Steem-NFL Playoff Challenge: Conference Championship Week

The playoff contest is heating up as the divisional rounds ended in spectacular fashion!

It turned out to be a wild weekend for the NFL playoffs.

The Eagles survived a close, low-scoring game against the Falcons to kick off Saturday’s match-ups. The Patriots dominated the Titans later that night to make it to their eighth consecutive AFC championship game. On Sunday, the Jaguars and Steelers put up 87 points in a game where the Steelers refused to go quietly and repeatedly scored impressive touchdowns, but ultimately fell to the Jaguars at home. And to cap off the weekend, the Vikings beat the Saints on a 61-yard touchdown pass as the game clock expired.

So, the AFC and NFC championship games are now set. The Jacksonville Jaguars will head to Foxboro to take on the New England Patriots for a 3:05pm kickoff on Sunday. At 6:40pm, the Minnesota Vikings will be at Lincoln Financial Field to play the home team Philadelphia Eagles.

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, how is our Steem contest shaping up? Let’s have a look!

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Playoff Challenge

Despite having 20 eligible contestants from the two regular-season contests (the Steem Fantasy Football League and the Winner-Takes-All), only 12 signed up for the playoff challenge and made their selections. Nevertheless, the contest goes on and the fun is just getting underway! For now, we have a leader in our group.

As you can see, @jonsnow1983 is the current leader. Unfortunately for him, most of his picks were from this past weekend’s losing teams. While he has enjoyed a 2x bonus for those picks, that bonus now ends and he has to start over with new selections.

On the other hand...

Oh...what’s this? Ol’ @ats-david is heading into this week with a full slate of 3x bonus players! It’s all about picking the right players...from the right teams! (Yes, I was saved by the “Minnesota Miracle” on Sunday night. Even I get lucky sometimes.)

Luckily for the rest of the group, I’m not eligible for any prizes earned for this contest. However... @jsock happens to have the exact same lineup as I do and has set himself up nicely for a potentially huge week. If either the Patriots or Vikings win their games this weekend, he will likely be in the mix to take home the post-season championship. If both teams make the Super Bowl, he’s almost guaranteed a victory.

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Contest Rewards

At the time of posting, the total pot for this contest is up to 80 Steem Dollars. This will be split between the 12 participants as follows:

Place	Reward (% of total)
First	30%
Second	20%
Third	11.75%
Fourth	8.75%
Fifth	7.50%
Sixth	5.50%
Seventh	4.50%
Eighth	3.50%
Ninth	2.50%
Tenth	2%
Eleventh	2%
Twelfth	2%

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Don’t forget to make adjustments to your lineups and good luck to everyone this week!

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