The 2023 NFL season is just around the corner, which means it's time to start making NFL survivor picks. Bryce Young will make his debut in Panthers vs. Falcons, a divisional-rivalry game takes place in Packers vs. Bears, and the opening week ends with Aaron Rodgers' New York debut in Jets vs. Bills. Before you make your Week 1 NFL survivor pool picks, you NEED to see which team the SportsLine Projection Model is backing.

The model, which simulates every NFL game 10,000 times, is up over $7,000 for $100 players on top-rated NFL picks since its inception. The model enters the 2023 NFL season on an incredible 163-113 run on top-rated NFL picks that dates back to the 2017 season. It is also on a 17-6 roll on top-rated NFL picks since Week 7 of last season.

The model also ranked in the top 10 on NFLPickWatch four of the past six years on straight-up NFL picks and beat more than 94 percent of CBS Sports Football Pick'em players four times during that span. Anyone who has followed it is WAY UP.

The model can be used to crush the Survivor Pool format, which calls for picking one team to win each week but never using the same team twice.

In Week 1 of the 2023 NFL season, we can tell you the model is shying away from the San Francisco 49ers, even though they're coming off a 13-4 season and are favored over a Steelers team that went 9-8 and missed the playoffs. While the Niners are projected to win in 60% of simulations, the model is saving San Francisco for another week. Pittsburgh has won three straight Week 1 games and has just one Week 1 loss since 2016.

Instead, the model is backing a team that closed out last season with back-to-back wins and has had plenty of success against its Week 1 opponent! Picking this team will put you in the optimal position to win your NFL survivor pool. You NEED to see which team the model is backing before locking in your NFL survivor picks!

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