If your NFL survivor pool were a video game, Week 12 would be that one crazy-difficult level that you just keep dying on.
Think World 8-3 from the 8-bit Mario Bros. with the god damn turtles that throw the hammers. How many times did you Gronk spike that Nintendo controller into your living room floor out of frustration?
You may be swapping out the video game buttons for the remote control when it comes to your NFL Week 12 survivor pool picks. There are no layups on the board, with only one team favored by a touchdown (and that’s Dallas on Thanksgiving).
And, depending on how your pool is shaped, the three-game holiday slate may be a week of its own (like in the Circa Survivor Pool in Las Vegas). That format limits your Thanksgiving selections to those six teams in action (many of which are hot garbage right now), then trims the rest of the week to just 24 teams – a good chunk of which you’ve already burned up.
Staying alive to Week 12 has been an achievement on its own this crazy season, so pat yourself on the back if you’ve made it this far. And if your survivor runs comes to an end this week, at least you can eat your feelings at a Thanksgiving feast.
