# SDMB NFL Pick 'em, Survival, and Salary Cap 2012 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 30, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109 "2012-08-30T04:37:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BigDadWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@BigDadWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDadWolf)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109/21 "2012-09-17T13:38:33Z")
12 players were eliminated from the survivor league thanks to the Patriots loss and another six were booted for various other mis-picks. That makes a total of 18 of the 25 players taken out in one day (including yours truly). ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109/22 "2012-09-18T07:54:02Z")
I would guess that it isn’t normal to have 75%+ of a 25-man Survival league out within two weeks. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109/23 "2012-09-19T01:11:01Z")
Stay tuned - whenever the survival league is complete (and it may happen next week, or in 8 weeks, who knows) we’ll reset and everyone will be alive again. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109/24 "2012-09-19T13:25:14Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Strike 1, I’m out of the Survival league with the Cowboys loss today. Think I’m comfortably in last place in the Salary Cap game, and near the bottom of the confidence Pick’Em, too. Y’all should thank me for making everyone else look good. You’re not doing a good enough job. The only one I’m not next to last place in, I’m in last place. I obviously do not know the NFL this year. Time to switch to the quarter-flip method. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109/25 "2012-09-24T02:18:37Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > I obviously do not know the NFL this year. Time to switch to the quarter-flip method. This season has become an exercise in humility for me. This week, I’m currently 4/14 in the confidence pick’em league. :eek:😕:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109/26 "2012-09-26T14:26:22Z")
I’m not sure how anyone still survives in any Survivor pool. Brutal first three weeks. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109/27 "2012-09-28T10:18:58Z")
Well, I survive to Week 5. Good luck to the two of you. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109/28 "2012-10-01T06:23:04Z")
After a few crazy weeks where I picked for crap, I got pretty nice scores in pick 'em. Shooting 12/14 so far against the spread. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109/29 "2012-10-01T06:37:35Z")
Perfect on the first 11 games, missed the last 3 late games. :smack: Well, if I break that trend with a Bears W it’ll all be worth it. Of course, the MadHatter went ahead and went 13 of 14 so I can’t even brag about being in first. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109/30 "2012-10-01T06:39:14Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > After a few crazy weeks where I picked for crap, I got pretty nice scores in pick 'em. Shooting 12/14 so far against the spread. 9/14…12/14, same thing. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109/31 "2012-10-01T06:44:01Z")
Woops, got my leagues mixed up. 12 was for the straight pick 'em. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109/32 "2012-10-01T16:07:54Z")
> [@Omniscient](#): > > Perfect on the first 11 games, missed the last 3 late games. > > :smack: > > Well, if I break that trend with a Bears W it’ll all be worth it. > > Of course, the MadHatter went ahead and went 13 of 14 so I can’t even brag about being in first. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109/33 "2012-10-14T20:53:12Z")
Close ones this week - Baltimore and Atlanta were the survival picks. Surprised to see so many people pick Cleveland in the pick 'em leagues. I thought I was going to move up a bit on that one. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109/34 "2012-10-18T08:51:15Z")
Aaron Rodgers moved up to $40.73 in salary cap, which I think has to be the highest price ever. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109/35 "2012-10-18T17:09:22Z")
Any idea what he started at? P. Manning has gone from about $10 to about $20, so it looks like I’m gonna have to ride him through the bye. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109/36 "2012-12-03T19:21:05Z")
I am the last man standing! ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109/37 "2012-12-09T08:02:58Z")
Woops, sorry to miss this. Congratulations to Jules for winning the survival pool. That’s a pretty great run. In fact there are only 3000 perfect survivors left on yahoo, out of… at least hundreds of thousands. Not sure how many. So anyway, since I didn’t notice someone had won, I didn’t reset it this week, so we’ll do it next week. Survival runs through the playoffs, so it’s worth running again for the final few weeks of the season and then the playoffs. SURVIVOR LEAGUE WILL BE RESET starting monday, so make your picks. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109/38 "2012-12-09T17:35:32Z")
Is there a reason Pittsburgh/San Diego is still listed as OFF in the Spread Pick 'em contest for this week? Does this game not count at all for this week? @Pittsburgh vs San Diego Off (0) Off (0) Off (0) Off (0) Sun 12/09 12:00pm ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109/39 "2012-12-09T17:35:52Z")
It means there’s no spread on the game, pick em. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109/40 "2012-12-13T08:11:35Z")
I meant to reset this Tuesday, but I forgot - but now the survival league is reset. Play through the rest of the year, and through the playoffs. Make your selection soon. Not sure if it needs to be in before the Thursday games or before Sunday. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-survival-and-salary-cap-2012/633109.md?page=3)