Advice on survivor pool

Advice on survivor pool First year doing this (surprised I haven't over the years)... Basically the set up is simple. 200$ buy in (About 200 players) and winner takes all. Have to pick 1 team to win, can't pick team more than once in a season. Straight up no points... So if any of you have any experience in these do you knock out your so called "easy ones" first? For example do I waste the Ravens in week 1 to beat the Chiefs or the Saints to beat the Lions? Or does it make any sense at all to get "riskier" in the first few weeks since you have to win the whole thing to make any money anyway? Thanks in advance. burg

bigger favs n let the squares knock themselves out. if you're still around when it gets serious strategy becomes more important.

Gotta go Ravens KC 5th worst team in the NFL.......you want to save the Det L for later.........

[QUOTE=Fezzik;2168]KC 5th worst team in the NFL.......you want to save the Det L for later.........[/QUOTE] Take a look at the New Orleans schedule....there is probably not a better spot to use them than this week. Maybe vs. the Jets? REGULAR SEASON Sep 13 vs. DETROIT LIONS 12:00PM Sep 20 @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 12:00PM Sep 27 @ BUFFALO BILLS 3:05PM Oct 04 vs. NEW YORK JETS 3:05PM Oct 11 BYE Oct 18 vs. NEW YORK GIANTS 12:00PM Oct 25 @ MIAMI DOLPHINS 3:15PM Nov 02 vs. ATLANTA FALCONS 7:30PM Nov 08 vs. CAROLINA PANTHERS 3:05PM Nov 15 @ ST. LOUIS RAMS 12:00PM Nov 22 @ TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS 12:00PM Nov 30 vs. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 7:30PM Dec 06 @ WASHINGTON REDSKINS 12:00PM Dec 13 @ ATLANTA FALCONS 12:00PM Dec 19 vs. DALLAS COWBOYS 7:20PM Dec 27 vs. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS 12:00PM Jan 03 @ CAROLINA PANTHERS 12:00PM

[QUOTE=burger;2163]First year doing this (surprised I haven't over the years)... Basically the set up is simple. 200$ buy in (About 200 players) and winner takes all. Have to pick 1 team to win, can't pick team more than once in a season. Straight up no points... So if any of you have any experience in these do you knock out your so called "easy ones" first? For example do I waste the Ravens in week 1 to beat the Chiefs or the Saints to beat the Lions? Or does it make any sense at all to get "riskier" in the first few weeks since you have to win the whole thing to make any money anyway? Thanks in advance. burg[/QUOTE] Burger, I've been playing for years. I have two simple rules: 1) If at all possible, never use a road team 2) If at all possible, stay away from divisional matchups and while keeping this in mind, try to stay away from the largest point spread game. In my pool, the majority of the players play the largest spread game. It's inevitable that there will be upsets taking out large amounts of players. My pool has had over 300+ players over the years. By week 8, historically, 2/3's are gone.

on Yahoo so far: NO 40% Bal 17% SD 13% NE 6% Min 5% Sea 4% Ari 3% GB/Chi the only one with both sides at 0% Does this data help anyone determine whether a team is more or less public than average?

[QUOTE=Fezzik;2168]KC 5th worst team in the NFL.......you want to save the Det L for later.........[/QUOTE] I was originally going Balt as well but.... Now I'm thinking use NO in week one and save Balt for when they play the Lions later. Maybe I should re-adjust my thinking. Thanks everyone for posting...I really appreciate it.

[QUOTE=Fezzik;2168]KC 5th worst team in the NFL.......you want to save the Det L for later.........[/QUOTE] I would have placed KC lower. Who are the other 3, besides Detroit?

Oakland, Arizona, Denver, I'd say. All the shitty teams are in the West this year.

Arizona?!? No doubt you meant StLou. You're showing your age, associating teams with their old homes.