UPDATED - Survivor Pools - Week 17 Dec 26, 2008 | More

**UPDATED - Dec. 27 - 3:02pm**

The top choice in the Patriots man-handled the Cardinals while the second choice in the Saints kept the Lions winless season intact. The Texans and Broncos both disappointed in multiple ways on Sunday.  Are you down to the final week in your survivor pool? Congrats so far, but you have just one more week to survive! Check out the final week’s game-by-game analysis and continue your survivor run until the end…

The Rules:

1. Stay away from road teams.
2. Stay away from divisional matchups.
3. Never take a divisional team on the road.

On to Week 17…

Giants @ Vikings – Avoid.

Rams @ Falcons – Love the ATL if you still have them as they have something to play for.

Patriots @ Bills – I would have used the Pats last week if you still had them.

Lions @ Packers – 0-16 is just days away. The Pack won’t be the team that the Lions beat in ’08.

Panthers @ Saints – The Panthers were a FG away from being the 1 seed. A loss in New Orleans, where the Saints are 6-1, could drop them to the 5^th seed.

Bears @ Texans – That Texan loss last week was puzzling as they were playing good football. The Bears need to win and hope for the Vikings to lose. I’d stay away.

Browns @ Steelers – How long will the Steeler starters play? It doesn’t matter. Pittsburgh will roll.

Chiefs @ Bengals – Avoid.

Titans @ Colts – Avoid.

Raiders @ Bucs – Tampa must win and get help to make the playoffs. 9-3 seems so far away.

Jaguars @ Ravens - Baltimore needs to win to get in and they'll do so against a disappointing Jaguar team. 

Dolphins @ Jets – Can Chad go back to NJ and take the fish to the playoffs?

Cowboys @ Eagles – Could have been a win and in game had the Eagles won last week. I think the Birds keep the Boys out of the playoffs.

Redskins @ Niners – Avoid.

Seahawks @ Cardinals – The Cards need to play better and they’ll play their starters for the most of this one.

Broncos @ Chargers – This should be a close game, although most expect a Charger blowout. It would be a fitting close to the season if Denver won this one after it appeared San Diego would take advantage of one of the biggest collapses of 2008.

Rankings:

I will rank the top 7 teams I like this weekend (in order):

1. Falcons

2. Ravens

3. Steelers

4. Packers

5. Bucs

6. Patriots

7. Cardinals

Other than those 7 teams, the games are toss-ups this week. If I had to pick winners (in no particular order) that I like this week if you do not have the 7 aforementioned teams, go with:

Chargers over Broncos

Eagles over Cowboys

Hopefully you have one of the top 7 teams above, though. 

Thanks for all of the feedback this season and good luck this week if you are still alive! See you next season!

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me at pags2122@yahoo.com.