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Picking winners for Wild Card Weekend

Wild Card Weekend has arrived, bringing with it a chance for everyone from the Around The League gang to find redemption with their playoff picks.

Well, for everyone besides Gregg Rosenthal, who took ATL's regular season crown with a record of 176-79. Gregg celebrated Sunday night by pouring a 20-ounce bottle of Gatorade on himself. People were confused.

Let's get to this week's picks.


CHIEFS AT COLTS (Sat., 4:35 p.m. ET, NBC)

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Alex Smith has doubters. What else is new?

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Dan Hanzus, Kevin Patra, Marc Sessler, Gregg Rosenthal, Chris Wesseling


SAINTS AT EAGLES (Sat., 8:10 p.m. ET, NBC)

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Chris Wesseling

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Dan Hanzus, Kevin Patra, Marc Sessler, Gregg Rosenthal


CHARGERS AT BENGALS (Sun., 1:05 p.m. ET, CBS)

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Chris Wesseling

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Dan Hanzus, Kevin Patra, Marc Sessler, Gregg Rosenthal


49ERS AT PACKERS (Sun., 4:40 p.m. ET, FOX)

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Kevin Patra, Marc Sessler, Gregg Rosenthal, Chris Wesseling

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Dan Hanzus


Week 17 record

Dan Hanzus: 15-1
Chris Wesseling: 15-1
Marc Sessler: 14-2
Gregg Rosenthal: 13-3
Kevin Patra: 12-4

Final regular-season record

Gregg Rosenthal: 176-79
Chris Wesseling: 171-84
Kevin Patra: 165-90
Dan Hanzus: 159-96
Marc Sessler: 154-101

First-place finishes

Chris Wesseling: 7
Gregg Rosenthal: 6
Kevin Patra: 5
Marc Sessler: 3
Dan Hanzus: 2

Last-place finishes

Marc Sessler: 6
Kevin Patra: 5
Dan Hanzus: 4
Gregg Rosenthal: 2
Chris Wesseling: 2

Hero picks*

Gregg Rosenthal: 11
Marc Sessler: 6
Dan Hanzus: 5
Kevin Patra: 3
Chris Wesseling: 3

* Only person to pick a game right.

Around The League experts made their picks for all four Wild Card games. You can make your own picks with the NFL Weekly Pick 'em fantasy game.

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