If you made it past Week 9 in your survivor pools, congratulations. It was a blood bath with the Bills, Cowboys and Rams losing as big favorites. The Colts were also a popular team and they were able to win. Seven games have a line of at least seven points in Week 10.

Here are my top survivor picks for the week.

  1. Indianapolis Colts: The Colts are playing good football and have some extra rest coming off a Thursday game when the offense scored 45 points. The Colts have beat up on bad teams. They beat the Dolphins by 10 points, the Texans by 28, the 49ers by 12 points and the Jets by 15. Even against the good teams, they have played well, losing in overtime to the Titans and Ravens. The Colts are 4-5 and can't afford to lose. While the Jaguars beat the Bills last week, the offense didn't scored a touchdown and won with three field goals. The Jaguars have lost 10 consecutive road games.
  2. Buffalo Bills: Yes, lets do it again. The Bills are coming off a 9-6 road loss in Jacksonville as big favorites. The Bills are the biggest favorites this week at 11 points. The offense has struggled the last two weeks, but they get a Jets defense that allowed 45 points last week. The Bills defense has allowed 20 points the last two games, including 218 total yards last week. The Bills allow the fewest yards per game. They are the top-ranked team in defensive DVOA. They could get back tight end Dawson Knox to help the offense. The Jets have played better lately and have beat the Titans and Bengals, both at home. It's a divisional game and it's always a concern, but the Bills offense is in a good spot to bounce back against a bad defense. The Bills have scored at least 30 points five times this season.
  3. Dallas Cowboys: The Cowboys never came to play last week against Denver as big favorites. They were flat, didn't play hard and were never into the game. Dak Prescott didn't play well in his first game back from a calf injury, Amari Cooper and Tony Pollard dropped passes on third down and the tackling was poor. It was the first time this season the Cowboys played poorly. The other loss was a two-point loss to the Buccaneers in Week 1. The Cowboys offense will bounce back against the worst defense in football. Atlanta is playing better and defeated the Saints last week. The Falcons have scored at least 27 points in four of the last five games. 


Last week: 1-2

Season: 23-4