Steemit Winner-Takes-All Football Picks: NFL – Week 15

Heading into the last few weeks of the season, the competition is heating up!

For the third straight week we had a three-way tie coming down to the Monday night tiebreaker. The three players in the tiebreaker this week were @dajohns1420, @titusfrost, and @grildrig, with eleven correct selections. There were another three users behind them with 10 correct picks. The New England Patriots beat the Baltimore Ravens 30-23 on Monday night, giving us a point total of 53. So, the tiebreaker went to @titusfrost, who picked 55 points for his total. The other two users – @dajohns1420 and @grildrig – had picked 41 and 43, respectively. For his efforts, @titusfrost received 18.904 SD.

For the Week 14 PICKS post, payouts were nearly a full SD reward (27.808), so I returned to the original payout structure of 50% of the SD reward from the post (13.904), plus the 5 SD minimum. I’ll continue monitoring this from week to week. I know it can be hard to follow, but due to the continually changing payout structure at these low STEEM prices, I need to make adjustments. Just keep in mind that, as stated last week, the goal is to try to payout the liquid rewards as close to 50/50 as possible for the weekly winner.

There were 15 participants in Week 14, one less than the previous week. Here is the proof of payout for Week 14:

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Here’s how it all works

Every Thursday, I post the weekly schedule from NFL.com. (Note: Thursday night games are not included in the weekly picks.)

This is what you’ll need to do:

1. Click on my post, check out the week’s schedule, and use your best football knowledge to try to figure out which team will win each match-up.
2. Once you have decided on your winners for each game, simply type the names of your winning teams in the comment section.
3. Choose the winner and what you believe the point total will be for the Monday night game. This will serve as the tie-breaker in the event of a tie (which I’m sure we will often have), so do not forget to submit your points.

Only one set of picks per user. All picks must be submitted by 11:00pm (23:00), New York Time, on Saturday.

This is what I will do:

1. Once your picks and points are submitted, I will confirm all submissions after the closing time for entry into the contest. Once all picks are confirmed, they cannot be changed – so do not submit until you’re 100% sure of your choices! Any late submissions or edits to submissions after confirmation will be disqualified.
2. In the event of a tie, the person closest to the points total for the Monday night game will be the winner. If still tied after the tie-breaker, then the payout will be split between the tying parties.
3. There is a 5 SD minimum payout each week, plus a portion of the initial author rewards from the post to be determined from week to week – so there is no cost for submission. I will transfer the 5 SD and the STEEM rewards to the winner(s), I will take a screenshot of the transfers, and I will announce the winner(s) and payout in the following week’s PICKS post.

That’s it. It’s simple, it’s fun, and if we get enough interest in this, the rewards can grow rather large from week to week! As mentioned, there’s no cost to play and you don’t even have to know a lot about football to have a chance of winning! Anything can happen from one week to the next, so have fun with it!

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Week 15 Schedule

From NFL.com

The Saturday match-up between the Dolphins and Jets will not be included this week.

Sunday, December 18th

Game Time	Visitor	Home
1:00pm ET	Packers	Bears
1:00pm ET	Browns	Bills
1:00pm ET	Eagles	Ravens
1:00pm ET	Titans	Chiefs
1:00pm ET	Steelers	Bengals
1:00pm ET	Lions	Giants
1:00pm ET	Colts	Vikings
1:00pm ET	Jaguars	Texans
4:05pm ET	Saints	Cardinals
4:05pm ET	49ers	Falcons
4:25pm ET	Raiders	Chargers
4:25pm ET	Patriots	Broncos
8:30pm ET	Buccaneers	Cowboys

Monday, December 19th

Game Time	Visitor	Home
8:30pm ET	Panthers	Redskins

Monday night tie-breaker: PICK YOUR WINNER AND POINTS TOTAL FOR THIS GAME

Good luck to everyone!

*Reminder: Only one pick per user. Don’t forget to pick your winner and points for Monday night. Don’t miss the 11:00pm New York Time deadline on Saturday night. Make sure you upvote the post, since the winner will be paid from the post rewards!

Have fun!

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Special thanks to @bacchist and @blocktrades for supporting and sponsoring this Steemit community event!

Please show them support in return with a witness vote and by using the BlockTrades services.

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