2023 Survivor Pool Picks and Strategy - About Fantasy Football

You can get advice for the 2023 NFL Survivor Pool on this page. I’ll be posting my top five picks each week, as well as the trap of the week, so check back if you need tips and analysis. I’ll also be doing something new, which is planning out for picks weeks in advance.

If you want to enter – it’s free with a $350 prize – go here to the 2023 NFL Survivor Pool page.

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2023 NFL Survivor Strategy: The Nine-Week Plan

One of the best DFS players in the world, WhistlesGoWoo, who is also a professor at the University of Connecticut School of Business, penned a research article about survivor pools where he has a rolling horizon strategy. This entails planning out the schedule nine weeks in advance. This is better than plotting out the entire year because things can change due to injuries and unexpected outperformers and underperformers. It’s also wise to have a plan to prevent yourself from being trapped in a bad week with no options.

With that in mind, I’m going to deploy Whistle’s strategy and plan out each nine weeks in advance. Here are the viable options each week:

Week 1: Redskins (vs. Cardinals) or Ravens (vs. Texans) or Chargers (vs. Dolphins)
Week 2: Bills (vs. Raiders)
Week 3: Ravens (vs. Colts) or Cowboys (at Cardinals) or Chiefs (vs. Bears)
Week 4: Eagles (vs. Redskins) or 49ers (vs. Cardinals)
Week 5: Lions (vs. Panthers) or Bengals (at Cardinals)
Week 6: Chiefs (vs. Broncos) or Jaguars (vs. Colts) or Rams (vs. Cardinals)
Week 7: Seahawks (vs. Cardinals) or Eagles (vs. Dolphins)
Week 8: Bills (vs. Buccaneers) or Cowboys (vs. Rams) or Ravens (at Cardinals) or Chargers (vs. Bears) or Lions (vs. Raiders)
Week 9: Steelers (vs. Titans), Browns (vs. Cardinals)

Based on this schedule, I think planning out Redskins, Bills, Cowboys, 49ers, Lions, Jaguars, Seahawks, Ravens, Browns makes the most sense.

2023 NFL Survivor Week 1: Top Five Options

Washington Redskins (vs. Cardinals)
Colt McCoy is a solid backup. Joshua Dobbs is not. Dobbs is new to the team and hasn’t had any experience throwing to any of his teammates. Also, Arizona’s defense is trash. Washington could win easily.

Baltimore Ravens (vs. Texans)
I like the Texans more than most in 2023, but they have a new coach and a new quarterback. They’re also battling John Harbaugh, who is the king of destroying teams in Week 1.

San Angeles Chargers (vs. Dolphins)
The Chargers are one of the best teams in the NFL when healthy, and they happen to be healthy right now. I love their pass rush against Miami’s offensive line.

Jacksonville Jaguars (at Colts)
I’d rather take the Jaguars when they play an AFC South team at home. They should crush the Colts, who also have a new coach and new quarterback.

Atlanta Falcons (vs. Panthers)
The Falcons will be better this year, while the Panthers are another team with a new coach and a new quarterback.

2023 Survivor Top Options: 0-0. (

2023 NFL Survivor Week 1: Trap of the Week

Minnesota Vikings (vs. Buccaneers)
The Vikings have a miserable defense. Their secondary is going to have issues defending the Buccaneers’ receivers, so I could see Tampa Bay winning outright. I’m likely to bet the Buccaneers on my NFL Picks page.

2023 Survivor Trap Games: 0-0. (Week 1: MIN). 2022 Survivor Trap Games: 6-12. 2021 Survivor Trap Games: 6-12. 2020 Survivor Trap Games: 8-9. 2019 Survivor Trap Games: 4-13. 2018 Survivor Trap Games: 8-9. 2017 Survivor Trap Games: 5-12. 2016 Survivor Trap Games: 5-12. 2015 Survivor Trap Games: 8-9. 2014 Survivor Trap Games: 8-9.

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