{"id":65093,"date":"2020-09-11T20:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-lions-should-be-your-nfl-survivor-pools-week-1-pick\/"},"modified":"2020-09-11T20:01:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T17:01:00","slug":"why-lions-should-be-your-nfl-survivor-pools-week-1-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-lions-should-be-your-nfl-survivor-pools-week-1-pick\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why Lions should be your NFL survivor pool\u2019s Week 1 pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af064f843c15\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af064f843c15\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-lions-should-be-your-nfl-survivor-pools-week-1-pick\/#The_pick\" >The pick<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Why Lions should be your NFL survivor pool\u2019s Week 1 pick<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        September 11, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 1:01pm            <\/p>\n<div>\n                        Survive and advance! Though that phrase was created to convey the mindset of college hoops teams trying to navigate the unpredictability of March Madness, it <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lies just as fittingly to September.<\/p>\n<p>Survivor pools are a fall tradition as good as any. They offer a low-risk\/ high-reward way to getting action on the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s. Pick a team, any team, to just win the game. No point spread. If you win, you survive to play another week. <\/p>\n<p>The beauty of this contest lies in its simplicity. It expands the pool of people who can participate in a format that\u2019s welcoming to the person in the office who doesn\u2019t even watch football, yet challenging to even the sharpest of NFL bettors. Let\u2019s discuss some basic strategy:<\/p>\n<p>Have a plan. This contest will not be won by just making it into the first week of October without a loss. It\u2019s a long game. You are better off mapping out a strategy, week by week, and having an idea of who you are taking down the road.<\/p>\n<p>The novice approach is to simply take the week\u2019s biggest favorite. Why take a 4-point favorite when there\u2019s double-digit chalk available? The lone wrinkle of this contest is you can\u2019t choose the same team more than once. Picking the Chiefs and Ravens right away is tempting, and will give you a good chance of avoiding an early exit, but hinders your chances at taking home the prize. <\/p>\n<p>The best way to win is to roll the dice early with some unconventional choices and saving your heavy hitters for later in the season. Think of it this way: The Yankees never brought in Mariano Rivera in the third inning. Let\u2019s look at the options for Week 1 and make a pick: <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16279234\"><img alt=\"Clyde Edward-Helaire rushes for a touchdown Thursday night against the Texans.\" data- data- height=\"441\" width=\"661\"><\/img><figcaption><span>Clyde Edward-Helaire rushes for a touchdown Thursday night against the Texans.<\/span><span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Chiefs\/Texans (Thursday):<\/strong> This was a \u201cpass\u201d from the start. In addition to the strategy of saving the best teams for later, this scared me because the Texans won in the 2019 regular season at Arrowhead and had a 24-0 lead in the playoffs before the Chiefs came back.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patriots over Dolphins:<\/strong> Easy money, right? The Dolphins haven\u2019t won a playoff game in 20 years. In that time, the Patriots (-6\u00b9\/\u2082) have been to nine Super Bowls, winning six. If you\u2019re thinking \u201cyes, but the Patriots always seem to struggle against the Fish,\u201d your instincts are on point, as six of the past seven years, the Dolphins have won a game against the Patriots. The victory by the Dolphins last December stunned everyone \u2014 as the 17-point underdogs shocked the world, killed parlays, and canceled the Patriots\u2019 bye-week plans, forcing them to play Wild Card Saturday, and gave the Chiefs the first week off. Bill Belichick\u2019s teams, by design, usually peak late but struggle early. With a new quarterback, no offseason and a handful of opt-outs, let\u2019s avoid this one. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Chargers over Bengals:<\/strong> I\u2019m tempted by this one, and I think the Chargers (-3) are a good pick to win outright. The last quarterback to be picked first overall and win his debut in the opening week was David Carr in 2001. Joe Burrow will try to buck that trend, but he\u2019ll be doing it against a couple of vicious pass rushers in Joey Bosa and Melvin Ingram, and will not have the elite line he enjoyed at LSU. Simply put, there\u2019s a reason this team had the chance to take Burrow first overall last April. <\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_pick\"><\/span>The pick<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Lions over Bears:<\/strong> If there\u2019s anyone you can trust with your money, it\u2019s the ever-dependable Detroit Lions. Sarcasm aside, though they have one playoff victory since the \u201950s and have never won the NFC North, this is a team that pro bettors are all over. They opened nearly 10\/1 to win the division. They\u2019re mostly at 5\/1 now. They were a 1-point \u2019dog versus the Bears when the schedule was released in May, they are now favored by a field goal.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Stafford quietly put up his highest career passer rating in limited action last year, and his value may have never been more evident than during his absence. His team went winless without him. Despite that, the Lions played the Bears to two one-score games, with Jeff Driskel and David Blough at the helm in each contest, respectively. Both are huge underdogs to ever start again in the NFL, but both kept the Lions within striking distance vs. the Bears.<\/p>\n<p>Using the Lions early saves the heavy hitters for later in the season and gives you a leg up on the competition. The Lions are the pick for Week 1.<\/p>\n<p><em>William Hill (not to be confused with the sportsbook of the same name) is a contributor to VSiN\u2019s Point Spread Weekly. <\/em>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Sports <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/09\/11\/why-lions-should-be-your-nfl-survivor-pools-week-1-pick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Why Lions should be your NFL survivor pool\u2019s Week 1 pick&#8221; September 11, 2020 | 1:01pm Survive and advance! 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