Comments on Vegas Watch: 2009 NFL Survivor: Week 6

Here was the breakdown. I selected GB Carolina -...

2009-10-18T17:04:10.906-04:00

Here was the breakdown. I selected GB

Carolina - 1
Denver - 1
Green Bay - 20
Indy - 1
Jacksonville - 8
N.E. - 4
NYJ - 9
Phili - 25
Pitt - 21
Tampa - 1

Would have taken the Pack even if I still had the ...

2009-10-16T11:38:16.936-04:00

Would have taken the Pack even if I still had the Eagles available.

Choice of Green Bay or Philly -- Which one?

2009-10-16T11:37:12.087-04:00

Choice of Green Bay or Philly -- Which one?

Seems like your pool will very likely still be goi...

2009-10-15T17:42:43.974-04:00

Seems like your pool will very likely still be going in W13, right? I'd stick with GB.

Could end up going with the Colts @ STL next week.

92 left in my pool. Would you consider that big e...

2009-10-15T16:34:02.372-04:00

92 left in my pool. Would you consider that big enough to save Pittsburgh?

Teams used:

Baltimore Washington Dallas Houston Philadelphia

I don't want to use Pitt in W10 b/c I have Minny available. W13 for them does make sense, however.

Have you seen next week? Brutal. Giants or a road team IMO.

Well, looking at the Yahoo public numbers, in the ...

2009-10-15T16:17:32.296-04:00

Well, looking at the Yahoo public numbers, in the past week there have been 350 new leagues each with 50 members. Thats 17,500 new people this week alone.

Now, roughly 140,000 are perfect from week 1. If 70% of those perfect entries took Philly that means 35,000 can still take Philly.

If 30,000 people signed up in the last 2 weeks (a conservative number), that can make a HUGE difference in the percentages, especially because no one took Philly last week when they were on a bye.

Okay, but there can't be a huge segment of the pop...

2009-10-15T15:46:15.513-04:00

Okay, but there can't be a huge segment of the population that signs up for Survivor pools in Week 6, enough to more than double their percentage.

I think the reason the Philly number is so off is ...

2009-10-15T15:34:42.167-04:00

I think the reason the Philly number is so off is that in OFP the Eagles were a huge pick in both week 3 and week 5, so most people can't take them this week. In my league, only 18% of people left can take them, so the 16% is a normal number. [My league has had to pick 2 teams since week 4.]
Whereas in Yahoo, I can sign up this week and go pick Philly.