Over the first two weeks of the season, the New Orleans Saints have looked like the most dominant team in football, outscoring the Cowboys and Panthers by a combined score of 91-29. Running back Alvin Kamara has already racked up nearly 300 all-purpose yards and five touchdowns this season.

The Sporting News highlights the best and most popular NFL survivor picks for Week 3, based on advice and data from TeamRankings affiliate PoolGenius.

It seems odd to be congratulating survivor pool contestants for being alive in their respective pools entering Week 3, but after the carnage we saw in the first two weeks, it is a true testament to those who are still competing.

With a historically rough start to the season, the survivor pool strategy shifts toward safer teams, and away from saving good teams for the stretch run. That brings us to our strategy for Week 3.

NFL picks are provided for straight up (moneyline) and against the spread (ATS) NFL pick pools. Each week's spread picks are graded by the line as of when the person entered their picks. This will create situations in which a movement of the line can result in two participants having the correct pick but with different teams chosen during an individual game.