Rules

It's real simple, see?

Pick the winners of each week's slate of games.
Designate one of those picks as your "Lock of the Week".

Each regular pick is worth 1 point if correct, 0 if incorrect.

The Lock of the Week is worth 2 points if correct, and -2 if incorrect.

A team can only be your Lock of the Week once in the regular season. No repeats!
Teams you've already used as LotW will have a icon by their name.

Redemption Week

Week 16 is your chance to recoup points lost on forgotten picks!

Bonus points equal to the total number of picks you failed to make in Weeks 1-15 will be assigned to games in Week 16.
Bonus points are assigned as evenly as possible, with earlier games receiving any leftovers.

A few examples:
If you missed 3 picks, the first 3 games in Week 16 get 1 bonus point.
If you missed 17 picks, the first game in Week 16 gets 2 bonus points; the remaining 15 games get 1 bonus point.
If you missed 100 picks, the first 4 games in Week 16 get 7 bonus points; the remaining 12 games get 6 bonus points.

Bonus points are added to the normal value of a correct pick.
A correct Lock of the Week pick with bonus points is worth 2 (LotW) + the bonus points. Bonus points are not "multiplied" by the LotW.
Bonus points have no effect on incorrect picks, which are worth 0 or -2 (LotW) as usual.

😭 What if I didn't forget any picks? This is so unfair! 😭

You're such a good little picker! You get the following:
1. My undying love and respect.
2. A well-earned sense of smug superiority to those who forgot to make picks.
3. A real live unicorn emoji badge, because you're a magical being! 🦄

Playoffs

To truly capture the thrill of playoff footballz, the stakes go up every week!

Wild Card: points for each pick are doubled.
Divisional: points are tripled!
Conference: points are quadrupled!!
Stupor Bowl: points are quintupled!!!

These wacky multipliers include your Lock of the Week.

So be like Smooth Jimmy Apollo, and don't blow it, chump!