If you're still alive for Week 18 NFL knockout pools, you certainly don't want to bow out in the last week of the season. But with more than half of the NFL teams off the board, you're left with not the most appealing of options for your Week 18 NFL survivor picks. So, to assist with the final selection and before you make your Week 18 NFL knockout 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 well over $7,000 for $100 players on top-rated NFL picks since its inception. The model enters Week 18 of the 2022 NFL season on an incredible 160-113 run on top-rated NFL picks that dates back to the 2017 season. It is also on a 14-6 roll on top-rated NFL picks since Week 7 of this 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% 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 18 of the 2022 NFL schedule, we can tell you the model is shying away from the Dolphins even though they are favorites over the Jets. Miami is reeling, having lost five straight and its starting quarterback in Tua Tagovailoa. The team then lost backup QB Teddy Bridgewater to a finger injury in Week 17, meaning seventh-round rookie, Skylar Thompson, could be forced into action with the team fighting for its playoff lives. New York is eliminated from postseason contention, but it would love to spoil its divisional rival's chances of getting in. Also, New York hung 40 points on Miami in a Week 5 win, and that 40 points is the most scored by the Jets since 2018.

Instead, the model is backing a SHOCKING team that is well-positioned to deliver a Week 18 win! 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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