Staff Eliminator Picks, Week 1

Footballguys Staff's Staff Eliminator Picks, Week 1 Footballguys Staff Published 09/09/2021

This has been a very popular feature, so this year Footballguys once again is presenting the Eliminator Pool Challenge, where staffers have to pick a team to win each week.

Just one? That sounds easy, but here is the catch – you can only pick the team you choose in a given week once all season long.

Many contests and pools out there get pretty big, so an Eliminator (or Survivor) Pool can go 18 weeks.

Here are the specifics:

  • Lasts until one person is alive
  • Pick one winner per week
  • If you are correct, you stay alive
  • If you are wrong, you are eliminated
  • If you miss a week, you are eliminated
  • You can only use each NFL team once
  • If all of the people still alive lose, those people come back the following week
  • When one person remains (this person is the champion), the game will restart for fun

This Week's Picks

Staff Member
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Wk04
Wk05
Wk06
Wk07
Wk08
Wk09
Wk10
Wk11
Wk12
Wk13
Wk14
Wk15
Wk16
Wk17
Wk18
Aaron Rudnicki BUF
Alessandro Miglio LAR
Andrew Davenport LAR
Andrew Garda TB
Andy Hicks WAS
Anthony Amico LAR
Ben Cummins JAC
Bob Henry CAR
Clayton Gray CAR
Dan Hindery LAR
Danny Tuccitto DEN
Dave Kluge BAL
Devin Knotts SF
James Brimacombe SF
Jason Wood BAL
Jeff Haseley LAR
Jeff Tefertiller SF
Joe Bryant CAR
Justin Bonnema SF
Keith Overton LAR
Keith Roberts LAR
Matt Bitonti BUF
Matt Carey JAC
Ryan Weisse CAR
Sam Wagman SF
Sigmund Bloom SF
Victoria Geary SF
William Grant TB

Comments

Out of the gate, we see two staffers (Cummins and Carey) picked Jaguars. You don't often see last year's worst team get love in Week 1. But of course, Jacksonville is favored against the Texans, who almost everyone agrees is the worst team in the league.

Most Common Picks

  • San Francisco - 7 picks
  • LA Rams - 7 picks

Good luck this weekend!

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