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NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 11) - Targets and Avoids
NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 10) - Targets and Avoids
Hard to believe we are already in Week 10. The season is flying by and it's sad to that there are only eight weeks left. Last week, the big favorites took care of business. Each team favored by five or more won. In terms of the spread, underdogs went 7-6. With nearly all participants in... Read More
NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 9) - Targets and Avoids
Each team favored by four or more in Week 8 took care of business. The Patriots, who went off as 14-point favorites, let the Bills hang around for three quarters before a pick-six sealed the deal. With nearly all participants in survivor pools eliminated, you may not find a need to read this column. However,... Read More
NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 8) - Targets and Avoids
The two big favorites in Week 7 both cruised on Sunday. The Colts, 10-point favorites, beat the Bills by 32 and the Rams, nine-point favorites, beat the 49ers by 29. If you happened to take the Chargers, you must've really sweated it out, but then had a nice relaxing afternoon. With nearly all participants in... Read More
NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 7) - Targets and Avoids
Week 6 wrapped up with the Green Bay Packers giving survivor entries a huge scare. It looked like the Packers were done. Their defense was so bad allowing 7.3 yards per play, yet Aaron Rodgers did it again. He should win the MVP. For those of you saying Pat Mahomes should win, they were a... Read More
NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 6): Targets and Avoids
The favorites in Week 5 gave many people left in survivor pools a real scare. The Bengals scored 27 unanswered to beat the Dolphins after being down 17-0. The Rams escaped in Seattle to remain undefeated. The Panthers won on a 63-yard field goal. Others weren't so lucky. The Titans lost to the Bills, the... Read More
NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 5): Targets and Avoids
Week 4 of the NFL returned to normalcy with the big favorites winning easily, except for the Chargers. Not so many big favorites this week, but some intriguing options nonetheless. With more than 90% of survivor pools eliminated, you may not find a need to read this column. However, there's still plenty of good tidbits... Read More
NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 4): Targets and Avoids
There's always one week of the football season that's known as survivor doomsday and that was the case in Week 3. The Vikings, 16.5-point favorites, lost at home to the Bills knocking more than half of remaining survivor entries out in most pools. If you went contrarian and took the Jaguars as 10-point home favorites... Read More
NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 3): Targets and Avoids
Not many of you would be reading my column anymore had Zane Gonzalez been able to kick an extra point or field goal to defeat the Saints. The other big favorites covered so it wasn't a survivor annihilation like it was last week. There were seven outright upsets with only the Redskins and Texans causing... Read More
NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 2): Targets and Avoids
What an exciting Week 1 - one of my favorite opening weeks in recent memory. We got to see a rare tie, a seven hour game, a shootout, and some good defensive battles. Even crazier, more than half of survivor pools are already eliminated after the Saints and Lions lost. Week 1 also leads to... Read More
NFL Survivor Pool Picks (Week 1): Targets and Avoids
Get those Sunday excuses for your significant other ready because football is back baby! No need to stress about what your Sunday plans entail as football is the only thing to do from 1:00 PM to days end. I've been writing this column for years and I'm very excited to tackle another season of helping... Read More
NFL Survivor League Picks (Week 17) - Game Predictions
It only took 16 weeks for the NFL to get back on its axis. That's right, Blake Bortles threw a pick-six. It was his first of the season and 12th since 2014, most in the NFL. We also saw more teams eliminated and watched the AFC South continue to leave a horrid stench and make... Read More
NFL Survivor League Picks (Week 16): Survivor Pool Targets and Avoids
What another great Sunday of football. We saw teams like the Vikings, Rams, and Jaguars win in dominating fashion. We even saw a piece of paper used to decide a monumental fourth down. But most importantly, the game of the year actually was the game of the year. For all those people complaining about the... Read More
NFL Survivor League Picks (Week 15): Survivor Pool Targets and Avoids
Coming into Sunday, this was one of the best cards we’ve had yet. It lived up to its potential. And then some. We saw a snow game, two overtime games, an incredible Sunday night football game, but it’s all overshadowed by Carson Wentz’s injury. It's so unfortunate to see the potential MVP go down in a... Read More
NFL Survivor League Picks (Week 14): Survivor Pool Targets and Avoids
December football is upon us. 25% of the season remains, or four games. However you look at it. Before we get to the nuggets from Week 13, let's go through each division and see who's locked in, who has a shot, and no shot. AFC Locked in: Patriots, Steelers, Jaguars Probably: Ravens, Titans, Chargers Toss-up:... Read More
NFL Survivor League Picks (Week 13): Survivor Pool Targets and Avoids
There are only five weeks to the season left. Favorites are winning at a record pace and crushing Vegas. That means underdogs are due for a monster showing one of these weeks. Let's jump right into it. Nuggets from Week 12 The Cowboys have scored two touchdowns in their past three games. Kirk Cousins continued... Read More
NFL Survivor League Picks (Week 12): Survivor Pool Targets and Avoids
Bill Parcells used to say, Thanksgiving is the time when you find out which teams are for real, and which ones aren't. There is a giant cluster of teams in the hunt for the two spots in the AFC will card. It is conceivable that a 7-9 team AFC team can make the playoffs. On the other hand,... Read More
NFL Survivor League Picks (Week 11): Survivor Pool Targets and Avoids
After 11 weeks we are finally finding out who the elite teams are, the middle class, and the rest. Here are my tiers as we move into Week 11: Tier 1: Patriots, Eagles, Steelers, Rams, Saints, Seahawks Tier 2: Chiefs, Vikings, Cowboys, Panthers Tier 3: Titans, Jaguars, Lions, Falcons Tier 4: The rest of the pack Tier 1 teams can win... Read More
NFL Survivor League Picks (Week 10): Survivor Pool Targets and Avoids
It was a high scoring and mostly lopsided Sunday. We saw two teams score 51 points, and even got to see three melees. I thought it would be underdog city, but instead, the favorites went 7-4-2 against the spread, 9-4 straight up. And the biggest favorite and team that seemed like a lock, the Seahawks,... Read More
NFL Survivor League Picks (Week 9): Survivor Pool Targets and Avoids
Can you believe we are eight weeks through the season? It's not too far back when the Giants were Super Bowl contenders, the Jets were going to go 0-16, and the Patriots were destined for a 16-0 season. How things have changed. For those of you still left in your survivor league pools, I'm here... Read More
NFL Survivor League Picks (Week 8): Survivor Pool Targets and Avoids
What a boring Sunday that was. The matchups were bad and the games even worse. I love good defensive battles, but on Sunday that wasn't even the case. The Titans and Browns combined scored 21 points on seven field goals. Three teams were blanked. Seven teams could not muster a single offensive touchdown. Once again London... Read More
NFL Survivor League Picks (Week 7): Survivor Pool Targets and Avoids
The stunners continued this past Sunday. None bigger than the Giants dominating the Broncos in Denver. I could not have been more wrong about it, and neither could the public. The line opened at about 9.5/10 in favor of Denver and closed at 13.5. Nobody believed in the Giants, but they finally came out and... Read More
NFL Survivor League Picks (Week 6): Survivor Pool Targets and Avoids
I don't understand how people think the #Jaguars are good. If the #Steelers lose this week I'll be damned. Rest of my picks below https://t.co/ELrXkWCd8e — Seth I. Finkelstein (@Seth_Fink) October 4, 2017 I am damned. I had two entries in my survivor pool. Three weeks ago, I chose the Ravens over the Jags and... Read More
NFL Survivor League Picks (Week 5): Survivor Pool Targets and Avoids
I had a different intro written before last night's game, but I hadn't seen an ending like that in some time. This is not a gambling column, but this can not be passed up. No, not the field goal, but the final play. The Chiefs were favorite by 6.5 and the over under was 49.... Read More
NFL Survivor League Picks (Week 4): Survivor Pool Targets and Avoids
Week 3 was the week of the dogs. Eight of nine underdogs in the early games covered the spread and six of those teams won outright (not including Vikes because it went off as pick 'em). In total, the underdogs went 11-4. That's absurd. Vegas probably made a killing. The public's two favorite teams did not... Read More
NFL Survivor League Picks (Week 3): Survivor Pool Targets and Avoids
What a differnce a week makes. Week 2 featured a much better slate of games with tighter results. Let's get right to my observations with some facts. The Chargers went down to the wire again and lost in heartbreaking fashion. Well, what else is new? The Patriots were all of a sudden back after the classic Week... Read More
NFL Survivor League Picks - Week 2
Week 1 is in the books and it sure was a doozy. The games were mostly lopsided and dull. Only two games, the Falcons at Bears, and Chargers, Broncos came down to the final possession.* I had the Bears as an upset special and they should have won the game. Week 1 also leads to massive overreaction.... Read More
NFL Survivor League Picks - Week 1
It's finally back! Football is finally back and now I don't have worry about what I'll be watching on Sunday for the next five months. I always try to figure out what the most exciting part of the year is - right before the NCAA Tournament, or now? It's a tough one, but I'd have... Read More
NFL Survivor League Picks – Targets & Avoids for Week 14
The NFL is so impossible to predict. I was correct with my 49ers pick upsetting the Bears, but the Saints came up short against the Panthers. I had the Bills over the Texans, but the one lock of the year, New England, lost to the Eagles. There are no locks in football. It still doesn't... Read More
