Zoneblitz Survivor Pool 2016: Week 5

by Zoneblitz Staff | Oct 5, 2016 | 2016 Season, NFL Survivor pool

Tony wins.

This wildly unpredictable season claimed its final two victims during week four: Andy missed on Carolina (which as it turns out was also a duplicate pick – already? Haven’t we done this before?) and John missed on Arizona – and neither of those teams came close to winning, nor did they escape with their QBs unharmed.

Tony won with Cincinnati’s Thursday night domination of Miami. Rich and Maggio also each tallied their first correct picks of the season.

We’ll keep this up for at least a few more weeks to see how long Tony can carry on this perfect streak. Not many surprises on the slate this week – Here are our picks:

Tony: New England

Vomhof: New England

Andy: New England

Maggio: Oakland

Rich: New England

And here is why: (more…)

Zoneblitz Survivor Pool 2016: Week 4

by Zoneblitz Staff | Sep 28, 2016 | 2016 Season, NFL Survivor pool

This year’s Survivor Pool seems to have a collection of haves and a collection of have-nots. John Vomhof, Andy and Tony remain undefeated and alive in our main pool. The consolation participants also have perfect records going.

Will that trend continue in week four?

Vomhof: Arizona
Andy: Carolina
Tony: Cincinnati
Maggio: Washington
Rich: Dallas

And here is why: (more…)

Zoneblitz Survivor Pool 2016: Week 3

by Zoneblitz Staff | Sep 21, 2016 | 2016 Season, NFL Survivor pool

Geez, there isn’t anything coming easy this season.

Carolina ended up winning by a decent margin, but that was a one-score game far deeper than I expected.

The three of us that are still alive rode with Cam and Crew last week. Rich and Maggio rode long-shots to a 0-2 marks in the consolation round.

How will we fare in week three? You be the judge: (more…)

Zoneblitz Survivor Pool 2016: Week 2

by Zoneblitz Staff | Sep 14, 2016 | 2016 Season, NFL Survivor pool

Whew. We were about a minute from all five of us losing our survivor picks in week one. That would have been embarrassing.

As it turns out, playing it safe was the way to go. Three pickers took Seattle. Three pickers survived. One took Los Angeles and one took Arizona. They start the consolation round. Looks like the respective pickers’ strategies aren’t changing much in week two:

Vomhof: Carolina

Andy: Carolina

Tony: Carolina

Maggio: Detroit

Rich: Seattle

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Zoneblitz Survivor Pool 2016: Week 1

by Zoneblitz Staff | Sep 7, 2016 | 2016 Season, NFL Survivor pool

Last year the only person who could stop Rich in our Survivor Pool was Rich himself. He won going away and his perfect string stayed intact until week 9 – when he duplicated a pick (great editing on our part, eh?) and didn’t actually miss a game until week 14, when the Colts let him down big time against the Jaguars.

Rich returns to defend his title – and he’s starting the season with a gutty, contrarian pick right out of the gates.

Fantasy Editor Anthony Maggio, who won the pool in 2014, contributing writer John Vomhof Jr. and co-founders Andy and Tony also will provide insight on survivor pool strategy.

It’s just about time for football. So here we go.

And here’s why:

Rich – Contributing writer and publisher and editor for SouthernMinn SCENE magazine (more…)