In an effort to light a competitive fire under Fair Lawn's collective keister, we're launching a Patch NFL Survivor Pool this week that pits borough departments, groups and organizations against one another in a weekly battle of pigskin picking.

The rules are as follows: 

• Participating borough departments/groups/organizations pick one NFL team each week that they think will win its game.
• If the team they pick wins, that department/group/organization lives to pick again the following week. If the team they pick loses, that department/group/organization is eliminated from the pool.
• Departments/Groups/Organizations can only pick a team once during the entire season.
• The pool ends when only one department/group/organization is left standing.

The results of this weekly competition will be posted on Patch and a yet to be determined prize will be awarded to the winners. 

Week 1 picks:

Ed. Note: If you belong to an organization and would like to represent them in Patch Survivor, just shoot me an email at zak.koeske@patch.com before your pick plays this week. The more competitors the merrier!

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