The Buffalo Bills have scored at least 30 points in five straight games, the first of which was a 35-0 demolition of the Miami Dolphins in Week 2. Now, the Bills and the No. 2 scoring offense in the NFL (33.8 points per game) host the Dolphins on Sunday, and Miami is 29th in scoring (18.1). Buffalo shares the league lead in takeaways with 16 for an NFL-best plus-11 differential, while Miami has turned the ball over 11 times. The Bills are favored by 14 and could be among the most popular NFL survivor pool picks.
Some players might have used the Bills or want to hold off on them, so there are other options for your Week 8 knockout pool picks. They include teams like the Rams (-14.5 at Houston), Bengals (-10.5 at the Jets) and the Chiefs (-9.5 hosting the Giants on Monday Night Football). Before you lock in any Week 8 NFL survivor picks, you need to see which team the red-hot SportsLine Projection Model is backing.
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. The player who lasts the most weeks without picking a losing team wins the pool. In the model’s simulations, the team winning the highest percentage each week has gone a perfect 7-0 after the Cardinals (84 percent) crushed the Texans in Week 7.
Arizona joined the 49ers (75 percent in Week 1), Buccaneers (79 percent in Week 2), Cardinals and Ravens (79 percent in Week 3), Bills (87 percent in Week 4), Patriots (78 percent in Week 5) and Colts (81 percent in Week 6) as winners for survivor contestants who used those teams over the first seven weeks. You can only see who the model is backing in Week 8 at SportsLine.
Top Week 8 NFL survivor pool predictions
For NFL Week 8, the model is recommending you fade the Chiefs, even though the reigning AFC champs host the 2-5 Giants on Monday Night Football. New York is coming off a dominant performance against Carolina. Rookie Azeez Ojulari had 2.5 sacks and Leonard Williams had 1.5 as the Giants hauled down Sam Darnold six times in a 25-3 win. Kansas City’s offensive line has struggled all season, and quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been sacked 14 times.
The Chiefs lead the NFL in turnovers (17) as Mahomes tries to make plays under duress. The Giants knocked off the Saints as a touchdown underdog in Week 4, and Carolina was favored by three last week. Mahomes has nine interceptions, two shy of his previous two seasons combined, and New York has picked off six passes this season. The Chiefs have the players to shine in primetime, but the model isn’t suggesting you bet on it.
How to make Week 8 NFL survivor pool picks
In Week 8, the model is backing a team whose opponent has struggled mightily on both sides of the ball. Picking this team will get you to Week 9 and put you in prime position to go deep in your NFL survivor pool. The time to pick this team is now, and you can only see the model’s Week 8 play at SportsLine.
Which team is a must-back in your Week 8 NFL survivor pool? Visit SportsLine now to see which team carries you to victory in Week 8, all from the advanced computer model that consistently crushes the NFL, and find out.
