The Week 4 NFL schedule features a full slate of 16 games, including Cardinals vs. Rams and Seahawks vs. 49ers in NFC West clashes and Tom Brady's return to New England in Buccaneers vs. Patriots. Before you make your Week 4 NFL survivor 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 almost $7,900 for $100 players on top-rated NFL picks since its inception six-plus years ago. It went a sizzling 24-14 on top-rated NFL picks last season, returning more than $800. The model also enters Week 4 of the 2021 season on an incredible 123-81 run on top-rated NFL picks that dates back to the 2017 season.

The model also ranked in the top 10 on NFLPickWatch four of the past five 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 fact, survivor players following its top pick have made it to Week 4 without much of a sweat!

It recommended the 49ers over the Lions In Week 1. Then in Week 2, it backed the Packers against Detroit. Last week, the model suggested taking the Panthers over the Texans. Carolina won in 70 percent of SportsLine's simulations, and the Panthers scored 17 points in the second half en route to a 24-9 triumph.

In Week 4, we can tell you the model is shying away from the Cardinals as they visit the Rams in a battle of unbeaten division rivals, even though Arizona is 2-0 on the road already this season. The Cardinals are winning 34 percent of simulations, so the model is saving them for another week.

Instead, the model is backing a team that has posted back-to-back victories and is facing a struggling opponent! It's also recommending two teams who win in more than 70 percent of simulations! Picking this team not only will get you to Week 5, but will also put you in the optimal position to go deep in your NFL survivor pool. You NEED to see which team the model is backing before locking in your NFL survivor picks!

What is the optimal Week 4 Survivor pool play? And which team will send you through to Week 5? ... Join SportsLine right now to see the SportsLine Projection Model's shocking survivor pick, all from the model that consistently crushes the NFL!