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The top NFL survivor pool picks for Week 7 of the 2024 NFL season. Kevin's weekly survivor league pool targets and avoids -- expert picks for survivor leagues.
Welcome to our NFL Survivor Pool Picks for Week 7 of the 2024 NFL season! There are so many different pools, fantasy leagues, weekly bets, and futures bets that it's hard to decide what to do with these choices. But survivor pools are the oldest and simplest leagues out there. All you have to do is pick a team and have them win, but you can't choose them again.
All season long, I'll bring you weekly survivor pool advice for NFL teams to target and teams to avoid each week. Survivor league strategy is a major part of winning your pools, and this article will help you through the 2024 NFL season. We're ready to preview Week 7 and get you through the early season weeks.
We're in the thick of bye week season, so the Survivor picks get tougher and tougher by the week. With just two teams (Bears and Cowboys) on bye this week, let's look at some teams to target and avoid for survivor pools in Week 7.
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Implied Point Totals, Point Spreads, and Over/Under Totals for Week 7
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Before jumping into the picks for Week 7, it's helpful to get an overview of the slate with implied point totals, point spreads, and over/under totals from betting markets. All implied totals come courtesy of FantasyLabs each week.
Now, let's look at the survivor pool pick recommendations to target and avoid for Week 7.
Top Survivor Pool Picks to Target for Week 7
Buffalo Bills vs. TEN
It will be very difficult for me not to see this matchup of the Buffalo Bills at home against a Tennessee Titans team that is tail-spinning at an alarming rate. The Bills are the biggest favorite of the slate at 9.5-point favorites against Tennessee, who sports the lowest implied point total of the Week 7 slate.
Titans quarterback Will Levis has been mistake-prone, ineffective, and downright hilarious as an NFL quarterback and the Bills intend to make the Titans pay by stacking the box against running back Tony Pollard and letting Levis make his mistakes along the way.
Levis has thrown seven interceptions, fumbled the ball away three times, and taken 15 sacks in five games. Not to mention the Bills just upgraded their passing attack by adding Amari Cooper from the Cleveland Browns, so if he plays a meaningful amount, he'll be motivated to put up a strong performance.
Dayo Odeyingbo crosses up the chip block and comes free (thanks to a subtle hold by Taven Bryan) to prevent Will Levis from stepping into his throw.
Julian Blackmon tracks the ball down for the interception. pic.twitter.com/5zmaICf8jc
— Cody Manning (@CodyTalksNFL) October 15, 2024
This is the stone chalk for the Week 7 slate, and if you need a win, the Bills have been up and down, so they're not the mortal lock for Survivor pools as they have been in previous seasons. Lock them in here though against a terrible Titans team.
Los Angeles Rams vs. LV
The Rams just got off their bye in Week 6 and will stay home to host the punchless Las Vegas Raiders, who just went into a real-life NFL game with a wide receiving corps consisting of Tre Tucker, DJ Turner, Kristian Wilkerson, and Alex Bachman.
No, really. Think they could use a top receiver? I wonder if Davante Adams is available...
Anyway, the Rams are a 7.0-point favorite at home against the Raiders, who while they have Brock Bowers at tight end, have little else for backup quarterback Aidan O'Connell to threaten a Rams defense with. That defense in their last game action against the Packers held their own and kept the Rams in the game well into the fourth quarter.
This play might be more of picking against the Raiders rather than FOR the Rams, but the Rams have a much better team at this stage than the Raiders, who look more at home in the new Pac-12 than the AFC West right now.
Top Survivor Pool Picks to Avoid for Week 7
Jacksonville Jaguars vs. NE
The Jaguars are in London for the second straight week; a huge advantage for a team that gets to play a team fresh off a transatlantic flight in the New England Patriots.
Jacksonville may be a 5.5-point favorite, but the momentum for each franchise is heading in opposite directions. New England is looking like a new franchise after rookie quarterback Drake Maye injected some life into the offense in a losing effort against the Texans, and the Chicago Bears stymied the Jaguars last week in London.
if you loved Drake Maye to Josh Downs at UNC
you'll like Drake Maye to Pop Douglas pic.twitter.com/YW2vtr9GBC
— Josh Norris (@JoshNorris) October 14, 2024
I'm not sure why the Jaguars are the betting favorite here, but with the Patriots looking clinically alive and the Jaguars (and head coach Doug Pederson) being ready to be read their last rites, I'm not sure how I could be comfortable taking EITHER team in this matchup. I'm completely staying away from both teams here as to me, it's as even as can be.
Indianapolis Colts vs. MIA
While the Miami Dolphins are a bit rudderless at the moment, they started to look like a moderately functional offense before their Week 6 bye. They'll travel up to Indianapolis to face the Colts, where the Colts are 3.0-point favorites against Miami and Tyler Huntley.
Even the Colts aren't that threatening of an offense, especially if Anthony Richardson gets the starting nod over Joe Flacco. If Flacco is the starter in Week 7, the Colts should get a bit of a bump in terms of confidence Survivor pool players should have in taking the Dolphins.
We know the weapons in Miami; Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, De'Von Achane, and Raheem Mostert, so perhaps against a Colts defense that has given up every yard imaginable to the running back position can be exploited by head coach Mike McDaniel plus Achane and Mostert?
For that reason, plus the uncertainty at quarterback, I can't back the Colts to the point where I'd feel any sort of confidence taking them as my team to win in Week 7.
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