Welcome to 2019 Eliminator Challenge. The rules are simple: Just pick a winner each week, and don't use the same team twice. If you win all 17 weeks (or outlast your group members), you win. You can find all the rules here.
This article will look at the top Eliminator options each week, using betting lines, ESPN's Football Power Index (FPI), trends, future schedules, and anything else that will help determine the best picks. (For more on how FPI is calculated, click here and here.)
First, a couple of basic guidelines. Early in the season, it's rarely good strategy to take a road team.