“Pick ‘Em or Kick ‘Em”™: FGT VS. Urban Sports Scene 2023 NFL Super Wild Card Weekend Picks

January 13, 2024

By the Football Garbage Time Staff

If you followed last year, you won over 60% of your picks, and we aim to do even better this year.

And if you’ve been following us, you know that we here at Football Garbage Time have gone head-to-head against Wally, Will and Ray at Urban Sports Scene on our NFL Picks for the last 6 seasons. Why? Because they’re awesome competitors, they KNOW their sports, and, heck, they’re just good guys! This year we’ll have their picks up right HERE, so keep it tuned in, to both us and them, because we’ll be picking all season all long.

Without further to do, here we go:

Super Wild Card Weekend Games

Ha Kung Wong’s Picks

Ha Kung’s Thoughts:

After a 64.7% record two seasons ago, I ended last season 63.3% (178-103). So that’s eight years in a row with over a 60% pick rate. I also ended up 16-4 for Locks of Week (80%) and 8-12 for Upsets of the Week (40%) which is also eight years in a row of Locks being over 70%. I was 11-5 in Week 18 making me 171-101 (62.9%) overall for the season. I hit my Lock of the Week (Lions) and my Upset of the Week (Chiefs), meaning I’m 15-3 (83.3%) for Locks and 7-11 (38.9%) for Upsets so far.

Check out Ryan Whitfield’s and my breakdown of our picks in this week’s podcast!

Also, check out my AFC Super Wild Card Weekend Previews and Predictions and NFC Super Wild Card Weekend Previews and Predictions for statistics and more about each matchup!

Let’s get to that Lock (for Survivor Leagues) and Upset for Wild Card Weekend…

Lock of the Week ➡ Buffalo Bills (-10.0) over Pittsburgh Steelers

Check out my breakdown of the game in my AFC Super Wild Card Weekend Previews & Predictions!

Upset of the Week ➡ Houston Texans (+3.0) over Cleveland Browns

Check out my breakdown of the game in my AFC Super Wild Card Weekend Previews & Predictions!

Joanne Kong’s Picks

Scott King’s Picks

Scott’s Thoughts:

Here we go, playoffs are here. Weather is going to be a factor in a lot of games. Nothing would surprise me this weekend. Go Lions.

Ryan Whitfield’s Picks

Check out Ryan Whitfield’s and my breakdown of our picks in this week’s podcast!

Wole’s Picks

Coming Soon!

Wole’s Thoughts:

Check out Wole’s thoughts on his picks in the recent Urban Sports Scene Podcast!

Ray’s Picks

Coming Soon!

Ray’s Thoughts:

Check out Ray’s thoughts on his picks in the most recent Urban Sports Scene Podcast!

Will’s Picks

Coming Soon!

Will’s Thoughts:

Check out Will’s thoughts on his picks in the most recent Urban Sports Scene Podcast!

George’s Picks

George’s Thoughts:

Week 18 was infuriating (thanks Arizona and Miami) but let’s have a great playoffs:
Cleveland at Houston: The toughest game to call in the playoffs. Cleveland has the better defense and probably better overall talent. But I still don’t believe in Joe Flacco and C.J. Stroud’s star is ascending.

Miami at Kansas City: Oh the cold, oh Patrick Mahomes. Oh the Dolphins injuries. Everyone and their brother is on the Chiefs. Well this is a classic chance to fade the public. Miami is much better suited to playing in inclement winter weather than previous editions because they can run the ball with Devon Achane. And outside of Mahomes, Travis Kelce and Isaiah Pacheco that Kansas City offense isn’t very good. Dolphins pull the upset.
Pittsburgh at Buffalo: A better team than the Steelers could take advantage of an emotionally spent Bills team that’s prone to playing down to its competition. Thankfully Pittsburgh isn’t that team and Buffalo will roll.

Green Bay at Dallas: Jordan Love will have to be as hot in this game as he’s been in the last month. The problem is that very few teams can keep up with the Cowboys in a shootout on their home track. Dallas wins convincingly.

L.A. Rams at Detroit: The battle of QBs that their former teams were happy to get rid of. But what will decide this game for me is the Rams using Kyren Williams better and more often than the Lions will use Jahmyr Gibbs. Rams by a field goal.

Philadelphia at Tampa Bay: The Eagles have been running on fumes for weeks. They are too injured and too beat up. They needed the week 14 bye that Washington got. And even if the Bucs played terribly the last 2 weeks. And even if Baker Mayfield is injured, I’d rather be Tampa Bay than Philadelphia right now. Bucs win.