It seems obvious that making Week 12 NFL survivor picks will be harder than any previous week, but that's not just because you now have 11 teams off the board. No week has more teams on a bye than this week, which further depletes the options available for Week 12 NFL knockout pools. If you're fortunate, then many of the six teams on a bye were ones you already utilized, but if that's not the case, you'd be wise to seek some NFL eliminator advice.

Before you make your Week 12 NFL survivor pool picks or NFL knockout 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 well over $7,000 for $100 players on top-rated NFL picks since its inception. The model enters Week 12 of the 2024 NFL season on an incredible 20-8 hot streak on top-rated NFL picks this year. Longer term, it is on a 200-136 roll on top-rated NFL picks that dates back to the 2017 season and a 54-29 roll on top-rated NFL picks since Week 7 of 2022.

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 following has seen HUGE returns!

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 12 of the 2024 NFL season, we can tell you the model is shying away from the Texans (-7.5, 41.5) despite being more than touchdown home favorites over Tennessee. Houston will enter off a short week, and the Texans are just 2-5 straight-up over their last seven games with a rest disadvantage. Additionally, while this game will take place in Houston, the Space City hasn't been much of a home-field advantage for the Texans in recent meetings. The Titans have won four of the last five road matchups with Houston. Even though the Texans are projected to win in well over 70% of simulations, the model is saving Houston for another week.

Instead, the model is backing a SURPRISING team that wins outright in nearly 80% of simulations! 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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