NFL Survivor Pools is one of the most popular football contests played all season, offering fans an exciting knockout format. With the 2024 NFL season just around the corner, it's the perfect time to start building your NFL Survivor Pools strategy. In Survivor Pools, participants must correctly select one team to win a match each week, but teams can only be used once throughout the season. Some formats include extra weeks for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and you'll need to correctly select 20 teams to finish the entire season undefeated with your NFL Survivor picks.
NFL odds are one tool you can use to make NFL knockout picks. However, a comprehensive NFL Survivor strategy includes proven NFL Survivor advice and a deep understanding of the NFL Survivor grid. Before you lock in your 2024 NFL Survivor picks, be sure to check out NFL Survivor strategy from Las 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 considers the consensus play, in Week 1. The Bengals are the favorite on the NFL odds board for Week 1, so it's safe to assume they'll be the most popular NFL Survival pick. But there are plenty of reasons to be concerned about Cincinnati heading into the season, especially with quarterback Joe Burrow returning from a season-ending injury.
The Bengals are just the second team in the last 12 seasons to hold a season-opening advantage of at least nine points after missing the playoffs the previous year. New England is excited to begin a new era under first-year coach Jerrod Mayo, who has three new quarterbacks. The Patriots ranked in the top half of the NFL in total defense last season, so if they have some vigor offensively, they could pull off an upset in Week 1 and cause chaos in the NFL Survivor pool. See the rest of White's NFL Survivor competition picks 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.
