I am back for another year of Survivor Picks. Last year I got through week 9 before the G-Men lost it for me at home. This year looks on paper to be one of the most difficult to predict. Keep in mind my following disclaimer:
There are many different strategies to winning a Survivor Pool...so I do not claim that my strategy is the only one out there but I am going to post my weekly Survivor picks here and anyone interested can follow them.
I have been successful in the past and I want to lay out my strategy so you know if this thread will work for you:
1) I look ahead at the schedule and try to get a "rough" map of my picks. I feel this is the only way to get an advantage late in the Survivor pool. I want to have good teams at the end when it becomes more predictable and others are out of options.
2) I do not always play the home team. Home teams do lose over 40% of the time so I don't automatically pick a home team.
3) I do not always go with the largest favorite. This is the NFL remember.
4) I try to stay away from divisional games and Monday/Thursday games as much as possible.
5) I do research and use trends and statistics.
Anyway, for what it is worth here is my Week 1 Pick, let me know what you think:
WEEK 1 Survivor Pick
San Diego
rough map through week 8:
week 2: Pittsburgh
week 3: New England
week 4: Chicago
week 5: Philadelphia
week 6: Atlanta
week 7: Dallas (tough call)
week 8: Baltimore
thanks and good luck