The Week 6 NFL schedule is the first with bye weeks so there are four fewer teams to utilize as Week 6 NFL knockout picks. With the teams you've already used up, there won't be as many options to select from, making this week arguably the hardest yet. Before you make your Week 6 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 $7,000 for $100 players on top-rated NFL picks since its inception. The model enters Week 6 of the 2022 NFL season on an incredible 146-106 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 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 6 of the 2022 NFL season, we can tell you the model is shying away from the Minnesota Vikings (4-1), even though they are favorites over the Miami Dolphins (3-2) on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET. Due to injury, there are questions as to who will be under center for Miami come Sunday, with Skylar Thompson replacing Teddy Bridgewater in Week 5, who had replaced Tua Tagovailoa in Week 4. Not being able to game plan for one specific quarterback works against the Vikings, while the Dolphins get to return home after back-to-back road defeats. Miami is allowing just 13 PPG at home compared to 35 on the road, one of the reasons why the model is steering clear of Minnesota in Week 6.

Instead, the model is backing a SHOCKING team that is well-positioned to deliver a Week 6 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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