Circa Survivor Report: Week 18
Circa Survivor Report: Week 18 2024 CIRCA SURVIVOR CONTEST CROWNS EIGHT CHAMPIONS 18 entrants entered the final week of the 2024 NFL regular season to make one final winning selection in search of a share of Circa’s $14 million Survivor contest. Our Circa Survivor Report: Week 18 has all the details to conclude a wild 2024 campaign. The contest requires one winning pick every week (plus two additional Thanksgiving and Christmas ‘stand-alone’ weeks) with no point spreads. The main challenge in the high-stakes competition is that no team can be selected more than once during the season. After the Falcons and Packers both suffered losses, the field of 18 was left with only eight teams owning a perfect 20-0! When Arizona finished off the 49ers in the late window it left C3 Picks, Dream Stakes, Meatball Brothers, Pumbapack 9, TY1823, Whateverallwant, Whiskey Business, and Vodka Johnny each receiving $1,783,250 of the $14,266,000 total prize pool. Cardinals win which means we have 8 Circa Survivor Champions! Your 2024-2025 Circa Survivor Champions are as follows: C3 Picks, DREAM STAKES, MEATBALL BROTHERS, PUMBAPACK 9, TY1823, WHATEVERYALLWANT, Whiskey Business, and VODKA JOHNNY. Congratulations to everyone involved with… pic.twitter.com/gNJdyqvrjP — Survivor Sweat (@SurvivorSweat) January 6, 2025 The slate, which started on Saturday, saw favorites go 12-4 Straight-up (SU). However, two of those upsets in an unpredictable Week 18 dashed the hopes of 10 contestants. Eight entrants selected the Falcons (8-point home favorites) to beat the 4-12 Panthers. Historic performance by 9️⃣@awscloud | #KeepPounding pic.twitter.com/7psY6whPhC — Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) January 6, 2025 However, Bryce Young enjoyed a career game, throwing for three touchdowns and rushing two scores, en route to leading Carolina to a 44-38 overtime win. In Week 18, underdogs posted a slim 8-7-1 Against The Spread (ATS) mark advantage. Among those ATS cashes was a SU upset victory that “grated” the aspirations of any life-changing win. Two other entries felt supremely confident selecting an 11-win Packers squad (10.5-point home favorites) would sail past the lowly 4-12 Bears. Grate win 🧀 pic.twitter.com/haqwBAAOmA — Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) January 5, 2025 However, Chicago pulled off the shocking upset, beating Green Bay 24-22. From a full betting perspective, 2024 regular season NFL favorites finished with a sizable 192-75 SU (71.9%) (5 Pick’ems) and 140-120-7 ATS (53.8%) edge. Home teams held a slim 141-126 SU (52.8%) advantage (five international games) while road teams finished with the coveted 133-127-7 ATS (51.8%) edge. The Circa Survivor contest is a grueling contest that forces entrants to pick one winner every week, with no spread with one pivotal caveat. Entrants CAN NOT use the same team more than once during the season. Circa Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas is the proud home of FullTime Fantasy‘s renowned Fantasy Football World Championship! FullTime Fantasy’s Playoff Fantasy Football Contests Play 1 or play all 3! YOU decide! Maui Madness Playoff Pick’Em — ($25 or a 5 pack for $100) Playoff Draft World Championship $229 with NEW and improved league prizing! Maui Madness is still accepting entries until Conference Championship Weekend. The contest determines the winner by using your highest two weekly scores. While most fantasy football leagues have already concluded, that does not mean the fun is over. In fact, the best is yet to come for one skilled fantasy player! That person who can build the best fantasy lineup for the playoffs will win the grand prize of A Trip for Four to Maui! The Grand Prize includes: • Resort Accommodations for 6 nights in Maui’s Five-Star Kaanapali Alii Resort (2BR-2BA) • Airfare for Four anywhere in the continental U.S. (up to $1000 for each person roundtrip airfare* • Grand Prize package worth an estimated $10,000! *certain date restrictions may apply 1 ENTRY = $25 5-PACK = $100 (that’s a $25 savings!) Find full scoring here.
Week 18 News & Notes (UPDATED)
Week 18 News & Notes The regular-season finale is often the least predictable week. Many teams have nothing to play for and will rest starters. Before you finalize DFS lineups, our Week 18 News & Notes catches you up on the latest injury updates and developments before you finalize this week’s lineups. And be sure to check out updated weekly rankings. Also, FullTime Fantasy Members will get the latest NFL injury news and advice live each Sunday and Thursday in the FullTime Fantasy Discord. Click below to join us today! Finally, my incentives to target is also a helpful piece to consider this wild week. This will be updated throughout the weekend. REMINDER: There are 2 Saturday games this Week Players Ruled OUT Chase Brown (RB) Cincinnati Bengals Jalen Hurts (QB) Philadelphia Eagles Patrick Mahomes (QB) Kansas City Chiefs – Carson Wentz will be under center. Brock Purday (QB) San Francisco 49ers Matthew Stafford (QB) Los Angeles Rams – Jimmy Garoppolo will start. Anthony Richardson (QB) Indianapolis Colts – Joe Flacco will start. Saquon Barkley (RB) Philadelphia Eagles A.J. Brown (WR) Philadelphia Eagles Kyren Williams (RB) Los Angeles Rams Puka Nacua (WR) Los Angeles Rams Cooper Kupp (WR) Los Angeles Rams Alvin Kamara (RB) New Orleans Saints Deebo Samuel (WR) San Francisco 49ers James Conner (RB) Arizona Cardinals DeVonta Smith (WR) Philadelphia Eagles Tyjae Spears (RB) Tennessee Titans David Njoku (TE) Cleveland Browns Isiah Pacheco (RB) Kansas City Chiefs Kareem Hunt (RB) Kansas City Chiefs Amari Cooper (WR) Buffalo Bills Trey Benson (RB) Arizona Cardinals Gus Edwards (RB) Los Angeles Chargers Josh Palmer (WR) Los Angeles Chargers Kendre Miller (RB) New Orleans Saints Jerome Ford (RB) Cleveland Browns Justice Hill (RB) Baltimore Ravens Pierre Strong (RB) Cleveland Browns Jermaine Burton (WR) Cincinnati Bengals – Suspended. Matt Prater (PK) Arizona Cardinals Tyler Boyd (WR) Tennessee Titans Ja’Lynn Polk (WR) New England Patriots Nick Folk (PK) Tennssee Titans Nelson Agholor (WR) Baltimore Ravens Questionable Tyreek Hill (WR) Miami Dolphins Travis Kelce (TE) Kansas City Chiefs Drake Maye (QB) New England Patriots George Kittle (TE) San Francisco 49ers Chris Olave (WR) New Orleans Saints Hunter Herny (TE) New England Patriots Jaylen Waddle (WR) Miami Dolphins Tony Pollard (RB) Tennessee Titans Darnell Mooney (WR) Atlanta Falcons – Dealing with a shoulder injury. However, Mooney is two yards away from eclipsing 1,000 yards. UPDATE: Mooney is not expected to play. Michael Wilson (WR) Arizona Cardinals Tyler Conklin (TE) New York Jets Miles Sanders (RB) Carolina Panthers Xavier Legette (WR) Carolina Panthers Craig Reynolds (RB) Detroit Lions Sterling Shepard (WR) Tampa Bay Buccaneers Expected to Play Tee Higgins (WR) Cincinnati Bengals Jalen Tolbert (WR) Dallas Cowboys Austin Ekeler (RB) Washington Commanders Kalif Raymond (WR) Detroit Lions Dallas Goedert (TE) Philadephia Eagles Not Expected to Play Tua Tagovailoa (QB) Miami Dolphins – Tyler Huntley will start. Christian Watson (WR) Green Bay Packers Cade Otton (TE) Tampa Bay Buccaneers Ameer Abdullah (RB) Las Vegas Raiders Chigoziem Okonkwo (TE) Tennessee Titans Other Notables Trey Lance (QB) Dallas Cowboys – Expected to see significant playing time. Josh Jacobs (RB) Green Bay Packers – Indicated he does not anticipate a full workload. Bailey Zappe (QB) Cleveland Browns – Will start for the Browns. D’Onta Foreman (RB) Cleveland Browns – Should see a lot of work in Cleveland’s backfield. Will Levis (QB) Tennessee Titans – Levis will get one final start but Mason Rudolph will also play. Josh Allen (QB) Buffalo Bills – May only play one drive. This applies to all Buffalo starters. ENTER OUR WEEK 18 DRAFT CONTEST! How it Works: Firstly, draft your team using our On-Demand Simulator. Next, try to stack the team with players you think will do well this week. Finally, the highest Week 18 Score wins. (PLUS: You get to see the Thursday Night game and then draft!) Here’s our Week 18 Player Rankings to help. Firstly, it’s a best-ball contest, so no need to submit a lineup. We’ll optimize the best one. Secondly, you just sit back and watch your team climb the leaderboard. Weekly Prizes and a Grand Prize at the end of the season! Finally, the Grand Prize Winner (highest individual week of the season) gets to choose from the amazing prizes below. If you don’t know just how awesome and amazing the Panini Flawless Football briefcase is, make sure and watch the video starting at the 8-minute mark! Trading cards are back! MEMBER PERK! Fulltime Members get 5 Free On-Demand Drafts each month in our contest! DRAFT YOUR WEEK 18 TEAM and enter the REDEMPTION CODE you received by email.
Week 18 NFL Incentives to Target
Week 18 Incentives to Target Welcome to 2025! While the 2024 season has concluded, there is still a week of NFL action to enjoy. That opens the door for DFS enthusiasts to put their full attention on a wide-open slate. However, some teams have little to play for and will rest starters. Conversely, some players have Week 18 incentives to target. This is a recap of the teams that have already clinched and have little at stake this week. Therefore, fantasy football fans should avoid these players. Plenty of players are set to hit bonuses or milestones that make them enviable targets. Teams to Avoid Kansas City Chiefs – The Chiefs have already secured the AFC’s No. 1 seed. Andy Reid announced that Carson Wentz will start and presumably, the rest of the team’s starters will rest. Buffalo Bills– Locked into the AFC’s No. 2 seed. Expect Josh Allen to play the opening drive but that’s about it. The same should apply to the team’s key offensive starters. Philadelphia Eagles – Philadelphia is locked into the NFC’s No. 2 seed and will sit their starters. Surprisingly, this includes RB Saquon Barkley, who needed just 101 yards to break the all-time rushing record. Houston Texans – DeMeco Ryans plans to open the game with his starters and “see how the game goes.” The AFC South champs are limping into the playoffs and would like to avenge an earlier loss to the lowly Texans. However, it makes little sense to risk C.J. Stroud, Nico Collins, or Joe Mixon in a largely meaningless game. Los Angeles Rams – Although the Rams could move into the No. 3 spot with a win and Tampa loss, Sean McVay has already indicated that he will rest his starters. Plenty at Stake Baltimore Ravens – A win versus the Browns clinches the AFC North title and the No. 3 seed. Detroit Lions – The top 2 teams in the NFC will square off to determine who will secure the conference’s No. 1 seed. This Lions vs. Vikings game has a season-high total of 56 points. The loser tumbles down to the No. 5 seeds. Sunday night is a huge game. Minnesota Vikings – A little extra motivation for the Vikings, who are looking to pay back the Lions for handing them one of their two losses on the season. Detroit is a slim 2.5-point home favorite in a game that should be an instant classic. The winner secures home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. Denver Broncos – Denver is in the playoffs with a win. With Kansas City resting starters, the Broncos are 10.5-point home favorites. Tampa Bay Buccaneers – The Bucs are also in a “win and in” situation at home against the Saints. Tampa is currently a 13-point favorite and clearly in the driver’s seat. A victory secures Tampa another NFC South crown and the No. 3 seed. Green Bay Packers – Green Bay has already clinched a playoff spot. The Packers enter Week 18 as the No. 7 seed. However, they could move up to No. 6 with a home win against the Bears and a Dallas victory over Washington. Additionally, Matt LaFleur said he plans to play his starters in their normal roles. Washington Commanders – Dan Quinn also told the media his starters will play in Week 18 as the Commanders try to secure the No. 6 seed. Whoever wins that spot avoids an opening-round trip to Philadelphia, so there is plenty of motivation for Washington to dispatch the hated Cowboys. To Be Determined Pittsburgh Steelers – The Steelers play Saturday night and will already know the outcome of the Baltimore vs. Cleveland game. If the Ravens (17.5-point home favorites) win, Pittsburgh is locked into the No. 5 seed and will travel to Houston. If the Browns pull the upset, the Steelers will play all-out for the No. 3 seed. Miami Dolphins – The Dolphins need a lot of help to make the playoffs. Most importantly, they need the Broncos (10.5-point favorites) to lose. Miami is also dealing with a lot of injuries, so they’ll be playing to win but monitoring the game in Denver. Fantasy managers can target De’Von Achane, Tyreek Hill, and Jonnu Smith and hope for a fast start. Atlanta Falcons – Week 18 is a must-win for the Falcons to have any hope of winning the NFC South. However, Atlanta also needs Tampa Bay to lose, so they will be going all-out while keeping an eye on the scoreboard. With the Bucs big home favorites, the odds are against the Falcons sneaking into the postseason field. Regardless, they’ll likely play their starters the full game. Los Angeles Chargers – The Chargers travel to Las Vegas on Sunday and will already know if they have anything at stake thanks the the Steelers vs. Bengals game on Saturday. If Pittsburgh wins, the Chargers are locked into the No. 6 seed. However, if Cincinnati wins, LA could move up to fifth. Jim Harbaugh said he plans to win but “will do what’s best for the team.” Player Incentives Quarterbacks Geno Smith – Needs 186 passing yards to earn a $2 million bonus. Also earns an additional $2 million if Seattle hits 10 wins. Finally, Smith earns another $2 million if he finishes at or above his current 70.2% completion rate. Baker Mayfield – Mayfield will earn a half-million if he finishes the season in the top 10 in passer rating, touchdowns, yards, completion rate, or yards-per-attempt. He is checking all of those boxes entering this game. ‘Pay dat men his money’. Aaron Rodgers – In what could be his final NFL game, Rodgers needs 377 passing yards to top 4,000 for the season. His highest figure all year was 339 in Week 14. C.J. Stroud – Stroud is just ahead of Rodgers and would need 323 passing yards to top 4K. However, with the Texans locked into the No. 4 seed, that is highly unlikely. Kyler Murray – Murray would need
