I hate the Packers. How this team goes up against a winless Bucs team with a rookie QB in his first start, and let them come from behind by two scores and win the game is beyond me.
Stupid Packers. They are right on par with the Jaguars at this point in terms of reliable survivor picks. As soon as the final score came across the wire it reminded me that I picked the Packers back in Week 2 of the original survivor pool. And now I’m out in the second week of the second half pool, thanks to the Packers.
Of small consolation, I wasn’t alone. In the original survivor we lost jlockholmes, John, kingryguy and louislipps. Over in the second half pool we lost eaglesrule15, Gerri Attrics, junk, msmithmca and NickyJ. All the losses were on the Pack.
Has anyone noticed we’re losing people out of the second half pool at a faster rate than the original? And of course the original entries have far fewer choices. Maybe that is a benefit. I wonder which pool will extend the longest? We now have 25 still alive in the original and 21 in the second half.
I suspect we’ll still have the majority of players still alive next week. There are some great games on the NFL schedule this week like Bengals-Steelers and Patriots-Colts, but in terms of survivor options there are some big favourites. Namely, Ravens over the Browns on Monday night, Vikings over the Lions and Saints over the Rams.
Those are in fact my three choice picks for the week. I thought about picking one slightly lesser favourite like the Broncos over the Redskins at Washington, but then I thought of the Packers… argh… and I decided to stick with the safe(r) picks.
If you are still alive, congrats. With the start of Thursday games effective last night – and what a barn burner that was – note you can make a pick for a Thursday night game, but the pick must be input into the website prior to kickoff of that game. Otherwise, your pick is due prior to the normal deadline, 1:00 Eastern on Sunday.