Zoneblitz Survivor Pool 2016: Week 8

Looks like Survivor Pool champ Tony has taken a couple weeks off. Everyone else hit a pick in week seven.

Here’s the landscape for week eight:

Tony: Minnesota

Vomhof: Minnesota

Andy: Kansas City

Maggio: Tennessee

Rich: Minnesota

And here is why:

Tony: (Previous picks: Seattle, Carolina, Dallas, New England, Pittsburgh, Atlanta) Two words: Jay Cutler

Vomhof: (Previous picks: Seattle, Carolina, Miami, Arizona, New England, Buffalo, Cincinnati) In a week when seemingly every game is a toss-up, I’m going to play my homer card. I don’t love that this game is in Chicago, but I can’t see a Mike Zimmer-coached team losing back-to-back games against inferior opponents.

Andy: (Previous picks: Seattle, Carolina, Miami, Carolina, New England, Pittsburgh, Denver) Kansas City seems to have figured it out. And if Indianapolis was any good, they’d be doing better in the AFC’s worst division. I think the Chiefs offense will have its way with the Colts and the defense will slow Andrew Luck enough to make this a comfortable win.

Maggio: (Previous picks: Arizona, Detroit, Carolina, Washington, Oakland, Buffalo, Cincinnati) High-octane offenses will give the Titans fits, but fortunately for Tennessee it has a home date with Jacksonville on the horizon. With the Jaguars traveling (albeit not very far) on a short week, I like DeMarco Murray to chew up clock and Blake Bortles to turn the ball over in his limited opportunities. Both should lead to the Titans pulling back to .500, keeping Tennessee right in the thick of this awful AFC South race.

Rich: (Previous picks: Los Angeles, Seattle, Arizona, Dallas, New England, Pittsburgh, Kansas City) Coming off their first defeat of the season, the Vikings will be motivated to not feel the wrath of their head coach again. Meanwhile the Bears welcome (?!?) Jay Cutler back to the starting lineup, to be offered up as fresh meat to that angry Vikings defense.