Zoneblitz Survivor Pool 2016: Week 7

Well, the Buffalo group did alright last week. The Pittsburgh group, hampered by the injury to Ben Roethlisberger and an unpredictably good game played by Miami, did not fare so well.

Pool winner Tony suffered his first loss of the season. He’s tied with John Vomhof, who is dominating our pick-related segments at this point.

We’ll ring every ounce of life out of this segment at least twice, if we haven’t already, though, so here we go with picks for week seven:

Tony: Atlanta
Vomhof: Cincinnati
Andy: Denver
Maggio: Cincinnati
Rich: Kansas City

And here is why:

Tony: (Previous picks: Seattle, Carolina, Dallas, New England, Pittsburgh) Yes, the Chargers just beat the Broncos, and the Falcons just lost to the Seahawks—but the Chargers struggle mightily traveling east (could probably just delete those last two words), and the Falcons were on the road for a loss that probably should have seen at least an attempt at a FG for the win. I’m still not convinced that the Falcons are 100% for real, but I’ll give them the shot over San Diego.

Vomhof: (Previous picks: Seattle, Carolina, Miami, Arizona, New England, Buffalo) This is a pick against the hapless Browns more than a pick for the disappointing Bengals. Hard to see Cleveland getting its first W on the road against a division rival (or ever, really).
Andy: (Previous picks: Seattle, Carolina, Miami, Carolina, New England, Pittsburgh) When I don’t feel like I have a clue what’s going to happen, there is a site I go to that follows the NFL picks of a couple hundred “experts” across the country. When I visited that site yesterday, 100 percent of the picks received to that point had Denver over Houston, including people picking at a significantly higher rate than I am for the season. That’s good enough for me this week.

Maggio: (Previous picks: Arizona, Detroit, Carolina, Washington, Oakland, Buffalo) Too bad I waited until Week 4 to start doing this survivor pool thing correct, eh? This week’s pick doesn’t take too much analysis. Cleveland playing on the road should mean a loss regardless of the opponent, but certainly will be so against a halfway decent Bengals squad trying to turn down the temperature of Marvin Lewis’ seat.

Rich: (Previous picks: Los Angeles, Seattle, Arizona, Dallas, New England, Pittsburgh) Because I said so.