Welcome to the 2017 NFL playoffs! The road to Super Bowl 51 gets underway with the wild card round this weekend. We’ll have picks each weekend, but for this first weekend, it's time for the predictions from across Niners Nation. I emailed the front page writers to get their thoughts on who will win what over the next month. They provided their picks for all four rounds of the playoffs, starting with this weekend's wild card round, and ending with the Super Bowl.
We have 18 contributions thus far, although that might change. A year ago the Arizona Cardinals were the biggest Super Bowl pick among the writers. This year, the Patriots are the big favorite. Nine of the 16 predictions have the Patriots winning it all. Surprisingly, the Falcons are the next biggest pick with three. The Dallas Cowboys also have three, and the Giants, Chiefs, Steelers, and Packers are all listed once.
My own personal prediction is the Steelers and Cowboys in a rematch of Super Bowls 10, 13, and 30. I think the Cowboys offensive line and Ezekiel Elliott are strong enough to carry this team, and Dak Prescott is showing enough to make it work. I pondered advancing the Chiefs, but while I think they could advance out of the divisional round, I see an upset happening there.
Here is a table of all our picks. I’ll add more as they come in. You can make wild card picks in our pick 'em contest here.
Wild Card | Fooch | Greg | El Shorts | 49ersfangirl |
Lions-Seahawks | Seahawks | Seahawks | Seahawks | Seahawks |
Giants-Packers | Giants | Packers | Giants | Packers |
Raiders-Texans | Raiders | Texans | Raiders | Raiders |
Dolphins-Steelers | Steelers | Steelers | Steelers | Steelers |
Divisional | ||||
Cowboys vs. ___ | Cowboys | Cowboys | Giants | Cowboys |
Falcons vs. ___ | Seahawks | Seahawks | Falcons | Falcons |
Patriots vs. ___ | Patriots | Patriots | Patriots | Patriots |
Chiefs vs. ___ | Steelers | Chiefs | Steelers | Chiefs |
NFC title game | Cowboys | Cowboys | Giants | Cowboys |
AFC title game | Steelers | Patriots | Patriots | Patriots |
Super Bowl | Cowboys | Patriots | Giants | Patriots |
Wild Card | Mark | Pat | TryAndCatchVD | Jay |
Lions-Seahawks | Seahawks | Seahawks | Seahawks | Seahawks |
Giants-Packers | Packers | Giants | Giants | Giants |
Raiders-Texans | Raiders | Texans | Raiders | Texans |
Dolphins-Steelers | Steelers | Steelers | Steelers | Dolphins |
Divisional | ||||
Cowboys vs. ___ | Packers | Cowboys | Cowboys | Cowboys |
Falcons vs. ___ | Falcons | Falcons | Falcons | Falcons |
Patriots vs. ___ | Patriots | Patriots | Patriots | Patriots |
Chiefs vs. ___ | Steelers | Chiefs | Steelers | Chiefs |
NFC title game | Packers | Falcons | Falcons | Cowboys |
AFC title game | Patriots | Chiefs | Steelers | Patriots |
Super Bowl | Patriots | Chiefs | Steelers | Patriots |
Wild Card | sf9ersfan8 | Joe the Wizard | Eric | christopher.burns |
Lions-Seahawks | Seahawks | Lions | Seahawks | Seahawks |
Giants-Packers | Giants | Packers | Giants | Packers |
Raiders-Texans | Texans | Texans | Raiders | Raiders |
Dolphins-Steelers | Steelers | Steelers | Dolphins | Steelers |
Divisional | ||||
Cowboys vs. ___ | Giants | Cowboys | Cowboys | Packers |
Falcons vs. ___ | Falcons | Falcons | Falcons | Falcons |
Patriots vs. ___ | Patriots | Patriots | Patriots | Patriots |
Chiefs vs. ___ | Steelers | Chiefs | Chiefs | Steelers |
NFC title game | Giants | Falcons | Cowboys | Falcons |
AFC title game | Patriots | Patriots | Patriots | Patriots |
Super Bowl | Patriots | Patriots | Cowboys | Patriots |
Wild Card | Oscar | ak4niner | Jennifer | Kevin |
Lions-Seahawks | Seahawks | Seahawks | Lions | Lions |
Giants-Packers | Giants | Packers | Packers | Packers |
Raiders-Texans | Raiders | Raiders | Raiders | Texans |
Dolphins-Steelers | Steelers | Steelers | Steelers | Steelers |
Divisional | ||||
Cowboys vs. ___ | Giants | Cowboys | Lions | Falcons |
Falcons vs. ___ | Falcons | Falcons | Packers | Packers |
Patriots vs. ___ | Patriots | Patriots | Patriots | Patriots |
Chiefs vs. ___ | Steelers | Steelers | Steelers | Steelers |
NFC title game | Falcons | Falcons | Packers | Falcons |
AFC title game | Patriots | Steelers | Steelers | Patriots |
Super Bowl | Falcons | Falcons | Packers | Falcons |
Wild Card | James | David | socalisteph | |
Lions-Seahawks | Seahawks | Seahawks | Lions | |
Giants-Packers | Packers | Packers | Packers | |
Raiders-Texans | Raiders | Texans | Raiders | |
Dolphins-Steelers | Steelers | Steelers | Steelers | |
Divisional | ||||
Cowboys vs. ___ | Cowboys | Packers | Cowboys | |
Falcons vs. ___ | Falcons | Falcons | Falcons | |
Patriots vs. ___ | Patriots | Patriots | Patriots | |
Chiefs vs. ___ | Chiefs | Steelers | Steelers | |
NFC title game | Cowboys | Packers | Cowboys | |
AFC title game | Patriots | Patriots | Steelers | |
Super Bowl | Patriots | Patriots | Cowboys |