The rules of the NFL Survivor Pool require you to pick one team each week to win, but you can only use one team once per season. However, devising a winning strategy for NFL Survivor 2024 is more complicated. Play too aggressively and you'll end up with mediocre or poor NFL Survivor options by the mid-season. Play too softly and you'll be eliminated. The 2024 NFL schedule will be 18 grueling weeks, with Week 1 featuring three games between postseason teams, including a Lions-Rams rematch after Detroit narrowly won 24-23 in last season's first round.
It may not be wise to overlook either of the playoff contenders in NFL Survivor 2024, but who should you target when picking your NFL Survivors for Week 1? Before you pick your 2024 NFL Survivors, be sure to check out this NFL Survivor strategy from Vegas NFL expert RJ White.
White has been SportsLine's No. 1 NFL Against the Spread expert for the past seven years and has posted 636 wins, 534 losses and 34 ties on his SportsLine predictions, generating over 48 units of profit since 2017. He also has a 56.7% hit rate on his Vegas contest predictions over the past nine seasons and has two money wins, including finishing 18th out of 2,748 entries in 2017.
Now, White has his eye on the 2024 NFL schedule and has finalized his top picks and alternative strategies for his season-long NFL Survivor Pool, which you can see exclusively at SportsLine.
Top picks and strategies for 2024 NFL Survivor
Part of White's 2024 NFL survival strategy is not to select the Cincinnati Bengals, who he views as the consensus play, in Week 1. Cincinnati opens the season at home against the New England Patriots, but the Patriots' over/under for regular-season wins (4.5) is the lowest of any team in the NFL.
But the Bengals are dealing with offseason turmoil and Ja'Marr Chase is in line for a new contract. Jerrod Mayo replaced Bill Belichick in New England and the former Patriots linebacker and longtime assistant will no doubt want to kick off his head coaching career with an unexpected win. That's one reason White expects a closer-than-expected game and is avoiding the Bengals game in Week 1. Watch the rest of White's NFL Survivor competition predictions each week here.
How to make Survivor Pool NFL picks for the 2024 NFL season
White is taking a bit more of a risk by playing a “lower team” in Week 1. This team isn't on the radar of many Survivor players, so it could give backers a big boost. This choice could be the difference between winning the Survivor pool or going home empty-handed. Only time will tell who wins.
So which NFL Survivors should you pick heading into the 2024 NFL season? And which Week 1 picks will set you apart from the rest? Visit SportsLine now to find out the answers by looking at the best picks for the NFL Survivor pool, plus advice from experts deep in one of the most prestigious betting tournaments.
