Fish,I have been playing these pools for years and have done well. the key is to have a good pick on weeks the picking is slim,good playing good, bad playing bad. I always save a team for those weeks as I go through the entire schedule before the season starts. I try never to pick road teams or division games or the largest spread on the board because most people take that one.as in philly wk.1 and g bay wk.2. I like to find mid size favs with good value, coming of loses,motivation,travel advantage,weather adv,turf adv. etc.I took Jets wk. 1 and Wash. wk 2. Both were very motivated playing week teams. hope this helps!!!