With Super Bowl 50 nearing, the Pro Football Focus staff recently submitted their picks for the final game of the year.
As always, the panel: Cris Collinsworth, Mike Clay, Jeff Dooley, Rick Drummond, Khaled Elsayed, Neil Hornsby, Nathan Jahnke, Gordon McGuinness, Sam Monson, Steve Palazzolo, and Ben Stockwell.
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Carolina Panthers vs. Denver Broncos
Panthers: 7 (Clay, Elsayed, Hornsby, McGuinness, Monson, Palazzolo, Stockwell)
Broncos: 4 (Collinsworth, Dooley, Drummond, Jahnke)
Playoff standings:
T-1. | Cris Collinsworth | 8/10 | 80.0% |
T-1. | Rick Drummond | 8/10 | 80.0% |
T-1. | Neil Hornsby | 8/10 | 80.0% |
T-1. | Steve Palazzolo | 8/10 | 80.0% |
T-5. | Mike Clay | 7/10 | 70.0% |
T-5. | Khaled Elsayed | 7/10 | 70.0% |
T-5. | Gordon McGuinness | 7/10 | 70.0% |
8. | Nathan Jahnke | 6/10 | 60.0% |
9. | Sam Monson | 6/10 | 60.0% |
10. | Jeff Dooley | 5/10 | 50.0% |
11. | Ben Stockwell | 5/10 | 50.0% |
Final regular season standings:
1. | Gordon McGuinness | 166/256 | 64.8% |
2. | Neil Hornsby | 162/256 | 63.3% |
3. | Mike Clay | 157/256 | 61.3% |
4. | Khaled Elsayed | 156/256 | 60.9% |
5. | Cris Collinsworth | 155/256 | 60.5% |
T-6. | Rick Drummond | 152/256 | 59.8% |
T-6. | Sam Monson | 152/256 | 59.8% |
8. | Steve Palazzolo | 151/256 | 59.0% |
9. | Jeff Dooley | 150/256 | 58.6% |
10. | Nathan Jahnke | 147/256 | 57.4% |
11. | Ben Stockwell | 142/256 | 55.5% |
Cumulative standings (regular season + playoffs):
1. | Gordon McGuinness | 173/266 | 65.0% |
2. | Neil Hornsby | 170/266 | 63.9% |
3. | Mike Clay | 164/266 | 61.7% |
T-4. | Cris Collinsworth | 163/266 | 61.3% |
T-4. | Khaled Elsayed | 163/266 | 61.3% |
6. | Rick Drummond | 160/266 | 60.2% |
7. | Steve Palazzolo | 159/266 | 59.8% |
8. | Sam Monson | 158/266 | 59.4% |
9. | Jeff Dooley | 155/266 | 58.3% |
10. | Nathan Jahnke | 153/266 | 57.5% |
11. | Ben Stockwell | 147/266 | 55.3% |