@Coloneljim
I would never ever say a team coming off a loss to take loss two weeks in a row is a safe play. Meaning the Vikings could win this week. I also doubt it but they could. That definitely isn't the safest play. I would rather take Buffalo like someone said coming off a loss to win at home. BOL!\
I had washington last week in my survivor pool at my local bar. I was thinking of taking buffalo as i dont see my raiders winning that game but after monday night i dont trust the bills. Im going with the saints over carolina. More of a fade against a rookie QB on a not so good team and the saints are solid. Like last week my pick was more of a fade on AZ then it was me thinking the skins were that good lol.
I'm leaning INDY!
Yes, they're on the road but QB Richardson and team looked ok even with the loss.
Anyone thinking Houston can beat anybody right now? I sure don't.
Remember with survivor.. must leave the better teams for later in the year, as it will get tougher to make picks each week.
Buffalo and Dallas are definitely going to be popular picks this week. If you're in a small pool, they're solid picks and the have similar future values moving forward. I don't necessarily like the short week for Buffalo, but I'd rather save Dallas at Arizona Week 3 or Week 11 at Carolina in deeper pools. Assuming you use San Fran Week 4 vs Arizona and you're trying to avoid divisional games, there are going to be some tough matchups to pick from in Week 11 if you don't have SF or Dallas available.
If you're in a deeper pool and want to save Buffalo, the Giants and Broncos seem like a nice mix of risk to reward with limited future value.
As a Giants fan, I hate trying to evaluate this team. I'm really hoping the coaching that made us a playoff team last year will get us refocused for this game. I don't want to say it's a must win, but we head to San Fran on a short week and that's a tough game to see us winning. I'll want to see the injury report before making this a pick because Andrew Thomas and his back up Peart will likely be listed, as well as our kicker Gano. From a Survivor perspective, there aren't a lot of great spots to use the Giants the rest of the season but they will be on a lot of bettor's radars as a "fade Arizona" pick. More of a play for medium to deeper pools, especially if you have multiple picks or buy backs are an option.
Denver is the other intriguing game to me and probably less used than the Giants as they get the Commanders at home. The defense looked good and there's something to be said for Denver's home field advantage. I lived in Colorado for four years and the elevation is definitely a factor. This is more of a pick for deeper pools where you need to find spots to be risky. I'd rather do that earlier in the season when you have more options.
I won my survivor pool last year in week 6. It gets tougher and tougher every year it seems as any team can win on a given Sunday. I say take the team that is in the best position to win a game that week. On to your Indy pick, your going against 2 of my rules for survivor. First being a road favorite but especially within the division and secondly taking a rookie QB in his first road start ever. Take a close look at the Bills, are they going to go 0-2 and Vegas 2-0? It could happen but highly unlikely. Sure Buffalo is on a short week but Vegas playing it's second straight road game and has a very long flight along with an early start time. Buffalo has a fairly tough schedule especially towards the end of the year.
@gobi85
Ok.. forum member Jowchoo posted this days ago..
Since 2000, any team coming off shutout loss week 1, and spread is less than 11 week 2 is 18-3 ATS.. 85%
Since Giants are favorite -4.. This is the survivor play of the week and ATS bet of the week.
Won't find a better trend this week.
Established in 1995,
thanks 1269
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