NFL Survivor 2025 Week 6
Probably the most popular football contest ever, Survivor only requires you to pick 1 game winner each week. The catch, you can’t use the same team twice. Here are some different strategies that I’m applying each week, and of course the teams I expect to win.
DraftKings Pools offers multiple NFL Survivor contests each season with entry fees ranging from $10 to $1,000. If I’m going to enter a $1,000 Survivor contest, it would be the Circa Survivor, which pays out $15 million to the winner. I haven’t had as much success with survivor as I have with pick ’em pools, so I stay to the $10 and $100 entries. This year, I have 40 entries in the $10 pool (winner gets $1.2 million) and 3 entries in $100 contest (winner gets $900 thousand). They are also running 2nd and 3rd chance survivor pools that I will enter and follow similar strategies as outlined below.
Option Strategy
The option strategy requires a user to make a contest entry on both sides of a game. This will ensure that 1 entry moves on to the next week. However, it also means 1 entry will be eliminated. It is a good strategy to use early in the season. It allows you to get a better understanding of each team, avoid the early upsets and save good teams for later in the season.
In week 4 I used the option strategy on the New York Giants at New Orleans Saints game. That leaves me with 2 (the New Mexico pick won on the 3rd entry last week), 1 and 2 entries in the 3 different contests DraftKings are running.
I’ve decided not to run the option strategy for the next few weeks. Hopefully I’m able to take 2 of the top teams identified by the New Mexico model to keep all options open moving forward. This will allow me to use the option strategy one more time later if caught in a tough week.
New Mexico Strategy
The New Mexico strategy is a selection of teams using the New Mexico pick ’em model. I use this model for against the spread predictions, and this season I’m running it in the Circa Millions and Westgate SuperContest. I will start with the teams it likes to win big, and then consider if they are home/away or playing a divisional opponent.
The Colts absolutely smashed the Raiders in week 5, giving the New Mexico strategy another winning week. This week, I’m going to go back to the Colts at home against Arizona. This will be used on the entries from the option strategy that haven’t previously used Indianapolis. For the entries I’ve already use the Colts, I’ll be taking the Packers at home against Cincinnati. The Bengals have a new QB in Flacco, who should do a better job pushing the ball down the field. But he is still a statue in the pocket, and the Packers, rested off a bye week, shouldn’t have a problem applying pressure.
What teams are you taking this week and why? Let me know in the comments.
