The key to success in fantasy playoffs is having lots of players who play lots of games. It's better for a player to average 8 points per game for 3 games than for him to score 18 in a single contest. To this end, the Footballguys staff members got together and predicted how many games each team would play in this year's playoffs. Below is the average predicted games played for each team along with each staff member's prediction for each team (in columns A through T). Note that the staffer in Column Q used a program to predict games played. Other staff members just went with their gut.
Team | Average | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T |
Carolina | 1.34 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.83 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Cincinnati | 2.10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.05 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Denver | 2.76 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2.26 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Green Bay | 1.38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.50 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Indianapolis | 1.29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.85 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Kansas City | 1.68 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.54 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
New England | 1.94 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1.84 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
New Orleans | 1.44 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.75 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Philadelphia | 2.18 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1.61 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
San Diego | 1.22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.46 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
San Francisco | 2.15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2.03 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Seattle | 2.51 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2.28 | 3 | 3 | 3 |