In a perfect world, your Week 18 NFL survivor pick would be a team that still has something to play for facing an opponent who has nothing at stake. Among those matchups are Falcons vs. Panthers (+7.5), Packers vs. Bears (+9.5) and Buccaneers vs. Saints (+14). However, the teams that still have an incentive ahead of them are the good teams, and thus ones which may have already been utilized in NFL eliminator. If that's the case for you, then who should you back to run the table in NFL survivor by winning your Week 18 NFL knockout pools? 

Before you make your Week 18 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 18 of the 2024 NFL season on a 30-14 hot streak on top-rated NFL picks this year -- a stunning 68% success rate! Longer term, it is on a 210-142 roll on top-rated NFL picks that dates back to the 2017 season and a 64-35 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 18 of the 2024 NFL season, we can tell you the model is shying away from the Bills (-2.5, 40.5) despite being favorites and winning six of the last seven matchups versus New England. Buffalo is locked into the No. 2 seed in the AFC, so it really has no incentive to play its starters in this game and instead could use it as a bye week. Josh Allen could start to pad his stats for his MVP candidacy, but don't expect him to play the full game if his starting linemen aren't playing. The Bills are just too risky a team for Week 18 NFL knockout pools.

Instead, the model is backing a SURPRISING team that wins outright in 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!

Which surprising team is the optimal Week 18 NFL survivor pool play? ... Join SportsLine right now to see the SportsLine Projection Model's shocking Week 18 NFL survivor pick, all from the model that is up well over $7,000 since its inception!