Comparing the entries so far in terms of number of NFL games picked. That is, how many NFL games need to go the way you predicted in order to avoid taking any zeros?
12
TheWinz
12
joey
11
Ruffrodys05
9*
rustycolts
9
Dacomish
9
Scoresman
7
Deamon
* guaranteed to take at least 1 zero (BAL & PIT players both advancing past Wild Card round)
e.g.,
@Scoresman is relying on PHI, BUF, and BAL to win in the Wild Card round, PHI, DET, KC, and BAL winning in the Divisional round, and KC & PHI winning in the Conference Championships. That adds up to 9 games picked. There are 12 total games in the bracket, so 9 games picked means 3 games not picked. The 3 games not picked are all in the Wild Card round - they are not picking winners in: HOU vs LAC, TB vs WAS, and LAR vs MIN.
(It's possible I've made some errors in these counts.)
I think it's best not to pick more than 9 games, because there's too much chance of taking zeros if you need 10+ games to all go your way, and there's a case for picking fewer. e.g. Scoresman could pick only 8 games if they moved the 3 DET/KC/PHI players that they picked in the Divisional round to the Conference Championship round and took their 3 BAL players in the Divisional round. Then they could avoid taking zeros regardless of who won the BUF vs BAL game, and this wouldn't hurt their scoring much.
(This is not to pick on Scoresman; I think their entry posted here actually has the best chance of winning out of the ones that have been posted so far.)