I survived.
I'm going with the Los Angeles Chargers over the Titans this week in the 1-Strike Pool.
Bob Green
I survived.
Bob Green
I'm on the Falcons... that tells you how much the Giants stink cause the Falcons are an injured mess right now
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Almost forgot to make my pick this week. But, turns out shouldn't have bothered unless the Dolphins pull off a miracle in the next minute and a half.
In the no strike pool, we will all go out or go on tomorrow night. It's all up to the Falcons. And whoever they play, I suppose.
In one strike, I survived with the KC Chiefs.
Bob Green
The 3 still in the no strike pool survive to next week.
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Everybody moves on again in the no-strike pool.
One strike pool is down to four as the Cowboys took out two more contestants last night. DukieInKansas is in the lead with no strikes, while the rest of us have one.
Got my pic in this week. It's getting tougher as there were only 2 I felt reasonably confident about. Wondered about trying to sneak a bad team in since several face off this week, but decided to stick with what has worked so far.
"There can BE only one."
Three of us still hanging tough in the no strike pool and only two in the one strike pool. I do not feel good about my options this week.
Yeah, most of the strong teams have been picked and most of the bad teams are playing each other. This is the longest I've ever survived in this thing, so trying to take it one week at a time.
"There can BE only one."
Yes, DiK and I are the only folks alive in the 1-strike pool... but he has zero strikes. He and I have both used up the Rams, Chiefs, Pats, Chargers, Green Bay, Panthers, Texans, and Falcons. I still have the Saints and he does not. He still has the Vikings and I do not. We both still have the Steelers too (and they look like an attractive pick this week).
This could be the week to really go for it and take a bad team playing an even worse one. Do you take Tampa over the Giants? What about Arizona over the wretched Raiders?
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This is as long as I remember one of our survival pools running. I'm starting to run low on super-confident picks, but I also make a point of looking ahead through the schedule of future matchups before making my weekly pick. This means that I'll sometimes make a pick at, say, 70% confidence over one at 90% confidence, in the name of preserving more favorable future picks. I did this in the very first week this year, picking Denver to win at home even though they're not very good...they always perform well in their first home game, especially if it's in Week 1, owing to some players still rounding into optimal game shape. That pick paid off, and effectively bought me an extra week to choose from stronger contenders (I wouldn't touch the Broncos in just about any matchup at this point in this season). Looking ahead, I have my slate of picks mapped out through the end of the regular season, giving me a string of reasonably confident picks relative to the dwindling pool of choices.