Playoff Predictions

Playoff Predictions:

Articles:

Detroit News Staff picks (All 4 pick the Lions to win):  http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120106/SPORTS0101/201060348/1126/SPORTS0101/Detroit-News-NFL-playoff-picks-Wild-card-round

PFT's Picks (Florio picks the Lions to win 44-41 and Rosenthal picks the Saints to win 44-31):  http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/05/pfts-wild-card-picks/

Sunday Countdown (1 out of 4 picks the Lions to win):  http://espn.go.com/nfl/notebook/_/page/sundaycountdown11/your-weekly-nfl-guide

PFF's wild card picks (1 out of 4 picks the Lions to win):  http://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2012/01/06/pff-picks-the-playoffs-wild-card-round/

CBS Local Detroit's Picks (1 out of 4 picks the Lions to win):  http://detroit.cbslocal.com/pro-football-pickem-show/

USA Today's Picks (1 out of 7 pick the Lions to win):  http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2011-picks.htm

ESPN's Picks (1 out of 10 picks the Lions to win):  http://espn.go.com/nfl/picks

SN Picks (He picks the Saints to win 38-29):  http://aol.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2012-01-04/nfl-wild-card-picks-steelers-dont-need-much-to-beat-tim-tebow

Foxsport's Schrager's picks (He picks the Saints to win 38-24):  http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/green-bay-packers-new-england-patriots-denver-broncos-tim-tebow-cheat-sheet-for-nfl-playoffs-010312

Prisco's picks (He picks the Saints to win 38-26):  http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/features/writers/prisco/picks

CBS Expert picks (All 4 pick the Saints to win):  http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/features/writers/expert/picks

NFL playbook picks (All 4 pick the Saints to win):  http://blogs.nfl.com/2012/01/04/playbook-wild-card-picks-experts-torn-on-bengals-texans/

SI's predictions (All 8 pick the Saints to win):  http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/football/nfl/01/04/playoff.predictions/index.html?sct=nfl_t11_a1

Yahoo expert picks (All 4 pick the Saints to win):  http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/picks;_ylt=AvdncpTgh6mWMazzWgecBVjxxLsF

NFL's Gil Brand's pick (Brandt picks Pettigrew and Levy as the Lions  x-factors.   He also picks Lions-Saints game as the game of the week.  His is picking the Saints to win 45-38):  http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d825b4f94/article/when-it-comes-to-playoff-heroes-expect-the-unexpected?module=HP11_content_stream

Peter King's Picks (He picks the Saints to win 37-27, but he doesn't think the game is a gimme):  http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/peter_king/01/05/wild.card/index.html?sct=nfl_t11_a0

Saraceno's Picks (He picks the Saints to win 41-24):  http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2012/01/saracenos-scoreboard-wild-card-weekend-nfl-picks/1

TSN's Picks (He picks the Saints to win 41-24):  http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=nfl/misc/scrimmage.htm

The jokers are wild (A look at the wildcard games.  He predicts the Saints to win 34-23):  http://www.profootballweekly.com/2012/01/05/the-jokers-are-wild

Free Press Staff picks (All 3 pick the Saints to win):  http://www.freep.com/article/20120106/SPORTS01/201060447/Detroit-Lions-New-Orleans-Saints

NFP Wildcard predictions (He predicts the Saint to win 38-30):  http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Wildcard-predictions.html

Breer's Picks (He picks the saints to win 42-38):  http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d825c0948/article/jones-gives-falcons-extra-aerial-weapon-in-battle-with-giants?module=HP11_content_stream

RealGM's picks (He picks the Saints to win 37-31):  http://football.realgm.com/src_encroachment/339/20120106/football_meteorology_for_wild_card_weekend/

Predictions from Saints media people (All 6 pick the Saints to win):  http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2012/01/nfl_playoff_picks_times-picayu.html

Video:

Countdown Daily Predictions - Lions/Saints (One picks the Saints to win and one picks the Lions to win):  http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=7427767

Tallies:

Lions - 11
Saints - 64