NFL Week 15: How to survive and advance in your knockout pool

The knockout pool stakes are way up as the NFL season heads into Week 15.

If you remain alive and kicking/ticking, you have to be perspiring as your choices dwindle. Then, there are the lucky few who have won their knockout pools already and are swimming in green or have been fortunate enough to be among the few left and agreed to take a knee and split the pot.

Don’t think about it

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Houston at Tennessee. Which Texans team shows up, the scintillating one or the one that stinks it up against the Broncos? If you have to wonder, there is no way to choose. The Bears visit the Packers in an NFC North slugfest. Chicago is playing better and weather conditions won’t bother either squad. Watch it with interest and don’t sweat it. The Eagles come off a short week after barely beating the Giants. Washington is playing better and remember this team raced to a huge lead over Philly before folding in the first meeting. The Jaguars are at the Raiders. Talk about a game that creates no interest. The Cowboys have been awful. The Rams are surging. However, the game is in Texas and both teams have flickering playoff dreams. Watch it and don’t risk your season. The Bills are at the Steelers in a game between teams with their eye toward the postseason. Way too balanced and risky a game to try and pick the winner. Could there be a game with less predictability than the Bucs at the Lions? The only thing for sure is Jameis Winston will throw for 300 yards and multiple picks.