NFL Survivor Pool Picks
NFL Survivor Pool Strategy, Advice and Tips for Week 3
by T.O. Whenham - 9/20/2011
The first week of the season was a tough one for people in survivor pools, but the second week was far more straight forward and easier to survive. Hopefully you are still going strong and ready to make more successful NFL survivor pool picks this week. Here’s a look at the highs and lows of the card this week from a survivor pool perspective along with some advice and strategy for Week 3:
NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 2
by Matt Severance - 9/15/2011
Well, so far so good. So what did we learn from Week 1 in the NFL? Apparently Indianapolis has morphed into the Bengals (although Cincy did win) without Peyton Manning. I did say that Colts-Texans game was a potential huge trap, but I apparently didn’t realize that Manning also plays defense and special teams. Indy looks like the worst team in football after one week.
NFL Survivor Pool Strategy, Advice and Tips for Week 2
by T.O. Whenham - 9/12/2011
We’re only one week into the NFL season and already there are likely many people who are looking for a Survivor Pool that will let them start over again because they are already on the sidelines. People who trusted seemingly logical squads like the Falcons or Chiefs are out of luck. Reasonable gambles like the Giants, Titans, Bucs and Rams faltered. People who swung for the fences with the Browns (like, sadly, I did in one pool I am in) or Steelers weren’t rewarded for their daring. Even teams like the Chargers, Cardinals, and Jets made winning much harder than it needed to be.
NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 1
by Matt Severance - 9/6/2011
Hello again readers here at Doc’s, it’s that time of year that we all love the most: football season. And of course that means I’m back to deliver my weekly Survivor Pool picks advice column for Week 1 of the NFL 2011-12 NFL season.
NFL Survivor Pool Strategy, Advice and Tips for Week 1
by T.O. Whenham - 9/5/2011
It’s the beginning of the NFL season. That means that it’s time for Survivor Pools, and that’s a very good thing. Whether you call them Survivor Pools, Suicide Pools, or Eliminator Pools they are such a simple but deceptively challenging thing. It shouldn’t be hard to pick a single team every week that is going to win, but it can be incredibly difficult, and there are countless ways for things to go really badly. The most crushing part of the pools is that you only get one mistake, so things can end tragically early for you.
NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 17
by Matt Severance - 12/29/2010
Hard to believe another NFL regular season and Survivor Pool season is already at its end, so this will be my final advice column of the season. Hopefully you have either cashed in by now or will by Sunday night. Of course I will be back with this Survivor Pool Picks column next season – assuming of course there is a 2011 NFL season (i.e. labor issues).
NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 16
by Matt Severance - 12/21/2010
If there was one result in the NFL last week that might have jumped up and bitten either you or your Survivor Pool competitors, it had to be the Detroit Lions going to Tampa Bay and upsetting the Bucs, 23-20, in overtime. It was Detroit’s first road win since Week 8 of the 2007 season, snapping its NFL-record 26-game road losing streak. The Lions also won back-to-back games for the first time since that 2007 season. I’m telling you, they are going to be good next year.
NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 15
by Matt Severance - 12/15/2010
It was a pretty chalky Week 14 in the NFL, so there were probably not a lot of eliminations in your Survivor Pool. That is unless you fell into the trap that is the New York Jets at home against the Miami Dolphins or if you took Green Bay at Detroit in a game the Packers essentially lost the minute Aaron Rodgers left with a concussion.
NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 14
by Matt Severance - 12/8/2010
We are at the final quarter-pole of the NFL’s regular season, so if you are still alive in your Survivor Pool – and why would you be reading this if you aren’t? – then you can no doubt almost smell that money by now. By this point in the year you can usually tell which teams have quit and will begin looking toward next season.
NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 13
by Matt Severance - 12/1/2010
Last week was fairly chalk in terms of upsets in the NFL, so hopefully your Survivor Pool in ongoing. Things really start to get interesting after Thanksgiving because some teams pack it in and start to play the young kids – but sometimes those kids can spring an upset because they, unlike the veterans on a horrible team like a Carolina, still want to impress the coaching staff, etc.
NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 12
by Matt Severance - 11/23/2010
We’re here a little early this week for the Survivor Pool picks column since there’s a football feast arriving on Turkey Day, although thank God the NFL added that third Thanksgiving game a few weeks ago because otherwise we would have subjected to just the lousy Lions and Cowboys hosting the early games – albeit against Super Bowl contenders in Patriots and Saints, respectively. The night game looks like another mismatch as the Jets host the sinking Bengals.
NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 11
by Matt Severance - 11/17/2010
Last week I listed the New York Giants hosting Dallas as my top choice even though I always say you should never do a rivalry game and I was a bit concerned that Dallas might have a burst of energy under new coach Jason Garrett – and that’s exactly what happened as the Cowboys pretty well dominated the Giants. I literally had listed Tampa Bay against Carolina at the top of my “Have No Fear” list, but then switched that game with Cowboys-Giants at the last second.
NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 10
by Matt Severance - 11/11/2010
The loyal readers of this column know that I was bounced from my Survivor Pool a few weeks ago when the New Orleans Saints lost at home to the Cleveland Browns – which doesn’t look so bad now after Cleveland just beat New England, too. But my pool allows buybacks so we have kept this column going.
NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 9
by Matt Severance - 11/4/2010
There were plenty of upsets in the NFL last week that may have blown up your Survivor Pool competition: Jacksonville winning Dallas (although is it really an upset when anyone beats Dallas?); Miami winning in Cincinnati – Fins now 4-0 on the road; Packers blanking the Jets in New York; Bucs winning in Arizona.
NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 8
by Matt Severance - 10/28/2010
Of course, the Cleveland Browns upset the team I recommended as my top choice, the Saints, in New Orleans. #*@#&!#&! And I even wrote a few weeks ago that the champs were too inconsistent to choose, but I just couldn’t resist the lure of them at home against a freaking rookie quarterback making his second NFL start. Drew Brees suddenly looks ordinary at best without a running game.
NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 7
by Matt Severance - 10/20/2010
OK, I’m starting to get a bit cocky when it comes to Survivor Pool advice, because my first six top selections of the year haven’t come even remotely close to losing through Week 6. And of course, I just jinxed myself in Week 7 by typing that. Let’s hope not.
NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 6
by Matt Severance - 10/14/2010
Well, it’s Week 6 in the NFL and thus obviously in our Survivor Pool picks, and for those of you who have followed this column for the past few years may remember this is the week I went out two years ago, which still leaves a bad taste in my mouth (stupid Redskins).
NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 5
by Matt Severance - 10/7/2010
Last week my top recommendation was the San Diego Chargers, and they crushed the pathetic Arizona Cardinals, 41-10, holding the Cards to all of 10 first downs and 134 total yards. If for some reason you didn’t follow my San Diego advice, I also recommended New Orleans over Carolina (a too-close 16-14 Saints victory – they are now 0-4 ATS this season, by the way) and Green Bay over Detroit (again, a much closer game than expected, but a Packers win).
NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 4
by Matt Severance - 9/30/2010
I’m thinking your Survivor Pool was pretty static last week as there really weren’t any big upsets in Week 3 in the NFL. New England over Buffalo, Baltimore over Cleveland and Minnesota over Detroit were the three big favorites last week – I recommended the Ravens as my top choice – and all three won pretty easily. Perhaps the New Orleans Saints losing to Atlanta got a few people, along with perhaps the Rams over the Redskins (St. Louis’ first home win in nearly two years), Seahawks over the Chargers and the Bears over the Packers. But I wouldn’t call any of those huge upsets and the Saints were the only home team among that group to fall.
NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 3
by Matt Severance - 9/23/2010
It’s been a breeze through two weeks in your NFL Survivor Pool if you have followed my advice. In Week 1 I suggested the Tennessee Titans, and their game with Oakland was never in doubt. Last week I recommended the Green Bay Packers, and they were way too much for the wretched Buffalo Bills – I’m thinking the Bills might be the Lions or Rams of a few years’ past as in they will be the team that players pick against nearly every week.
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FAQs
What are NFL Survivor Pool Picks
NFL Survivor Pool Picks are selections released by reputable sources, such as Doc's Sports, for the survivor pool that you are in. For over half a century, Doc's has been a leader in the gambling information industry, and utilizing their NFL Survivor Pool Picks can greatly increase your chances of winning your pool. Doc's NFL survivor pool picks will normally be released between Tuesday and Thursday each week of the NFL season and will give a ranked list of the strongest picks for the week.
What are the Basic Rules for NFL Football Survivor Contests?
NFL Football Survivor Pools usually follow this basic format:
1. Team Selection: Each week participants select one NFL team that they believe is most likely to win their game. The catch is, once that team has been used, it cannot be used for the rest of the season.
2. Winning Requirements: To survive and advance each week, your selected team must win. Ties and losses eliminate you from the contest. This is where the strategy comes into play, because if you use the best selections early on, later in the season you're left with less talented squads to choose from.
3. Last Person Standing: Each week the field is reduced until just one participant is remaining. This means successfully picking a winner until you are the last player left.
4. Contest Duration: Leagues usually last the duration of the football season, although some use a playoff format where the top portion of the league continues to play until the last person is standing.
5. Tiebreakers: In the event of a tie among players, tiebreakers such as total points scored or the record of the last team picked can be used to determine a winner.
It's important to note that each league is different and it is vital to understand all of the rules and nuances of your league. For example, some survivor pools use the point spread for the game to determine the winner, while there are other pools where you simply must pick the winner of the game.
What is a Survivor Pool Grid?
A survivor pool grid is a visual representation, usually in the form of a chart, that tracks the competitors and the teams they used each week. It provides transparency for the integrity of the group.
What is the Circa Survivor Pool?
The Circa Survivor Pool is renowned for being one of the largest and most prestigious survivor pools, with a buy-in of $10,000. It attracts significant attention due to its immense prize pool, often reaching millions of dollars. In 2022, a staggering 6,133 participants joined the pool, competing for a prize pool of $6.13 million.
What is the DraftKings Survivor Pool?
DraftKings offers many different Survivor Pools, but two in particular gain wide attention. The first, with a prize pool of $30,000, is incredibly popular because of the free entry fee. The other is a $1 million guarantee, for an entry fee of $100. The free contest only allows you one entry, while the $100 tourney has a cap of 10 entries.
What is an NFL Survivor Loser Pool?
These types of pools, also known as Loser Pools or Reverse Survivor Pools, offer a unique twist on the Survivor Pool concept by forcing the contestant to pick one team that loses every week. Once you pick a team that wins, you are eliminated from the contest. The last person remaining that has picked a loser in each game is declared the winner. Also, some second-chance pools are called "loser pools". If many contestants are eliminated early in the season because of a plethora of upsets, the pool runner might create a second pool called a loser pool.
What is an NFL Confidence Pool?
An NFL Confidence Pool is a popular type of football pool where participants assign confidence points to the predicted straight-up winners of the NFL games for that particular week. The points range from 1 (least confident) to the highest number of games for the week. Participants pick based on their varying levels of certainty to the winners of the week's game. Doc's also offers free NFL confidence pool picks each week throughout the pro football season.
What are NFL Office Pool Picks?
NFL office pool picks are ATS picks for every game for each week of the pro football season. Many office pools ask competitors to pick every game against the spread each week. Doc's Sports offers free NFL office pool picks every week of the pro football season. Some office pools require contestants to pick a certain number of games each week. One popular variation is for players to pick five games each week ATS, which follows the model of many of the top pickem contests in Las Vegas.