Season-long survivor pool thread

[Doc]

There's no blue link or score keeper.  It's honor system.  At least in this thread.

[CSBill]

Week 1 : Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week 2 : Cleveland Browns 

Week 3 : Baltimore Ravens

Week 4: Kansas City Chiefs

 

Week 5: Tennessee Titans  over Jacksonville Jaguars

8 hours ago, Scott7975 said:

Week 1: Rams

Week 2: Pats

Week 3: Denver

Week 4: Bengals

 

Week 5: Jets over Atlanta

 

That's a bold pick. Scotty, "Swinging for the fence."

[BarleyNY]

Week 1: Rams
Week 2: Browns
Week 3: Broncos 
Week 4: Bills 
Week 5: Bucs

[Scott7975]

2 hours ago, CSBill said:

Week 1 : Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week 2 : Cleveland Browns 

Week 3 : Baltimore Ravens

Week 4: Kansas City Chiefs

 

Week 5: Tennessee Titans  over Jacksonville Jaguars

 

That's a bold pick. Scotty, "Swinging for the fence."

 

Yeah I have to pick the Jets sometime.  Wish I picked em last week haha.  Eventually everyone is going to have to be bold.  There are some crappy teams out there. For the record, my first choice was what you picked then I decided to go bolder.

Edited October 7, 2021 by Scott7975

[snafu]

Week 5: New England over Houston. 
 

[CapeBreton]

1 hour ago, snafu said:

Week 5: New England over Houston. 
 

 

I don't like picking away teams but this is a lock.

[Tommy]

5 hours ago, Scott7975 said:

 

Yeah I have to pick the Jets sometime.  Wish I picked em last week haha.  Eventually everyone is going to have to be bold.  There are some crappy teams out there. For the record, my first choice was what you picked then I decided to go bolder.

 

No, you don't.

[snafu]

1 hour ago, CapeBreton said:

 

I don't like picking away teams but this is a lock.

 

I'm nervous about it. 

But I just don't like any other options.

Could have done Carolina, or Tampa Bay.

 

[Scott7975]

1 hour ago, Tommy said:

 

No, you don't.

 

I don't?  I'm new to this.  I don't know why I thought I had to pick every team when there are 32 teams and only 17 weeks ugh.  I may rethink that pick then damn.

[Tommy]

38 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

 

I don't?  I'm new to this.  I don't know why I thought I had to pick every team when there are 32 teams and only 17 weeks ugh.  I may rethink that pick then damn.

 

No worries. Generally, the more people in a survivor pool, the more risk you can take on with your picks because there will inevitably be some big favorite that loses and knocks a bunch of people out at once. To win a large survivor pool, you might need to stand out from the crowd. Of course I wouldn't want to take a big risk every week. In a small survivor pool, going with more consensus picks might be a better strategy as others might take an unnecessary risk early in the season and lose. As always, YMMV.

Edited October 7, 2021 by Tommy

[Scott7975]

35 minutes ago, Tommy said:

 

No worries. Generally, the more people in a survivor pool, the more risk you can take on with your picks because there will inevitably be some big favorite that loses and knocks a bunch of people out at once. To win a large survivor pool, you might need to stand out from the crowd. Of course I wouldn't want to take a big risk every week. In a small survivor pool, going with more consensus picks might be a better strategy as others might take an unnecessary risk early in the season and lose. As always, YMMV.

 

Thanks for the advice.  I decided to just stay with my pick anyways.  If the Jets win I am still in and I will remember this for the future picks. If the Jets lose I will remember all this for next year.

[CapeBreton]

21 hours ago, snafu said:

 

I'm nervous about it. 

But I just don't like any other options.

Could have done Carolina, or Tampa Bay.

 

Tampa Bay is an absolute lock, no question. I feel like they have some future value though so I’m saving them. 

[Gen2]

week 1 Carolina over Jets

week 2 Denver over Jacksonville

week 3 Baltimore over Detroit

week 4 Cincinnati over Jacksonville

week 5 Arizona over San Francisco

[machine gun kelly]

On 9/28/2021 at 9:16 PM, machine gun kelly said:

week 1 Rams won

week 2 Bucs won

week 3 Ravens won

Week 4 Bengals won

Week 5 Pats over Texans

 

[gonzo1105]

Week 1: Rams over Bears

Week2: Bucs over Falcons

Week3: Broncos over Jets

Week4: Bills over Texans

Week5: Pats over Texans

 

Week6: Hmmmm I’ll go Colts over Texans 

 

[Ethan in Cleveland]

This is going to be a tough week.  Many favorites are on the road.  I'm leaning Tampa over Philadelphia or Cinci over Detroit.   I already pick the Packers and Rams.  Pittsburgh at home against the Seahawks also looks like a decent choice but neither team is playing well.  But Ben likely beats Geno at home.  

 

Week 1: Rams over Bears

Week 2: Packers over Lions

Week 3: Denver over Jets

Week 4: Bills over Texans

Week 5 : Dallas over the Giants

 

Week 6: ???

[Seoulofstone]

On 10/5/2021 at 7:53 AM, Doc said:

 

That's ballsy.

Feeling pretty good about this pick right now.😀

[Seoulofstone]

On 10/5/2021 at 7:01 AM, Seoulofstone said:

Week 1 Panthers

Week 2 Browns

Week 3 Raiders 

Week 4 Bengals

Week 5 The Buffalo Bills. I am confident that the Bills are a more complete team this year than they have ever been. KC defense has been a noticeable weakness this year. Obviously a tough match up but it was always my intention to take the toughest team on the Bills schedule. Live and die by this team. Crush it lads.

 

I'm so chuffed that the Bills won . I'm usually rubbish at survivor so with confidence flowing I have decided to pick all different opposing teams to make it even harder for myself. I don't expect I will last much longer with this bold strategy.

 

Week 1 Panthers over Jets

Week 2 Browns over Texans

Week 3 Raiders over Dolphins

Week 4 Bengals over Jags

Week 5 Bills over Chiefs

 

Week 6 Steelers over Seahawks. As mentioned previously this is all about Geno Smith versus the Steelers D.  Picking against the Seahawks while Rus is down just seems like a smart move.

 

Week 6 (b)

Cowboys over Patriots. I don't see the Pats keeping up with Dak.

Edited October 17, 2021 by Seoulofstone
Adding second pick

[Doc]

Remember, it's a 2-game weekend.

[Greg S]

I would bet a pissed off Chiefs team is going to destroy Washington this Sunday.