Not officially participating, but I have New Orleans, New England, Houston and Green Bay.

New Orleans
New England
Baltimore
Packers

I would have to say New Orleans, New England, Houston, and New York. I really am rooting for the 49ers though, since a road trip to Candlestick is much preferred to a road trip to the Superdome. New Orleans at home is a scary, scary beast.

But I am looking forward to Rodgers playing most of this game on his back :)

Patriots hands-down. Defense won't be able to keep this close enough even for an improved attack.

Baltimore will probably win comfortably. Houston has had a successful season just getting here, but the realities of having to start a 3rd string QB will set in in this one. Baltimore are frankly just that little bit better at every position.

New Orleans in the most difficult and probably best game of the week. For a long time I was pretty confident that they would win handily, but as this week has gone on I've become less sure. But I still think that NO will get an early lead, and then woe to Alex Smith having to play catch up. SF's great D is predicated on a great pass-rush, but that NO line can protect and Brees will shred the secondary. Great year for San Fran, and the future is bright, but their road ends here for now.

I refuse on principle to pick the GB/NY game. GB clearly the better team, but NY could win just for the hell of it. Too many x-factors. The Packer fan me knows that whatever I say will come back to bite me. Lez go Pack!

Lets see, two ways to go. One with who I would like to see win. Then the other hand who should prevail. Lets start with who I would like to see win. NO, Denver, Houston, and NY. Saints because I am from West Lafayette and a Purdue fan. So always hope for a fellow Boliermaker. Being a Colts fan, I can not stand the Patriots and all the Brady talk. So I would love to see those guys watching again this season as the SuperBowl happens. Colts have ruled the AFC South for the most part since it started. I would like to see the Texans have some luck. Then there is the other Manning. Always root for little bro as long as he is not playing big brother.

However, my official picks would be. NO, NE, Pack, and the Ravens. I hope I get 3 of them wrong...lol

Im picking all the 1 and 2 seeds.

But I want the pats to loose. Being from colts territory I hate them and don't want those !@#$%^&* to our home super bowl.

I know I'm not officially in but I can still say my picks right?

Saints, patriots, ravens, packers... I'm on the fence on some of these but they just seem right to me at the moment.

Giants this week, Giants next week, Giants in February. None of the other games matter.

@2ndWhiteLine: Your thinking of the Pats, not the Giants

"I'll take the PATRIOTS, can't see beating the Pats...but then, I thought the Steelers would crush him, too, so who knows...I can't believe it, but I'll actually have to root for Tom Brady for a change."

BRADY FOR THE WIN! HE IS THE BEST!

My predictions:
Broncos@Patriots
GO PATS GO! Pats will win by 100 billion points.

Saints@49ers
I think the 49ers will win.

Texans@Ravens
Ravens, don't know much about either team so am just picking Ravens cause they had a better record during the season.

Giants@Packers
I fucking hate Rogers, I also hate the Giants (they didn't deserve that super bowl in 07). Who is the lesser of two evils?
I'm going to pick the Giants cause I want to see an underdog win (not that I will watch the game)

Who hates Rodgers? Or is this just because he's making Brady's '07 year look average? ;)

Oh please, jmey....Brady's 50 TD's is. Simply. Godly.

ah, but you forget. the patriots ran up the score in a lot of those games to get brady those tds. rodgers came out for the last 10-15 minutes of a lot of games this year, and didn't even play week 17. and surely there's more to qb play than td count?

(partly just doing this to rile up pats fans, btw)

Ahahaha, wow. We totally shat the bed in the first half.

Obi, why are your Niners not completely ghetto-stomping us right now? Seriously, Brees tied his career record across the ENTIRETY of the playoffs for interceptions thrown by HALFTIME, coughed up the ball like 4 other times on fumbles, offensive line got slapped around like a JV high school squad and we're only down six and moving the ball. Whazzap wit dat?

"Who hates Rodgers? Or is this just because he's making Brady's '07 year look average? ;)"
Brady's 07 year was the best thing ever, Rogers will look like shit tonight when he faces a defence as good as New Yorks

"Oh please, jmey....Brady's 50 TD's is. Simply. Godly."
Glad we have atleast one believer :)

This is going to be a long night for Denver

WHO DAT, ENEN???????????

:D

Great game, though, classic, one for the ages...!

Smith!
To!
Davis!

The Niner Empire LIVES...!

1 for 1 so far in predictions :)

I dunno, who's Enen?

(I know, that retort sucked, but it's pretty much the only thing I have right now.)

woah, New England already scored, I might have to start watching it :)

fuck everything, Texans all the wayyyy

PATS FOR THE WIN! WERE GOING ALL THE WAY!

"when he faces a defense as good as New Yorks"

lol, the Atlanta game was a fluke. I'm sure of it. No way we can ever come close to that against the Pack....still, it does give me hope though. If our pass rush can harry Rodgers just like the 49er's did to Brees, he might be the second demi-god of football to fall this week (who the first one was, you can decide for yourself).

1-2 so far. Saints game was great and I still don't regret my choice in that one. Let's hope the Giants or Texans win so I can stay in one more week!

Lets agree on the Giants :)

RIP giants

I choose TEXANS/TEXANS/TEXANS/TEXANS/TEXANS/TEXANS/TEXANS/TEXANS/TEXANS/TEXANS/TEXANS/TEXANS/TEXANS/TEXANS/TEXANS/TEXANS

So you're rooting for Baltimore, then, Thucy? ;)

Man, I'm on an emotional hangover from cheering and screaming so damn much...I'm tired and have a touch of a headache, but I don't care, that was a game for the ages!

Montana to Clark, The Catch...
Young almost falling down to hit T.O. as he's blasted by two Packers for The Catch II...
NOW we have Smith to Davis over the middle and 3 defenders for The Catch III!

Good game, Eden, sorry I misspelled your name earlier, my Facebook sort of exploded with fellow Niner fan friends and I--and my English major friends being like "WTF? What is this "game" you keep going on about in all caps, sir?"--so I was typing fast and furious... :)

I think I'm on a different hangover... my fucking head...

Texans just lost....I hope the Giants win so I can stay in this

Wow, fuck everything about the NFL

Alriiiight, 2-2. I'm in it for another week. and how do you like the Giants defense? only 20 given up to the Packers? I'll admit there were lots of dropped balls, but still its impressive. The two highest scoring teams in the league are out. How about that

Giants/Niners at The Stick!
Comeback Kid Eli vs. The Best Defense in the NFC!
Ravens/Patriots at Foxborough!
One of the Best All-Time Defensive Dynasties vs. One of the All-Time Best Offensive Dynasties!
HERE!
WE!
GO!

am I the only one who went 4 for 4?

Aaaaaaaahhhhh......!

If I'd just gone with my gut in the hopes of a Giant Upset I'd have gone 4 for 4!

Oh well...oh boy, those are going to be two amazing Championship Games...

COME ON, ALEX...ONE GAME AWAY...!

My predictions:
Giants and Patriots in the finals.

Rematch for the bullshit 2007 game (Which surprisingly was 1 of 2 super bowls that I haven't watched over the last 9 years)

Aw fasces, that's my dream match up right there :)
Would be so good for a pats fan like me

I picked Giants/Pats in the superbowl way back at the beginning the season. The only prognostication I've ever done that has panned out, almost.

@acmac: GO PATS GO! WE DAH BEST!

LOL @ Canadian "nationalists" watching the NFL.

Hey, now...I still have hopes my Niners might make it...

After all, we DID beat the Giants during the regular season!

The Packers beat the Giants in the regular season too...

And I would really like to see a rematch of the '07 superbowl. That would be great. If not, then the Harbaugh brothers playing each other would be fun

Barely. Niners have been rather lucky.

Why the Giants will win -

49ers haven't had much of a running game of late.
49ers are almost always outgained, their defense is one of the worst in the league vs the pass.
49ers allowed 5 sacks to the Arizona Cardinals, and 4 to the anemic Saints pass rush.
Alex Smith sucks in the red zone.

@Putin: I watch the CFL as well...

But hockey is the best sport ever, with cricket coming in second followed by Rugby and then Football.

I never thought I would say this after 2007 but GO GIANTS GO! Crush the 49ers to have your dreams crushed by the Pats.

"49ers haven't had much of a running game of late."
-89 YDs, not a lot, but Gore's big run set up the crucial FG...it was enough...
"49ers are almost always outgained, their defense is one of the worst in the league vs the pass."
-Ummm...best D in the NFC, AND we picked Brees twice and sacked him a couple times...?
"49ers allowed 5 sacks to the Arizona Cardinals, and 4 to the anemic Saints pass rush."
-Granted, but we still won those games--what does THAT tell you?
"Alex Smith sucks in the red zone."
...He threw 3 TDs in the Red Zone, INCLUDING THE GAME WINNER...?!