Friends in football,
Down goes Atlanta. Down goes Green Bay (again). Down goes every single player in Year 15 of BIG Survivor.
And so, for the second time ever, we'll do a regular season pickoff to determine our champion.
Because, in case you forgot, at The SZN there are No Damn Ties. We crown sole champions in every pool we do.
Speaking of, we have a Loser Survivor champ. Scroll on for details...
RESULTS SUMMARY
The BIG Survivor (BFIG) results
- Survival record: 0 survive. Two went 0-2. Three went 1-1, and will have a Week 16 pickoff for the title
- Worst loss: Packers (60%) to Bucs, and Falcons (60%) to Panthers
- Best Squad: Blindfolded Dart Throwers wrapped up the win in Week 14
Weekly Pick'em (WeeWoo) results
- Weekly winner: Five bold souls went 15-1. Two missed Seattle over Philly, two missed Carolina over Atlanta, and one missed Baltimore over Jax
- Best Squad: This is hands down the race of the year. "Panda Warriors" and "Bearded Clams" remain knotted at 444 wins. "Philly EagleDawgs" is coming on HOT at 440. Many more are close
- Overall leader: @Sevdog55 holds the lead at 155 wins after a 12-4 week
Survivor #2 results
- @mikulis was the last person standing, after Week 14!
- Best Squad: Stonemarkers hung on for the win
Survivor #3 results
- Survival record: 6 survivors. 14 eliminated
- Best Squad(s): "Tommy's Teasers" remains in the lead, but "Bigdawgs" lurks 5 back with one survivor still alive
QB One-and-Done results
- Top passer: Baker Mayfield, baby! He only had 25 picks, but rewarded those pickers handsomely with 381 yards
- Weekly average: 254 yards per pick (28 yards above the average QB performance)
- Best Squad: "BLOODGATE" reversed the trend and put some distance between them and second place "Blindfolded Dart Throwers". They're up 195
- Overall leader: @ShantheWOMAN takes the lead! Shan got 379 from the ageless Joe Flacco and is up 83 on @RM5589, who got a dud from Lamar
- Interval 3 leader: New leader. @mwcrush has gone Geno (334), Purdy (368), and Flacco (379) in the first three weeks of Interval 3
Loser Survivor Brought to You by The OddsBreakers results
- Survival record: Our three finalists had a pickoff. @Zeanah is the champ by going 13-3!
- Best Squad: "Lake Meaders" took it home
"All 32" One-and-Done results
- W/L record: 2,548-1,926. Our season-long win rate is down to 65.1%
- Overall leader: See below for a deeper dive into how impressive @mufc11's run is. They're 25-1
- Best Squad: "Ickey Woods All Stars" remains in front by two
COMMISH COMMENTARY
As is often the story, our BFIG finalists simply ran out of "safe" picks.
It HAS to happen at some point. That's how the format is designed, especially with the move to 2 picks starting in Week 10.
Our survivors were making picks 20 and 21. There certainly aren't 21 good teams in the NFL, and this year, it's hard to find 21 teams you'd even consider average.
Ultimately, two teams that are now 6-8 (Falcons and Packers) were our undoing, as our final five each picked at least one of them.
And thus, @fukushima still stands alone as the only SZN member to ever survive through Week 16 in the current format* of the world's greatest pool.
* = From 2009 to 2017, it was 1 pick all the way through. After repeated playoff pickoffs (because many people finished 17-0), we made the change to today's format. Because again, No Damn Ties!
@mufc11 continues to defy odds in our All 32 One-and-Done.
They are an astonishing 25-1 so far, after nailing Carolina's second win of the year along with the Rams' win.
Two impressive souls are just one game back at 24-2 - @Soggiebear (who, if you read the Week 15 PICKS email, is one of our most accomplished BFIG pickers ever) and @Czili3.
But neither of those T2 folks have picked Carolina yet, which makes @mufc11's lead that much safer.
Our leader has the Giants, Pats, Cards, Bears, Chiefs, and Broncos left.
So, it's far from over. But you could also have a much worse 6-pack of remaining teams than that.
We've updated the standings for both our BONUS Week 2 Wins Battle pool, and the Week 10 Wins Battle pool.
The best record in the Week 10 pool is 14-2 at this point. (Remember, it's an "as if the season ended today" record, so things will change.)
Amazingly, we have FOUR people currently 16-0 in the Week 2 pool.
SOMEONE CALL SWAMI AND TELL HIM HE'S BEEN REPLACED.
It's not over yet, but hats off to @Jcbo, @The_Bobcat, @Titleist39, and @Goobzeee for the work so far.
Yours in football,
The Commish