Survivor Pool

EMFFL runs two survivor formats each season: NFL Team Survivor and Score Survivor. Both are last-manager-standing competitions.

NFL Team Survivor

Each week you pick one NFL team to win their game. If your team wins, you survive. If they lose, you're eliminated. The catch: you cannot pick the same team twice in the same pool.

Making Your Pick

1. Go to Survivor in the League menu.
2. Open the active pool for the current season.
3. Click Make My Pick and select an NFL team from the dropdown.
4. Teams you've already used are marked and cannot be selected.
5. The dropdown closes at kickoff for each week's games — pick early.
6. You can change your pick any time before picks lock for that week.

After Results Are Entered

Once the commissioner enters that week's results, the pool updates:

• Managers who picked a winning team advance to the next week.
• Managers who picked a losing team are eliminated.
• Your pick history shows a green checkmark (survived) or red X (eliminated) for each week.

Winning

The last manager standing wins the pool. If multiple managers survive until all NFL teams are bye-weeks or no valid picks remain, the commissioner may declare co-winners or run a tiebreak.

Strategy Notes

• Saving strong teams (Chiefs, Eagles, etc.) for later weeks when picks are harder is a common strategy.
• Upset-prone games early in the season are a trap — a win is a win, but an upset loss ends your run.

Score Survivor

Score Survivor is automatic and requires no picks from you.

How it works: Each week, the manager with the lowest fantasy score in the main EMFFL league is eliminated from Score Survivor. This continues until one manager remains.

• If you score the lowest in your matchup but someone else scored even lower league-wide, you survive.
• If two managers tie for lowest score, the commissioner determines the tiebreak.

Score Survivor results for all historical seasons are viewable from the Survivor landing page.

Missed a Pick?

If you forget to pick before the lock deadline, you are automatically eliminated for that week in NFL Team Survivor. There are no exceptions — set a reminder.