Season-long survivor pool thread

[Doc]

I'm going to keep bumping this every week.  Give me your survivor picks for week 1 people!

[Brennan Huff]

I’ve never actually done one of these. So like if I pick the Bills week 1 and they win, then I can’t use them the rest of the season right? And if they lose then I’m out..

[Reader]

3 minutes ago, Brennan Huff said:

I’ve never actually done one of these. So like if I pick the Bills week 1 and they win, then I can’t use them the rest of the season right? And if they lose then I’m out..

 

Correct, so you have to weigh how much you'll want to use a team later, combined with the odds that it will even matter that late into the season if everyone else is out.

[Talley56]

Week 1 pick: Rams

[Allen2D̶i̶g̶g̶s̶TBD]

Week 1: Jaguars over Texans

[MJS]

5 minutes ago, Allen2Diggs said:

Week 1: Jaguars over Texans

Bold. Two bad teams facing each other.

[NoHuddleKelly12]

Week 1 is always such a crap shoot imo with teams finding their sea legs and new teams rising/falling from previous year…that said, I’ll go ahead and use up my Buffalo pick this week. 

[Allen2D̶i̶g̶g̶s̶TBD]

9 minutes ago, MJS said:

Bold. Two bad teams facing each other.

It's for the best in the long run in a survivor pool. 

 

Neither one is a good team, but the Jaguars are on the rise with some good free agent signings and a potential star rookie quarterback.

 

The Texans have an incredibly distracting situation with Deshaun Watson and a stopgap qb in Tyrod. They lost their offensive star in Hopkins last season and now lost the best defensive player in franchise history in JJ Watt. I Believe the GM consciously wants the team to tank so they can get a new qb #1 overall next year.

[Brennan Huff]

San Fran over Detroit

[MJS]

7 minutes ago, Allen2Diggs said:

It's for the best in the long run in a survivor pool. 

 

Neither one is a good team, but the Jaguars are on the rise with some good free agent signings and a potential star rookie quarterback.

 

The Texans have an incredibly distracting situation with Deshaun Watson and a stopgap qb in Tyrod. They lost their offensive star in Hopkins last season and now lost the best defensive player in franchise history in JJ Watt. I Believe the GM consciously wants the team to tank so they can get a new qb #1 overall next year.

I get it, I just have no faith in the Jaguars organization, and Lawrence is a rookie with a bad offensive line.

 

I just think there are probably some safer matchups.

[Reader]

I went with the Rams, I don't expect to have a clear idea as to how teams are actually playing until about week 3. I also considered the Packers.

Edited September 6, 2021 by Reader

[HappyDays]

I do multiple survivor pools every year, and I have two rules to avoid that one major upset that always knocks out half the pool:

 

1) Never pick a divisional game.

2) Never pick a road team.

 

If the pool lasts long enough sometimes you have to break those rules late in the season but I wait until it can't be helped.

 

Week 1 is always tough to predict and this year is especially difficult. In my biggest prize survivor pool I'm taking the Falcons over the Eagles because I think the Eagles are just that bad this year. In one I'm waiting until the last minute to see if TJ Watt isn't playing, if he doesn't the Bills are a strong pick.

 

Stay away from Jags over Texans. It breaks both of my rules. Case in point last year week 1 a ton of people picked the Colts at the Jaguars and ended their season before it began. It was the Jaguars only win of the season.

[Scott7975]

This is a first time for me but sounds fun.  I will probably lose week one because I am just that good at this sort of thing.

 

I will go with the Rams over the Bears.

[JohnnyK]

I'll play your game, Buccaneers!

I am assuming its free!

 

Thanks,

[Gen2]

Panthers over the Jets

[BfloBillsFan]

Thanks for starting.

 

I'm going with the 49ers this week!

[olddays1]

49ers

Here's another pool  https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/survival/

[snafu]

This week is rough, no team really stands out.

Especially since it is week 1.  I don’t think I’ll have my choice until the last minute.

 
 

[ChasBB]

Week #1: Jags over Texans

[Doc]

I have 25 entries.  I took an (almost) equal mix of Packers, Seahawks and Panthers.  I might switch some to Bucs and 49'ers and make it an even 5 on each.