2025 Survivor League Discussion (2 Viewers)

[doeseatplace]

Ironically, even though it's a smaller point spread, I also kind of like TB @ NOS. Not more than all of the above, but if they're available, I think they're in the same general conversation.

Good call. Tampa has won and covered last 3 in New Orleans

 

[zed2283]

Starting to shy away from PHI with AJ Brown out. Wondering about CIN and ATL.

 

[Golden Gopher]

Ironically, even though it's a smaller point spread, I also kind of like TB @ NOS. Not more than all of the above, but if they're available, I think they're in the same general conversation.

Good call. Tampa has won and covered last 3 in New Orleans

Good info. TB is 3-1 on the road, Saints 1-3 at home. I mean it's not a lock, but none of the games in this conversation are. I can see the possibility that the Saints pull off the upset, but is it really any more likely than CAR, CLE, MIA, CHI or either NY team? I don't know.... I can poke holes in the argument either way on any of those. The Bucs are down some players on offense, but if there's one thing we've seen so far, it's that Mayfield and company seem to find a way to get it done regardless of what weapons are at his disposal. I guess the counter-argument would be that it might not be a "must win" game for them in the sense that they could win their division easily by the time it's all said and done. Of course, there's still plenty to play for, in terms of home field in the playoffs, byes, etc. The other piece would be that it goes against my general "rules" of avoiding road games and/or divisional games.

Bottom line... I'm not saying I'm taking TB, but they're one of a handful of teams I considering.

 

[zed2283]

So glad I stuck with PHI and couldn't talk myself into trusting CIN or ATL!!!

 

[Dizzy]

Starting to shy away from PHI with AJ Brown out. Wondering about CIN and ATL.

I switched from IND to CIN this morning and got burned.

 

[doeseatplace]

So glad I stuck with PHI and couldn't talk myself into trusting CIN or ATL!!!

Made a last minute switch to Philadelphia myself when I had a hollow feeling in my gut about trusting either ATL or CIN, two of the least trustworthy teams in any type of wagering. “Don’t outsmart yourself,” I tells myself. When you can pick a game with a good team (PHI) playing a bad team (NYG), why on earth would you risk your survivor pool on either the Bengals or the Falcons?

 

[Wingnut]

I took Atlanta early in the week and forgot to change it when Penix was ruled oit.

 

[Golden Gopher]

Well, I had four survivor lives left going into the week.... One large contest (6K+ contestants), one medium (around 100), and two others smaller ones. As of Saturday night, my plan was to "diversity" and go with IND in the big one, and split between NE/CIN/ATL in the other three (having already mostly used BUF, KC, and BAL).

After reviewing the inactives yesterday morning, decided to pull the plug on ATL (I knew Penix was out, but London on top of that scared me). Then, for some reason, when weighing between NE and CIN, I decided to double down (actually triple down) on CIN, given how many guys were out for the Jets (Wilson, Sauce, etc.). I was driving to a soccer game pre-kickoff, listening to NFL radio on Sirius as they talked about the unfortunate passing of Eric Mangold.... Had a brief thought of "I wonder if that will motivate the Jets?" In hindsight, I probably should have listened a bit more to that thought. Or, more accurately, never should have trusted the CIN defense to beat anybody. Ugh. Dumb move.

So, CIN burned me in three, but I'm still alive in one last (large) contest, where we started with around 6500 entries, and are now down to 800 and change. Between CIN and ATL, over 500 were knocked out yesterday alone. Should be interesting going forward.
Good luck to those who are still alive and kicking in their various contests.