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Season Wrap-Up: Why We Doubled Up on Tampa Bay, Why the Other Path Would Have Failed Too, and Why This Happens

Now that Week 2 has had a couple of days to settle, it’s worth a proper wrap-up on how Splash Sports’s “The Big Splash” ended for us this season, why the decision that ended it was still the right one, and why this kind of result is a lot more common in survivor pools than […]

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Week 2 Results: All Three Entries Eliminated as the Buccaneers Upset Falls Wrong

Week 2 of Splash Sports’s “The Big Splash” survivor pool is in the books, and it’s a rough one to write up: both of our remaining entries went down in the same game, and all three of Scott’s entries are now eliminated just two weeks into an 18-week season. What Changed Cleveland Browns 23, Tampa […]

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Final Check: Confirming Week 2 Picks Before Sunday

This is the last check before kickoff — a short confirmation post that runs the evening before each week’s Sunday games, separate from the full Splash Sports research update earlier in the week. Entries A and C are both riding the same pick into Week 2, and tonight’s job is simple: re-check that number one […]

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Week 2 Correction: Falcons Line Flips, Entry C Joins Entry A on the Buccaneers

A quick correction to yesterday’s Week 2 numbers. Our Splash Sports survivor picks for Entries A and C are both locking onto the same team this week — here’s why. What Changed The Atlanta Falcons’ Week 2 line flipped overnight: after Cooper Rush’s rough Week 1 start (12-of-22, 143 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT in […]

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Week 1 Results: Entry B Eliminated, Entries A and C Move to Week 2

Week 1 of the NFL season is complete, and our three-entry campaign in Splash Sports‘s “The Big Splash” $3,000,000 survivor pool just had its first real result: two entries won, and one is out. Here’s where all three stand heading into Week 2, with the full remaining-season roadmap below. What Changed Entry A’s Las Vegas […]

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Final Check: Confirming Week 1 Picks Before Sunday

Week 1 games kick off tomorrow, so this is our final pre-game check on all three Splash Sports “The Big Splash” entries before Sunday’s games. We went back through the closing lines and Friday’s final injury reports one more time to make sure nothing moved overnight. What Changed Las Vegas ticked down again, from 63% […]

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Kickoff Eve: Locking In Our Final Week 1 Numbers Across All Three Entries

Week 1 picks lock this Sunday, so this is our final call across all three Splash Sports “The Big Splash” entries before kickoff Sunday afternoon. All three of our Week 1 games are on the board now with a full week of line movement behind them, so we went back through every number with this […]

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Breaking: Brock Bowers’ Knee Surgery Trims Entry A’s Week 1 Raiders Number

Breaking news out of Las Vegas four days before kickoff: Raiders tight end Brock Bowers — the team’s leading receiver and one of its most dangerous weapons — underwent knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus on Tuesday and is expected to miss “a game or two,” per multiple reports. That’s a real, confirmed downgrade […]

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One Week to Kickoff: Ashton Jeanty’s Ankle Is Still the Swing Vote, and Jaguars OL Patrick Mekari Gets a Return Path

Kickoff is here — the 2026 NFL regular season officially begins tomorrow, and our three Splash Sports “The Big Splash” entries play their actual Week 1 games this Sunday. This is the last update before we’re grading real results instead of practice reports. Two threads moved enough this week to write up; nothing moved enough […]

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Cutdown Day Clears the Decks: Jeanty Trends Toward Week 1, Micah Parsons’ Return Target Gets a Second Confirmation

Roster-cutdown weekend has come and gone, the 32 teams are all down to 53 men, and the calendar has flipped to September — Week 1 of our Splash Sports “The Big Splash” pool kicks off in eight days. We went into cutdown weekend with one genuinely open watch item (Raiders RB Ashton Jeanty’s ankle) and […]

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Browns Settle Their Quarterback Battle, a New Raiders Backfield Scare, and Roster Cuts Bear Down Before Week 1

Two weeks out from kickoff, Splash Sports’ $3M “The Big Splash” NFL Survivor contest gets its first genuinely resolved storyline of the preseason — Cleveland named a starting quarterback — alongside a brand-new injury watch item in our own Week 1 backfield. Nothing changes on the board this week; both developments are context for picks […]

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Training Camp Check-In: A Fresh Injury Scare Hits Las Vegas Right Before Week 1, Plus Mekari Surgery Deepens Jacksonville’s Line Concerns

Three weeks out from kickoff, our three-entry season-long plan for Splash Sports’ $3M “The Big Splash” NFL Survivor contest is mostly holding steady — but one fresh camp injury lands right on top of our most urgent lock of the three, Entry A’s Week 1 Las Vegas pick. Nothing gets swapped this week; the whole […]

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Week 3 Gets a Real Adjustment: Micah Parsons’ Timeline Downgrades Green Bay, Plus New Watch Items on the Chargers, Jaguars and Lions

Quick housekeeping up top: this week’s cadence run hit a real snag on our end — the working session that normally carries this update forward lost its local files and had to rebuild this week’s picture from the live site itself plus fresh research. Worth saying plainly since it’s your money on the line: nothing […]

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Quick Hitter: Reconciling the Missed Week, Cardinals and Rams News Confirmed, Full Roadmap Unchanged

Catching up after a gap in the weekly cadence: confirming the Cardinals-Brissett and Rams-Garrett news already baked into the plan, plus the full 18-week roadmap for all three entries.

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Training Camp Shakes Up the Board: Refreshing Our $3M Splash Sports Survivor Plan (and Fixing a Week 11 Blind Spot)

We’re refreshing our three-entry $3,000,000 Splash Sports Survivor plan with the locked 2026 schedule, real win totals, and fresh camp news — plus a Week 11 sequencing flaw we caught and fixed.

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