Week 6 Suicide Pool Strategy (1 Viewer)

tomarken · Oct 17, 2009

Didn't see a thread on this yet, sorry if I missed it.

Looks like there are a lot of easy wins this week if you're the type that just wants to play it safe. GB home vs Det, Pit home vs Cle, NYJ home vs Bills are all divisional matchups but look lopsided on paper at least. Philly's traveling out west to Oakland but that should be a W also.

Then you've got matchups like Jax-StL, Was-KC, TB-Car, etc. Anyone picking a side in one of these games and hoping for the best?

I'm on the fence this week, not sure if I should just take one of the "locks" and breathe easy til next week, or if this is one of those weeks to go out on a limb and try to steal a W with a crappy team. I have the Jets in there now, but I'm not sure I'm sticking with it...

Couch Potato · Oct 17, 2009

tomarken said:
Didn't see a thread on this yet, sorry if I missed it.Looks like there are a lot of easy wins this week if you're the type that just wants to play it safe. GB home vs Det, Pit home vs Cle, NYJ home vs Bills are all divisional matchups but look lopsided on paper at least. Philly's traveling out west to Oakland but that should be a W also. Then you've got matchups like Jax-StL, Was-KC, TB-Car, etc. Anyone picking a side in one of these games and hoping for the best? I'm on the fence this week, not sure if I should just take one of the "locks" and breathe easy til next week, or if this is one of those weeks to go out on a limb and try to steal a W with a crappy team. I have the Jets in there now, but I'm not sure I'm sticking with it...

IMO there are only 2 locks this week. PIT over CLE and PHI over OAK.The rest are favorites, sure, but this is the NFL and there are precious few true locks. Most teams have sufficient talent to win a surprise game, with a key couple of turnovers or big plays on special teams.GB was a 6-10 team last year and just 2-2 this year. They shouldn't be considered a lock over a DET team that could be on the rise. JAC is so bad when they're bad that they can't be considered a lock over anyone. Bulger is back for the Rams, Avery and SJax are weapons, and they could end up biting the Jags. Jets have a rookie QB who could have one of those disaster games rookies are prone to having, and the BUF D is decent. And the Jets D gave up yardage and points to MIA last week pretty freely. No lock there. WAS, KC, CAR, and TB are all inconsistent messes. No locks there for favorites WAS and CAR.Always go with one of your best 2 or 3 options. Don't get cute and try to save teams for later. It's survive and advance, and if you take a weak favorite and they lose, you've just saved a better choice that you'll never get to use.EDIT -- what would we save PIT for anyway... they'll never have a better game on their sched than home v CLE.

Pip's Invitation · Oct 17, 2009

Don't sleep on NE at home vs. TEN. The Titans have an atrocious pass defense, and we know what Brady, Moss and Welker can do when they're on.

massraider · Oct 17, 2009

Just follow the Raiders around. You can cut/paste this into next week's thread.

Game Time · Oct 17, 2009

massraider said:
Just follow the Raiders around. You can cut/paste this into next week's thread.

Been doing that (Rams as well) and will continue to...

r0llin_game · Oct 17, 2009

Couch Potato said:
tomarken said:

Didn't see a thread on this yet, sorry if I missed it.Looks like there are a lot of easy wins this week if you're the type that just wants to play it safe. GB home vs Det, Pit home vs Cle, NYJ home vs Bills are all divisional matchups but look lopsided on paper at least. Philly's traveling out west to Oakland but that should be a W also. Then you've got matchups like Jax-StL, Was-KC, TB-Car, etc. Anyone picking a side in one of these games and hoping for the best? I'm on the fence this week, not sure if I should just take one of the "locks" and breathe easy til next week, or if this is one of those weeks to go out on a limb and try to steal a W with a crappy team. I have the Jets in there now, but I'm not sure I'm sticking with it...

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IMO there are only 2 locks this week. PIT over CLE and PHI over OAK.The rest are favorites, sure, but this is the NFL and there are precious few true locks. Most teams have sufficient talent to win a surprise game, with a key couple of turnovers or big plays on special teams.GB was a 6-10 team last year and just 2-2 this year. They shouldn't be considered a lock over a DET team that could be on the rise. JAC is so bad when they're bad that they can't be considered a lock over anyone. Bulger is back for the Rams, Avery and SJax are weapons, and they could end up biting the Jags. Jets have a rookie QB who could have one of those disaster games rookies are prone to having, and the BUF D is decent. And the Jets D gave up yardage and points to MIA last week pretty freely. No lock there. WAS, KC, CAR, and TB are all inconsistent messes. No locks there for favorites WAS and CAR.Always go with one of your best 2 or 3 options. Don't get cute and try to save teams for later. It's survive and advance, and if you take a weak favorite and they lose, you've just saved a better choice that you'll never get to use.EDIT -- what would we save PIT for anyway... they'll never have a better game on their sched than home v CLE.

Pitt has KC and Oakland weeks 11 and 13.

Trent · Oct 17, 2009

A buddy and I split an entry into a pool this is, was our tentative plan:

1 Buf@Ne

2 Min@Det

3 Kc@Phil

4 Det@Chi

5 Oak@NyG

6 Det@Gb

7 Ind@Stl

8 Oak@Sd

9 Det@Sea

10 N.O.@Stl

11 Az@Stl

12 Oak@Dal

13 Oak@Pit

14 Stl@Ten

15 Hou@Stl

16 Det@Sf

17 ?

Man In The Box · Oct 17, 2009

I'm going with the Jets. :thumbup:

Jeff Tefertiller · Oct 17, 2009

I like Philly and Pitt this week. Went with Pitt at home.

editor47 · Oct 18, 2009

Jeff Tefertiller said:
I like Philly and Pitt this week. Went with Pitt at home.

while the eagles won't lose, i see no reason whatsoever to pick a road team travelling cross-country.

Zoomanji · Oct 18, 2009

editor47 said:
Jeff Tefertiller said:

I like Philly and Pitt this week. Went with Pitt at home.

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while the eagles won't lose, i see no reason whatsoever to pick a road team travelling cross-country.

good call, I try to avoid divisional games tooI ended up going with Jax and Phi thoughDecided to save Pit assuming I make it that far and GB (based on upcoming games).Redskins may be worth a shot too

Pip's Invitation · Oct 18, 2009

Zoomanji said:
Redskins may be worth a shot too

The Redskins are capable of losing to anyone. Don't even think of touching any of their games.

AcousticNut · Oct 18, 2009

I try to stay away from both road teams and divisional matchups which left me picking Jacksonville over STL today. Can't say I'm not a little nervous about the pick though.

Zoomanji · Oct 18, 2009

Pip said:
Zoomanji said:

Redskins may be worth a shot too

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The Redskins are capable of losing to anyone. Don't even think of touching any of their games.

dude, they play the Chefs

Pip's Invitation · Oct 18, 2009

Zoomanji said:
Pip said:

Zoomanji said:

Redskins may be worth a shot too

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The Redskins are capable of losing to anyone. Don't even think of touching any of their games.

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dude, they play the Chefs

And they lost to the Lions and almost lost to the Rams.

AB in DC · Oct 18, 2009

Pip said:
Don't sleep on NE at home vs. TEN. The Titans have an atrocious pass defense, and we know what Brady, Moss and Welker can do when they're on.

I'd avoid, because of the weather. There are safer bets.

stevegamer · Oct 18, 2009

editor47 said:
Jeff Tefertiller said:

I like Philly and Pitt this week. Went with Pitt at home.

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while the eagles won't lose, i see no reason whatsoever to pick a road team travelling cross-country.

If one is confident of the bolded, it's a pretty good reason.and of course the other reason: JaMarcus Russell.

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