NFL Survivor Pool Picks

NFL Survivor Pool Picks Week 12: Advice and Predictions
by Chris Vasile - 11/24/2021

Before we get into the meat and potatoes of this article, I want to first wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. It’s important to pause and give thanks for what’s important in life, and that is your health, the health of your family and all the little things that we take for granted on a daily basis. It’s also important to understand that you should be giving thanks on a daily basis and not just when the calendar tells you to do so. But I digress. Enjoy gathering around and eating delicious food with your family and remember that all day football is the gravy on top, not the main entrée.

NFL Survivor Pool Picks Week 11: Advice and Predictions
by Chris Vasile - 11/17/2021

I’m starting to believe that momentum is not a real thing, especially in football. Teams who look great one week come out and play terribly the next, and the teams that were blown out come out and look like Super Bowl contenders. We saw a great example of that with the Cardinals and Niners last week, and we were on the wrong side of both contests. The most important thing to remember when handicapping football is that every week is a different beast and it should be treated as such.

NFL Survivor Pool Picks Week 10: Advice and Predictions
by Chris Vasile - 11/10/2021

Depending on what type of bettor you are – a favorite chaser or one who bets nothing but underdogs – Week 9 was either extremely profitable or a complete and unmitigated disaster. Several huge underdogs lost outright, including the Bills, Cowboys and Rams, and it was just one of those weeks where you have to shake your head, dust it off and try again. Here’s to hoping that Week 10 is a little bit more reasonable in terms of the results.

NFL Survivor Pool Picks Week 9: Advice and Predictions
by Chris Vasile - 11/3/2021

Let me start by saying that last week was about as bad a week as it gets for me in terms of the NFL. We could count the number of wins we had on one hand and because of that, we feel like we let you guys down and owe you an apology. So, I’m sorry. Let’s stay the course and be better than last week and learn from our mistakes so that we can make the next handful of weeks a very profitable one.

NFL Survivor Pool Picks Week 8: Advice and Predictions
by Chris Vasile - 10/26/2021

If the theme of Week 7 was “blowout,” what will Week 8 have in store for us? Well, for starters, the slate is more competitive from a game-by-game perspective, and there are only two teams on a bye, which gives us more action to take in. There are some really good games to watch such as the Thursday night game between Arizona and Green Bay and the Sunday night game between Dallas and Minnesota. Hopefully we will have more than one game that is decided by three points or less.

NFL Survivor Pool Picks Week 7: Advice and Predictions
by Chris Vasile - 10/19/2021

t’s incredible to think that we are nearly halfway through the 2021/22 NFL Season and yet we are so far away from understanding which teams are “legitimately good” and which teams are just pretenders. Don’t get me wrong, preseason favorites like Buffalo, Tampa Bay, Kansas City and Green Bay have played well enough to justify their ability and capability to win the Lombardi Trophy, but the only remaining unbeaten team is the Arizona Cardinals, who, are quite quickly becoming the “best team in the league” according to some.

NFL Survivor Pool Picks Week 6: Advice and Predictions
by Chris Vasile - 10/13/2021

We are through five weeks of the National Football League. And with that comes time for our yearly reminder at this point every season that teams who are bad are going to continue to be bad, and teams that are good are likely to face a bit of a regression, so don’t be trying to get too cute with your selections. Sure, the underdogs are having a great season for the most part, but that’s strictly against the spread. For the sake of the survivor pool, you need to find the absolute perfect spot to use an underdog to win outright, and those spots are very rare. Stay focused on the task at hand and let’s survive another week.

NFL Survivor Pool Picks Week 5: Advice and Predictions
by Chris Vasile - 10/6/2021

It was a rather rough week for most teams that should have won, like the Saints and Titans, while teams like the Bucs needed all 60-minutes to come away with the win. And teams like the Rams and Broncos, who were both 3-0 heading into their Week 4 games, lost, leaving the Arizona Cardinals as the lone unbeaten team remaining in the NFL. If you had the Cardinals as the only unbeaten team left after Week 4, congrats, you are the only one in the world with a working crystal ball.

NFL Survivor Pool Picks Week 4: Advice and Predictions
by Chris Vasile - 9/29/2021

Before Week 3 started, I prayed to the football and gambling gods to let this be an entertaining and profitable week of NFL football. Heck, if it even sucked half as bad as Week 2 did, I would take that because Week 2 was brutal. The football gods delivered, and we were treated to some stellar games like the Ravens/Lions ending, the Chiefs/Chargers power struggle, the Raiders/Dolphins seesaw affair, and the Packers/49ers contest.

NFL Survivor Pool Picks Week 3: Advice and Predictions
by Chris Vasile - 9/21/2021

There is no need to sugar-coat anything. The nine early games on Sunday stunk. They were extremely boring, and nothing worth noting happened. Thankfully, the four late afternoon games more than made up for it as we saw extremly high-scoring contests, missed field goals and a crazy comeback which resulted in an OT win. The Sunday-nighter capped the day with a thrilling affair between Kansas City and Baltimore, while the Monday Night contest was decent for around 30 minutes. Looking ahead to this week, we should have a much better slate of games throughout the day, and I’m looking forward to settling in for another 12 hours of football.

NFL Survivor Pool Picks Week 2: Advice and Predictions
by Chris Vasile - 9/15/2021

Week 1 of the National Football League delivered, and I couldn’t be more excited about what’s in store for the rest of the season. We did have some dud games like Philly/Atlanta, but we also had games like the Chiefs/Browns, and Ravens/Raiders that gave us action-packed 60 minutes of football with crazy endings. I gave you the Niners and Rams as my top-two selections for last week’s Survivor Pools, and both teams won. Let’s look to keep the winning roll going and survive another week.

NFL Survivor Pool Picks Week 1: Advice and Predictions
by Chris Vasile - 9/7/2021

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the start of the 2021-22 NFL season. Starting on Thursday, there will be football on every week until the beginning of February, and I personally can’t wait for the NFL to get underway. Each year I talk myself into entering as many pools and contests as possible, and each year I come out with a new outlook on what worked well and what didn’t work at all. One of my favorite pools to enter is the survivor pools.

How to Win 2021 NFL Survivor Pool: Advice and Expert Strategy
by Chris Vasile - 9/6/2021

The return of college football this past weekend was tremendous. We were treated to some real electric games and some crazy finishes. If Week 1 of the NFL season is even half as crazy, we are going to be in for one hell of a season. The NFL kicks off its 2021/22 campaign with a Thursday Night showdown between “America’s Team” and the defending Super Bowl Champions. That’s right, it’s the Dallas Cowboys taking on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium. Kick-off is set for 8:20pm.

NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 17
by Chris Vasile - 12/29/2020

We have reached the final week of the NFL regular season, and there is still a lot left to play for. Starting at the bottom of the standings, the Jaguars and Jets have secured the Nos. 1 & 2 overall picks, respectively, for next year’s draft, but the remaining teams; Atlanta, Houston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Carolina, New York Giants, Detroit, and Denver; are all in play – depending on the results – to finish between No. 3 and No. 10.

NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 16
by Chris Vasile - 12/24/2020

I’ve touched on the subject of next year’s NFL Draft a few times over the last couple of weeks as we approach the regular-season finale in just one week’s time. I said how typical it would be of the Jets to go and do the one thing their fan base doesn’t want them to do; and that’s winning a football game and costing themselves a chance at drafting Clemson QB Trevor Lawrence with the first overall draft pick.

NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 15
by Chris Vasile - 12/16/2020

It was a rather straightforward Week 14 for survivor pools, with 13 favorites winning outright. The three underdogs that did win were sexy picks based on the spot they were in. As we inch closer to the end of the regular season, it’s important to understand the motivation of each team and what each team is playing for. Teams at the bottom of the standings may want to play spoiler to a division rival or they may want to take their loss and move closer towards the offseason.

NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 14
by Chris Vasile - 12/9/2020

And then there were none. Week 13 saw the last undefeated team – the Pittsburgh Steelers – fall at home to the only team without a real name – the Washington Football Team. From what I saw, read and talked about prior to the game, there was a ton of love for Washington to be the team to knock off the Steelers. After falling behind 14-0, it seemed like Washington turned it up a notch while the Steelers ran out of gas.

NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 13
by Chris Vasile - 12/3/2020

We are officially at the quarter-poll of the 2019-20 NFL season, and to say it’s been anything short of stellar and unorthodox would be an understatement. Throughout the first 12 games, we’ve seen great plays, hilarious miscues, poor officiating, questionable coaching decisions, questionable decisions regarding COVID and the postponement of games, terrible season-ending injuries and a playoff picture that is no clearer today than it was a few weeks ago.

NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 12
by Chris Vasile - 11/25/2020

Week 11 in the National Football League was a pretty straight-forward one by most accounts. The teams that were supposed to win the games won, and the teams that pulled off the upsets (Dallas, Denver, Tennessee and Los Angeles) were all the better team on the day and rightfully deserved the win. As we enter into Week 12 of the season, teams in the playoff hunt will need to pull out all the tricks in order to win ball games, while teams that are looking forward to next season may try and iron out some kinks or already be mentally checked out.

NFL Survivor Pool Picks and Advice: Week 11
by Chris Vasile - 11/18/2020

Last week I promised you two teams that nobody would use, and both of them delivered as Oakland and Minnesota got the job done. It was smooth sailing for Oakland as they dismantled the Denver Broncos to the tune of 37-12. As for the Vikings, well, it wasn’t pretty, and trusting Kirk Cousins on Monday Night Football was ballsy, but the Bear’s offense showed us why it’s always a good idea to fade them. If you managed to make it through to the next round, congratulations. Your reward for that is a Week 11 slate that is filled with plenty of close spreads and some tight matchups.