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ROTB Survival Pick'em: Week 4 Results and Week 5 Picks

We are now officially a quarter(roughly) of the way through the season, and the pile remains split. Nobody was eliminated last week, but like manphibian pointed out, a lot of people were probably sweating out the Browns/Bengals game. I have to say that the best strategy at this point is to pick whoever's playing the Rams, Chiefs, or Browns. This also marks a point in the survival pick'em season when the good teams start getting weeded out of the mix. It makes for a challenging pick, but it is also more interesting. Random stats and next week's slate of games after the jump...

 

Who's Alive Who's Dead

Travis23(4), boogatt6(4), robloosli(4), trojanzags(4), bcloirao(4), manphibian(4), irishcardinal(4), Tim V(4), KDean75(4), Thomaldo(4), hevchv(4), B0rd3rline(4), Chg91(4), Carddan(4), SenSurround(4), ), Andrew602(4), CardstuckinVA(4)

Red Reign(3), Drullin'OverDaCards(3),

Wongy, azsportsfan31, Bezekira, StuckinColorado, thereallacardsfan, Pyromnc, CARDSxFAN32, ar4gsw, Hawkwind, Hibernian, Desert_Bird_Watcher, Cuckoo for Coco Puffs, PhoenixChief, azcardswinez, AJBirdWatcher, superpsck, kj197728, Jallred350, CardsIrish, Rottphiler, TBru, Fitz Jizzle, Giannaros, sc464

Star-divide

Random Stats

# Team Times
Picked
Players
Saved
Players
Lost
1 Ravens 15 15 0
2 Redskins 15 15 0
3 Saints 12 12 0
4 Packers 11 4 7
5 Texans 10 2 8
6 Vikings 8 8 0
7 Seahawks 6 5 1
8 49ers 6 6 0
9 Giants 6 6 0
10 Cardinals 5 1 4
11 Chargers 5 5 0
12 Bengals 4 4 0
13 Cowboys 3 3 0
14 Patriots 3 3 0
15 Colts 3 3 0
16 Steelers 2 0 2
17 Raiders 2 1 1
18 Bears 1 1 0
19 Falcons 1 1 0
20 Titans 1 0 1
21 Chiefs 1 0 1
22 Bills 1 1 0
23 Broncos 1 1 0
24 Lions 1 1 0

Week 5

Sun, Oct 11  Time(ET) TV
Cleveland at Buffalo 1:00 PM CBS
Dallas at Kansas City 1:00 PM FOX
Minnesota at St. Louis 1:00 PM FOX
Oakland at NY Giants 1:00 PM CBS
Tampa Bay at Philadelphia 1:00 PM FOX
Pittsburgh at Detroit 1:00 PM CBS
Washington at Carolina 1:00 PM FOX
Cincinnati at Baltimore 1:00 PM CBS
Atlanta at San Francisco 4:05 PM FOX
Jacksonville at Seattle 4:05 PM CBS
Houston at Arizona 4:05 PM CBS
New England at Denver 4:05 PM CBS
Indianapolis at Tennessee 8:20 PM NBC
Mon, Oct 12 Time(ET) TV
NY Jets at Miami 8:30 PM ESPN

Bye Week - Chicago, Green Bay, New Orleans, San Diego

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My pick

Pittsburgh. This is getting harder.

Hey, hey, hey hey hey, watch the language, ok? I have a family.
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by Andrew602 on Oct 6, 2009 9:06 AM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Give me the Giants

Steve Smith is a beast!… who knew? Go USC! Giants are taking it this week, Oakland is more incompetent than Robert Sarver!

by TrojanZags on Oct 6, 2009 12:20 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Week 5 Pick Dallas Cowboys

I hope the Cowboys don’t make me sweat like the Bengals did last week

by Travis23 on Oct 6, 2009 10:22 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Dallas Cowboys

My 5th NFC-team in a row …

by Thomaldo on Oct 7, 2009 12:40 AM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Wow, you guys have NO balls. =P

I’ll take the Browns over the Bills.

That’s right.

The Browns.

by Chg91 on Oct 7, 2009 5:03 AM MDT reply actions   0 recs

bye

Hey, hey, hey hey hey, watch the language, ok? I have a family.
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by Andrew602 on Oct 8, 2009 4:27 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Philadelphia

by KDean75 on Oct 8, 2009 9:21 AM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Red Reign

I’ll allow you to stay alive this week due to my mistake last week. I’ll honor what I said. If you’re out there, you can make a pick.

Hey, hey, hey hey hey, watch the language, ok? I have a family.
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by Andrew602 on Oct 8, 2009 4:28 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

week 5

Philadelphia Eagles

by robloosli on Oct 9, 2009 8:47 AM MDT reply actions   0 recs

week 5!

NY Giants

World Series '09 - In Memory of #34 Nick Adenhart!

by b0rd3rline on Oct 10, 2009 3:25 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

NY Giants

This may be difficult for you Andrew, but as the numbers dwindle would it be possible to give us a table of which teams each surivor has picked? Im finding it harder and harder to remember

by Irishcardinal on Oct 11, 2009 6:30 AM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Yeah man

I’ll get that added in the results on Tuesday.

Hey, hey, hey hey hey, watch the language, ok? I have a family.
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by Andrew602 on Oct 11, 2009 10:09 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Philly

Life's too short. Be a fan. Orlando Magic, Arizona Cardinals,Tampa Bay Rays and of course "the U"! What a winning combo.

by hevchv on Oct 11, 2009 10:17 AM MDT reply actions   0 recs

I was wondering about the same thing irishcard; Are you keeping a spreadsheet with peoples picks each week so you can make sure people aren’t taking the same team twice, or just going by the honor system?

by manphibian on Oct 11, 2009 1:18 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

I got it all saved so I know who picked who.

Like I told Irishcardinal, I’ll post it on the results for everybody.

Hey, hey, hey hey hey, watch the language, ok? I have a family.
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by Andrew602 on Oct 11, 2009 10:10 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

I apologize, I didn't think "balls" would be considered a bad word.

But hey! My Browns gamble paid off!

That’s probably their only win of the year, too, whooo. Do I get brownie points for getting it correct?

by Chg91 on Oct 11, 2009 7:16 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

I don't know if I mentioned this here or not

But I almost ended up taking Lions over Redskins a few weeks ago, too, but decided to go with the safe pick since everybody else was doing the same. I don’t mean to boast or anything, but damn I am on the money! whoo! >_>

by Chg91 on Oct 11, 2009 7:18 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

I did take the lions over the redskins.

But somehow I forgot that I was one of the first to pick that same week. Both my picks won but if for some reason I was eliminated, it was fun while it lasted.

Life's too short. Be a fan. Orlando Magic, Arizona Cardinals,Tampa Bay Rays and of course "the U"! What a winning combo.

by hevchv on Oct 12, 2009 9:07 AM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

I’m guessing you got eliminated for having two picks, then. Sucks.

by Chg91 on Oct 12, 2009 3:04 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

I was almost thinking you gambled with the Lions

Yikes. Good pick though..

Hey, hey, hey hey hey, watch the language, ok? I have a family.
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by Andrew602 on Oct 11, 2009 10:10 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think..

we all survived, didn’t we?

Here’s a random idea I’m throwing out there – what if, just to make it a bit more competitive, next year the Survival Pick’em (or it can be a differently organized game) uses the Vegas lines, and not just straight matc ups. If the underdog in any particular match up wins and you picked them, then you’re safe. However, if the favorite wins, they must also beat the spread or you’re eliminated.

by Chg91 on Oct 12, 2009 3:27 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Just wait,

I once played a survival where 90% of the players in a 500 player pool went out in two week 1 upsets. The whole pool was over by week 5. I won actually it was about $1000.

This year is kinda wierd cause there are several NFL teams that really do appear to suck rather than one or two – Oakland, St. Louis, Tampa, KC, Buffalo, Cleveland (in no particular order) are all looking at 2-14 seasons or worse right now.

Now it starts to get interesting as teams have picked 4-5 winners and are starting to run out of elite teams to choose. Your picking da Browns will help you in later weeks

Also since boogatt6 and Red Reign didn’t make picks they are out by my count that leaves 16 guys at 5 and me at 4.

I’m just bummed I didn’t see the site had a survivor game until after week 1 was over.

by Drullin'OverDaCards on Oct 12, 2009 4:39 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

can i still get in with my win streak?

I didn’t have access to the internet last week and didn’t get in.

Who would win in a fight, Whisenhunt or a Hurricane?
Hold on, hold on, what if the Hurricanes name was Whisenhunt?
Daaaaaaaaaa Cards, Da Cards Da Cards Da Cards Da Cards!!!

by boogatt66 on Oct 14, 2009 2:10 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Let's get week 6 up.

I don’t want to forget to pick before gameday. Let me know if I can help by writing it up and posting. I’d be happy to do so.

by bcloirao on Oct 14, 2009 9:23 PM MDT reply actions   0 recs


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