Thanks. Looked at these ones also but thought both might have a couple future value game options if im still alive which is why leaning on TB.

Agreed though i hate it with Freeman, and being on the road.

Main reason why im going with Indy over Pitt.

Prob would go with Rams instead too, however looking ahead I would like to have them as an option week 5 v jax if still have entries. Dont really see another time i would use TB so figured i would risk it on them this week.

I'm avoiding Indianapolis, picked by 47% of Yahoo users and 42% of Office Football Pool users. They don't have a lot of future value, and although they're the team most likely to win, I don't think you can pick them this week because of their popularity.

New England is next most likely to win, but they have a ton of great home dates this season and are popular (16% Yahoo, 17% OFP) this week, so I'll pass.

Pittsburgh looks good. 8% on Yahoo and 12% on OFP. Slightly more likely to win than a number of other teams. Couple decent opportunities, but not until later in this week. Decent option.

Tampa Bay is 8% on Yahoo, 6% on OFP. Not sure why they're four times as popular as other picks like Detroit and St. Louis.

I'm going Detroit as my main pick. Pittsburgh not bad choice either, will ride St. Louis in larger pools, especially those with rebuys for the first few weeks.

I took the same route in a pool tnat has a 500k pool. Indy/Pitt/NE then chose KC. Only Otner week I could have used KC was against the raiders, I like the Tampa pick .

One of my least favorite teams PITT going to screw me two years in a row. Can't believe it.

i hope ind/pats/pitt lose so me and iowa can laugh because every season same thing happens and we try to educate but all people say is

"omg why you picking the rams in w1?? you are so stupid, the point is to survive so hopefully you and 40 people split the pot at the end!!!!"

Pitt was the separation pick this week, though

all my leagues have > 25% on pitt

Then you play in smart leagues where reverse leveling is the appropriate strategy. They are 8% on Yahoo.

we almost had NE lose

PIT & TB going down both good for any survivor pool lol

Hope you went TB so I can laugh.

Indy and NE almost lost while Pitt didn't do **** on offense all day and lost many to injuries early on in the 1st game of the season...horrible way 2 get knocked out vs titans, Pitt havn't lost a season opener in 10yrs til now woww wtf. Only 12ish people were on it in my 150 person pool and 20 something on it in my 1800 person pool woulda been looking veryyy nice had NE and Indy lost but Pitt won. Still in couple other pools but knocked out of a couple today cuz of this.

Was praying for the big 3 to lose. In a 5,000 person pool that would of knocked out 4,000 people with 500k for the winner, O well my chiefs won

I don't always pick PIT...
...but when I do, I pick them against TEN.

wamp.

The only good thing of picking Pitt was I didnt watch the game that must have been painfull...

no rams, lions, and dallas


why mess with road favorites now??

I went Lions this week & going Bears next week. Both have tough home schedules so no other real chances to use them. Vikings are an underrated team to fade, at least until week 6 when everyone realizes they suck.

20% of my 8,300-person pool is out this week on some combination of Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay and others. Funny that when you get to a pool this big, every single team was represented in Week 1.

Went a lot on Pittsburgh. 2nd most on Detroit and a sprinkle of Kansas City and Tampa Bay.

Detroit should have won by 28+, losing Tampa that way was excruciating and both Indy and New England winning in the closing minutes was tough to swallow. Tough week.

My fellow sharp. Rams were not even a Top 3 (non results-oriented obv) pick this week

Went with Chiefs week 1. Going Raiders against Jags this week. I think the Raiders have some confidence from their week 1 game against the Colts, false confidence or not, and what better way to reinforce that bravado than the Jaguars at home. Plus, if I can get through the first two weeks with the Chiefs and Raiders, that'd be tremendous.

Is your plan to just fade Jacksonville every week? Even though the Raiders didn't look bad last week, I can't even fathom backing them this week.

I like the matchup. Better team, coming off a "good" loss, playing at home against an inferior opponent coming off a humiliating loss. Oakland also did one thing really, really well against the Colts and that was limiting possessions by slowing down their play and long balanced drives. They have the weapons to convert on 3rd and 2/3/4 yards all day. A couple of long drives and scores early and I don't see the Jags having the talent or the possession time to dig themselves out of the hole. I won't fade the Jags all season, but I don't see week 2 on the road, across the country, against a surprisingly pretty good team with a quality defense being the week they find their rhythm.

I wouldn't touch the Raiders personally. Gabbert has been ruled out and Henne is starting now who can run that offense 10x than Gabbert.

I fear a let down as they really got up for the Indy game only to come out short.

Houston @ home vs TEN looks like a great pick.

How about the Ravens at home against the Browns? They get the benefit of extra rest coming off the opening Thursday night game, and they're probably not a team that you'd really want to save for later in the season. Also, they are playing the Browns.