Suicide/Survivor NFL Week 1

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I'm in a very large $50 pool with over 300 entries. Here is the breakdown for week 1 in my pool.

Sea 110
Pit 41
Dal 35
Jac 29
Ind 28
NE 19
SD 14
Was 7
Hou 5
Min 5
Phi 5
SF 4
Den 2
Stl 2
Det 1
Oak 1

14 people didn't make their pick in time and were given Indy as a default. I took Jax.

[Levarkin]

Wow, 41 people like a 4.5-point road fave. I guess it's mostly "Browns suck LOL" money.

[Mojo56]

Everyone I talked to is taking Sea in my pool therefore I'm taking Jax and rooting hard for TB.

[27offsuit]

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My other advice would be to not save teams for later use (usually you can only pick teams once in a season); better to win now and let others knock themselves out by holding Indy and picking longshot teams.

Good week 1 picks might include PIT (@ CLE, my pick for week 1), SEA (vs TB), and... that might be it in my opinion. If you're like me and see the Titans as generally awful headed by a Madden cursed QB, JAX (vs TEN) might be a good pick as well. Good luck!

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This is super solid and all you really need for week 1.

[Hoopster81]

PIT it is

[LLXC]

I like PIT though in Survivor Pools, I usually try to take a home team.

[Homer]

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Everyone I talked to is taking Sea in my pool therefore I'm taking Jax and rooting hard for TB.

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yep, this is right on. seattle is the sexy/popular pick for this week, so you take jax to get separation. plus they are bigger favorites, which is gravy.

[housenuts]

we only have 10 guys in my pool so separation isn't all that important.
7 guys have seattle, and then 1 with Indy, Houston, and Oakland.

Had I known everyone was on Seattle, I may have gone with PIT, but I didn't know before I made my pick, and as I say, separation not too important in a 10 person pool.

[Thremp]

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we only have 10 guys in my pool so separation isn't all that important.
7 guys have seattle, and then 1 with Indy, Houston, and Oakland.

Had I known everyone was on Seattle, I may have gone with PIT, but I didn't know before I made my pick, and as I say, separation not too important in a 10 person pool.

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No its just an important. Its really the only concept that matters at all in pools.

[Mojo56]

1 and out for me. I was worried when the line steamed up to 8 this morning. Oh well, there's always next year. When does hockey start?