Seattle Seahawks @ Houston Texans
Washington Redskins @ Oakland Raiders
St. Louis Rams @ Tennessee Titans
San Diego Chargers @ Dallas Cowboys
Sunday Night Football December 13, 2009 8:20PM ET:
Philadelphia Eagles @ New York Giants
Monday Night Football December 14, 2009 8:30PM ET:
Arizona Cardinals @ San Francisco 49ers

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OTB's NFL Week 13 Picks

Yep, the picture pretty much explains OTB picking rate of NFL games. We are really behind in our NFL pick em' contest with the Great Sports Name HOF by a total of 16 games, but in our defense, when your opponent is picking at a 73% rate, it's tough to keep up.

So I decided, the best way to try and make the picks for this week is to use some dominant energy.



No, not that type of energy. This type of "Energy"



Seriously, it's time to bounce back before it is too late. Here are the picks for this week:

Week 13
THU, DEC 3 TIME (ET) TV
NY Jets at Buffalo 8:20 PM NFL
SUN, DEC 6 TIME (ET) TV
Philadelphia at Atlanta 1:00 PM FOX
St. Louis at Chicago 1:00 PM FOX
Detroit at Cincinnati 1:00 PM FOX
New Orleans at Washington 1:00 PM FOX
Tampa Bay at Carolina 1:00 PM FOX
Houston at Jacksonville 1:00 PM CBS
Tennessee at Indianapolis 1:00 PM CBS
Denver at Kansas City 1:00 PM CBS
New England at Miami 1:00 PM CBS
Oakland at Pittsburgh 1:00 PM CBS
San Diego at Cleveland 4:05 PM CBS
Dallas at NY Giants 4:15 PM FOX
San Francisco at Seattle 4:15 PM FOX
Minnesota at Arizona 8:20 PM NBC
MON, DEC 7 TIME (ET) TV
Baltimore at Green Bay 8:30 PM ESPN

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OTB's NFL Week 12 Picks

Honestly at this point, I'm currently 15 games behind GSNHOF in our NFL Pick Em' Contest and it's tough to find a silver lining.

However, when your opponent is picking 72%, it's almost impossible to blame oneself. (I'm still picking at a respect rate of 62.5%) GSNHOF then again cannot just be happy with their lead, they have to talk smack.

Ben from Outside the Boxscore might want to grab a clipboard as well, because he could learn a little from my amazing game picking abilities

Really, that's the best he got. However, getting overconfident is probably not the best thing to do. Remember that one team from New England that was deemed unbeatable?



Anyway, here are the picks.

NFL Week 12
THU, NOV 26 TIME (ET) TV
Green Bay at Detroit 12:30 PM FOX
Oakland at Dallas 4:15 PM CBS
NY Giants at Denver 8:20 PM NFL
SUN, NOV 29 TIME (ET) TV
Tampa Bay at Atlanta 1:00 PM FOX
Miami at Buffalo 1:00 PM CBS
Cleveland at Cincinnati 1:00 PM CBS
Carolina at NY Jets 1:00 PM FOX
Washington at Philadelphia 1:00 PM FOX
Indianapolis at Houston 1:00 PM CBS
Seattle at St. Louis 1:00 PM FOX
Kansas City at San Diego 4:05 PM CBS
Jacksonville at San Francisco 4:05 PM CBS
Arizona at Tennessee 4:15 PM FOX
Chicago at Minnesota 4:15 PM FOX
Pittsburgh at Baltimore 8:20 PM NBC
MON, NOV 30 TIME (ET) TV
New England at New Orleans 8:30 PM

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OTB's NFL Week 11 Picks

Since the NFL decided to hold a game on Thursday Night, that means I have to get my picks in early.

OTB is still currently 12 games back in the pick em' contest but there still is plenty of football left to play. (However, I am still hoping for Great Sports Name HOF to have a site crash where his picks would be null in void but that's unlikely to happen.)

What? Sorry, lost my train of thought there. Here are the picks:

THU, NOV 19 TIME (ET) TV
Miami at Carolina 8:20 PM NFL
SUN, NOV 22 TIME (ET) TV
Washington at Dallas 1:00 PM FOX
Cleveland at Detroit 1:00 PM CBS
San Francisco at Green Bay 1:00 PM FOX
Pittsburgh at Kansas City 1:00 PM CBS
Atlanta at NY Giants 1:00 PM FOX
New Orleans at Tampa Bay 1:00 PM FOX
Buffalo at Jacksonville 1:00 PM CBS
Indianapolis at Baltimore 1:00 PM CBS
Seattle at Minnesota 1:00 PM FOX
Arizona at St. Louis 4:05 PM FOX
NY Jets at New England 4:15 PM CBS
Cincinnati at Oakland 4:15 PM CBS
San Diego at Denver 4:15 PM CBS
Philadelphia at Chicago 8:20 PM NBC
MON, NOV 23 TIME (ET) TV
Tennessee at Houston 8:30 PM

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