NFL Survivor Picks For Week 10: Josh Allen to the Rescue

Welcome to Week 10 in your Survivor Pool. We have a strategy for which teams to pick against, as they have looked terrible this season.

These three games this week will help you come back for another week. Be sure to consult the Fantasy Life NFL Game Model to monitor any line movement leading up to the slate.

Week 10 NFL Survivor Picks

Buffalo Bills (at New York Jets)

As great as the Bills have been all season, this might feel like the first game when they are clearly better than the competition.

Buffalo looks unstoppable on offense, leading the league in points per game (32.0), and just scored 23 points against the Vikings, the most points Minnesota has allowed this season.

The defense has looked better over the last two weeks, but they just played the Ravens, who played undrafted rookie quarterback Joe Fagnano for most of the game, and the Vikings, who played backup quarterback Carson Wentz.

This week the Bills face another below-average offense, as the Jets rank 25th in points per game (20.2).

Defensively, New York is no better, which is shocking for a team with a former defensive coordinator as head coach. The best way to get to Josh Allen is to force turnovers. Allen has six interceptions this year, but the Jets have just one interception this season. Under Aaron Glenn, they have just one interception in 26 games.

Even with Breece Hall back in the lineup, New York couldn’t get anything going on offense last week against the Chiefs, and now they have to try to keep pace with the league’s best offense.

RELATED: Matthew Freedman breaks down his favorite (and least favorite) plays for Week 10 of the fantasy football season in his Favorites & Fades For Week 10 Fantasy Football.

Los Angeles Rams (at Arizona Cardinals)

The Rams’ season hasn’t gone as planned. They lost four of their first six games, but they have regrouped and won three straight.

Injuries have plagued this team all season. It began in Week 1, when newly acquired Myles Garrett went down with a knee injury and finally returned in Week 9.

The offense, specifically the wide receiver corps, is decimated. It began in Week 6 when Davante Adams ruptured his hamstring, an injury that will likely keep him out for the rest of the regular season. This week, the Rams will likely place Puka Nacua on IR after suffering a knee injury last week. That leaves the Rams’ top two receivers down for the foreseeable future.

The Rams have all those injuries, yet they are still in better shape than the Cardinals.

Arizona also just lost its top two wide receivers: the Cardinals placed Kendrick Bourne on IR, and Michael Wilson will miss the rest of the season with a neck injury.

They also lost Gardner Minshew for the rest of the year. After trading away Jacoby Brissett days earlier, fifth-round rookie Carson Beck will make his first NFL start.

Beck will have to face a healthy Rams defense that ranks eighth in points per game (20.1).

The Cardinals beat the Rams in the last matchup, but that was with Brissett and a fully healthy offense.

Seattle Seahawks (at Las Vegas Raiders)

If you haven’t taken the Seahawks yet, this could be the best week to use them. With Las Vegas trading away Kirk Cousins, 2026 No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza will make his first NFL start. Congratulations, Fernando; you get to face one of the league's best defenses and reigning Super Bowl champions.

The Seahawks still have one of the league's top units, and they’ll face a Raiders offense that hasn't been efficient this season. Las Vegas ranks 20th in offensive success rate (41.5%) and now faces the Seahawks, who rank second in defensive success rate (38.7%). Seattle also excels at forcing quick offensive possessions for opponents, ranking second in opponents’ three-and-out rate (29.4%), while Las Vegas ranks 16th in offensive three-and-out rate (19.0%).

The Seahawks' quarterback situation is in question with Sam Darnold out for this game. Drew Lock is slated to start, but he is dealing with an oblique injury. The good news for Lock is that the Seahawks have plenty of weapons. Jaxon Smith-Njigba remains one of the best receivers in football, and Zach Charbonnet's return has upgraded the run game.