Here’s how I ranked the 12 playoff teams, in order of how good I think they actually are (taking into account current injuries):

#12 Houston

#11 Green Bay

#10 Minnesota

#9 Washington

#8 Cincy

#7 Denver

#6 Pittsburgh

#5 Kansas City

#4 Seattle

#3 New England

#2 Arizona

#1 Carolina

So with that, here are my official playoff picks, by round:

WC round: Washington over Green Bay, Seattle over Minnesota, KC over Houston, and Pittsburgh over Cincy (these two teams are so even though)

Divisional round: Arizona over Washington, Carolina over Seattle, Pittsburgh over Denver, New England over K.C.

Championship games: Carolina over Arizona, New England over Pittsburgh

SB50:  Rematch of SB38, this is Carolina’s year, 30-22