The A2K "Road to the Super Bowl" Game -- 2016 Edition

Invite edgarblythe out there.

He's certainly welcome to stay at our place if he comes.

And I think more reservoirs are needed. Oh, and I happen to agree with some on the matter of desalinization planning, expensive as it is to set up. And, unbelievably to me, many residential areas need much saner planting choices. (I designed drought resistant gardens far back as the early 1980's. Part of CA's problem, at least in LA, was all the influx of folks from, say, Iowa, back in the 1880's being used to green.. I'll jump off my soap box now.

El Nino may give CA some water, this year. But what about the next? We went through a profound drought not many years ago and now we are getting mucho rain. There is no predicting it.

GAME 1 (1/16 @ 4:35) = .Pates

GAME 2 (1/17 @ 4:40) = Broncos

GAME 3 (1/16 @ 8:15) = Cardinals

GAME 4 (1/17 @ 1:05) = Seahawks

GAME 5 (1/24 @ 3:05) = .Pates

Game 6 (1/24 @ 6:40) = Cardinals

and finally... ..SuperBowl .L ..=.. Pates .. (28-27)

GAME 1 (1/16 @ 4:35 ET)
@ New England Patriots

GAME 2 (1/17 @ 4:40)
@ Denver Broncos

GAME 3 (1/16 @ 8:15)
@ Arizona Cardinals

GAME 4 (1/17 @ 1:05)
@ Carolina Panthers

GAME 5 (1/24 @ 3:05)
Winner of Game 1
vs Winner of Game 2

New England

Game 6 (1/24 @ 6:40)
Winner of Game 3
vs Winner of Game 4

Panthers

And finally
GAME 7 (2/7)
Winner of Game 5
vs Winner of Game 6

Panthers


24 -21

Ya gotta guess all the way...

Kansas City
Denver
Arizona
Carolina

Denver
Carolina

Carolina (28-21)

Antonio Brown is out. I have to change one pick to Denver.

didn't see anything official on the interwebs... just this eight hour old tweet on ESPN --

Now for the fun part.
-> Make all your picks all the way through.
-> Deadline is start time of Game 1

Here's the schedule:

GAME 1 (1/16 @ 4:35 ET)
Kansas City Chiefs
@ New England Patriots

GAME 2 (1/17 @ 4:40)
Pittsburgh Steelers
@ Denver Broncos

GAME 3 (1/16 @ 8:15)
Green Bay Packers
@ Arizona Cardinals

GAME 4 (1/17 @ 1:05)
Seattle Seahawks
@ Carolina Panthers

GAME 5 (1/24 @ 3:05)
Winner of Game 1
vs Winner of Game 2

Game 6 (1/24 @ 6:40)
Winner of Game 3
vs Winner of Game 4

And finally
GAME 7 (2/7)
Winner of Game 5
vs Winner of Game 6 (final score)

Good luck!

A look at player injuries and practice participation for the Steelers' Divisional playoff game.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2016

DID NOT PARTICIPATE
WR Antonio Brown (Concussion)
LB James Harrison (Not Injury Related)
DE Cameron Heyward (Back)
QB Ben Roethlisberger (Right Shoulder)
LB Ryan Shazier (Knee)
RB DeAngelo Williams (Foot) DID NOT PARTICIPATE
LB Von Miller (Illness)
G Robert Myers (Illness)
QB Brock Osweiler (Knee)
LIMITED PARTICIPATION
S Robert Golden (Shoulder)
RB Will Johnson (Hamstring)
LB Vince Williams (Hamstring) LIMITED PARTICIPATION
CB Chris Harris (Shoulder)
DE Malik Jackson (Illness)
S Darian Stewart (Hamstring)
LB DeMarcus Ware (Knee)
FULL PARTICIPATION
No players listed
FULL PARTICIPATION
TE Owen Daniels (Knee, Knee)
LB Todd Davis (Shoulder)
G Max Garcia (Groin)
QB Peyton Manning (Foot)
LB Brandon Marshall (Ankle)
S T.J. Ward (Ankle)

Your Divisional Round pick is changed from Steelers to Broncos.

We have eleven players in so far. Here's how it looks.

My picks, for better or worse.

GAME 1 (1/16 @ 4:35 ET)
Kansas City Chiefs

GAME 2 (1/17 @ 4:40)
Denver Broncos

GAME 3 (1/16 @ 8:15)
Arizona Cardinals

GAME 4 (1/17 @ 1:05)
Carolina Panthers

GAME 5 (1/24 @ 3:05)
Kansas City

Game 6 (1/24 @ 6:40)
Carolina

GAME 7 (2/7)
Carolina (23-17)

A Chiefs v Cardinals Super Bowl -- Cards coming away with the Lombardi!

I'm sure no tie-breaker will be needed if your picks come true.

Rhys's bracket