Larry Campbell, Bill Libby, and Jeff Hoak all went 10-6 in the final regular season week of the Eastern Maine Sports NFL picks. Campbell is back on top overall for season by one game over Chris Lessner, and by two games over Fred Yeo. The group went 9-7 vs the consensus in Week 18. We will add to our season records to see who comes out as the picks champion with the playoffs beginning this weekend. The Wild Card action begins on Saturday in Carolina, as the NFC South Champion and #4 Panthers (8-9) host the #5 LA Rams. A rivalry of NFC North teams may be one of the highlights of the weekend on Saturday night as the #7 Packers visit the #2 Bears. The Patriots picked up the #2 seed and will host the #7 Chargers on Sunday night in Foxborough. It will be the first home playoff game for New England since 2019. The Bills head to Jacksonville to battle the AFC South Champion Jaguars, and the 49ers travel into Philadelphia to take on the defending Super Bowl Champion Eagles in the other two games on Sunday. The red hot Texans are in Pittsburgh to take on the AFC North Champion Steelers on Monday night to finish off Wild Card Weekend. Below is the full schedule, the consensus picks, and the overall standings/last weeks results/season records followed by the Wild Card Playoff projections-
Wild Card Playoffs
Saturday, January 10
#5 Rams at #4 Panthers- 4:30 p.m.
#7 Packers at #2 Bears- 8 p.m.
Sunday, January 11
#6 Bills at #3 Jaguars- 1 p.m.
#6 49ers at #3 Eagles- 4:30 p.m.
#7 Chargers at #2 Patriots- 8 p.m.
Monday, January 12
#5 Texans at #4 Steelers- 8 p.m.
Consensus 9-7/174-97- Rams (11-0), Bears (8-3), Bills (7-4), Eagles (8-3), Patriots (10-1), Texans (8-3)
1st Larry 10-6/179-92- Rams, Bears, Bills, Eagles, Patriots, Texans
2nd Chris 9-7/178-93- Rams, Bears, Jaguars, Eagles, Patriots, Texans
3rd Fred 8-8/177-94- Rams, Packers, Bills, Eagles, Chargers, Steelers
4th Rich 9-7/173-98- Rams, Packers, Bills, Eagles, Patriots, Texans
5th Marc 7-9/172-99- Rams, Packers, Bills, Eagles, Patriots, Texans
6th Bill 10-6/171-100- Rams, Bears, Bills, Eagles, Patriots, Steelers
7th Jeff 10-6/170-101- Rams, Bears, Jaguars, 49ers, Patriots, Texans
T-8th Jon 9-7/166-105- Rams, Bears, Bills, Eagles, Patriots, Texans
T-8th Mike 9-7/166-105- Rams, Bears, Jaguars, Eagles, Patriots, Steelers
10th Tony 8-8/162-109- Rams, Bears, Jaguars, 49ers, Patriots, Texans
11th Brian 8-8/161-110- Rams, Bears, Bills, 49ers, Patriots, Texans
