Welcome to TuddyPool. If you’re here, it means one of two things:
You love football.
You hate losing to Steve from accounting.*
Either way, you’ve just entered the bloodsport of Survivor Pools — where one wrong pick sends you packing faster than a Nathan Peterman QB1 season. But don’t worry. We’re going to teach you how to outlast the herd, stay sharp, and maybe — just maybe — be the last degenerate standing.
What the Hell is a Survivor Pool?
You pick one NFL team each week to win their game. Not cover the spread. Not put up fantasy points. Just win.
The catch?
Once you use a team, you can’t use them again.
The bigger catch?
If your pick loses, you’re dead. Out. Vaporized.
So yeah — no pressure.
How Most People Lose (and How You Won’t)
1. Picking Big Favorites in Week 1
Oh look, the Chiefs are playing a rookie QB on a bottom-five defense. Easy W, right?
WRONG. That’s a team you’ll want later in the season when your options are dryer than Belichick’s post-game interviews. Save your superpowers. Week 1 is the time to get cute, not safe.
2. Not Watching the Injury Report
Nothing like locking in the Bengals and finding out Sunday morning that Joe Burrow’s calf exploded. Stay sharp. You don’t need a PhD in orthopedics, but you do need Twitter alerts on Schefter and Rapoport.
3. Chasing Public Picks
If 78% of the country is on the same team — that’s a landmine. Survivor pools aren’t about being right, they’re about being right when everyone else is wrong. That’s the whole damn point.
TuddyPool’s 3 Unwritten (Until Now) Rules
Rule #1: Always think two weeks ahead.
Week 6 might have only two games with double-digit spreads. Don’t burn those juicy matchups early unless you have to.
Rule #2: The weather matters, even if you're inside eating nachos.
Blizzards. Mud bowls. Hurricane-level gusts. We track it all. Because nothing says "eliminated" like a dome team playing in a snowpocalypse.
Rule #3: Be ruthless.
This isn’t fantasy football where we’re tracking WR3 target shares. This is primal. Tribal.
This is Survivor. If your grandma’s team looks vulnerable, send ‘em.
Introducing: TuddyPool's Weekly Survivor Picks
We’ll give you:
Top 3 safest picks
1 spicy contrarian pick
1 pick to avoid like a Chip Kelly offense
We back it up with data, trends, and a little healthy paranoia.
Ready to Win? Or at Least Lose Last?
Sign up. Make your pick. Laugh at Steve from accounting when he picks the Jets in Week 2.
TuddyPool is here to make this NFL season dangerous, strategic, and fun as hell.
Now let’s go survive some Sundays.