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You Better You Bet

NFL Week #1 Survivor Strategy

You Better You Bet

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4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

PJ Glasser and Jake Hasan discuss their strategy when it comes to NFL Survivor Pools in Week #1, discussing if you should go with a large favorite among the likes of the Commanders, Broncos and Cardinals or be a little more risky and back the Bengals, who are prone to early season struggles.

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0:00.0

All right, final segment here of our number two, PJ Glasser, Jake Assam, with you on You Better

0:06.4

You Bet, you Bet, presented by BetMGM, continuing to talk NFL week one.

0:12.3

Let's talk Survivor Pool.

0:13.8

Everybody, it feels like these days are in a Survivor Pool.

0:16.6

They got their entries squared away, ready to go.

0:19.4

Jake, a lot of us were knocked out in week one last year, thanks to the Cincinnati Bengals,

0:23.9

who I was one of those people that took them against the Patriots.

0:27.2

Here I am thinking, I know the Bengals are bad in week one, but the Patriots are so bad.

0:32.4

Like, surely, the Bengals won't lose it home to the Patriots. And nonetheless, we all saw how that went.

0:40.7

With that being said, though, right now, what is your week one survivor play in the NFL?

0:47.4

PJ, at risk of running into this jackknife again, I kind of want to go against the Patriots.

0:56.5

I kind of want the Raiders.

0:58.1

As a dog.

0:59.7

I mean, we both think that the Raiders can win that game.

1:03.3

I think a lot of people are, like we said last segment, I think a lot of people are overrating

1:08.1

the Patriots a little bit.

1:10.2

And I think that, because for me, PJ, it's also, maybe I'm getting too cute, but when are we going to use the Raiders again? You know, it's like, let's get one of those mediocre to bad teams kind of in that lower tier. Let's get them out of the way for me. I know, like, Femmy's big on the Raiders. He thinks they could maybe be in the playoff hunt. I just, I'd rather get them out of the way so that I don't have to worry about them later on down the line. And if I think they can win the game and I'm telling you, I'm going to bet the money line. I kind of like the Raiders week one. The Raiders this season, Jake, they are home at Cleveland in week 12.

1:44.4

They are home against the Titans in week six.

1:47.0

They're at the Colts in week five.

1:49.0

So you maybe do get some spots if you want to use them.

1:52.6

But to your point, I mean, pretty much every game they play.

1:55.0

And for the most part, they're going to be an underdog or a small favorite in a lot of these games.

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