The survivor concept is simple: Pick one team to win an NFL game every week. No spreads or totals – just winners. Once you use that team, you can't use them again – creating an element of strategy and long-term planning that makes these contests deceptively difficult.
Fortunately, this year we're partnering with our friends at Pool Genius to make things easier. They've built slate-leading tools to help conquer a variety of pool contests, including survivor.
Week 4 was more or less smooth sailing for survivor pools, with the eight most popular teams all winning their games. Only about 3% of the field was eliminated, thanks to losses by the Steelers (2%) and Saints (1%).
An easy week like that means we can expect to need to last longer to advance in survivor pools, which shifts the strategy a bit mor e towards saving' teams for later in the season.