The Arizona Cardinals had their dreams of a perfect season squashed by the Green Bay Packers in Week 8 and lost quarterback Kyler Murray to an ankle injury in the process. The club bounced back well, however, as backup Colt McCoy helped guide it to a 31-17 triumph over the San Francisco 49ers last week. Arizona is expected to have Murray back on the field when it hosts the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. The Cardinals are 10.5-point favorites in the latest Week 10 NFL odds from Caesars Sportsbook, and many will jump on them with their NFL survivor pool picks.
Other favorites that could attract attention for NFL knockout pool picks include the Buffalo Bills (-13 against the New York Jets), Indianapolis Colts (-10.5 against the Jacksonville Jaguars) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-9.5 against the Washington Football Team). Before making any Week 10 NFL survivor picks, you need to see which team the red-hot SportsLine Projection Model just went all-in on.
The model, which simulates every NFL game 10,000 times, is up almost $7,600 for $100 players on top-rated NFL picks since its inception six-plus years ago. The model enters Week 10 of the 2021 season on an incredible 128-88 run on top-rated NFL picks that dates back to the 2017 season.
It 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, as the team winning the most model simulations each week is 8-1. The 49ers in Week 1 (75 percent), Buccaneers in Week 2 (79 percent), Cardinals and Ravens in Week 3 (79 percent), Bills in Week 4 (87 percent), Patriots in Week 5 (78 percent), Colts in Week 6 (81 percent), Cards in Week 7 (84 percent) and Rams in Week 8 (91 percent) were winners for survivor contestants who used those teams over the first eight weeks. You can only see who the model is backing in Week 10 at SportsLine.
Top Week 10 NFL survivor pool predictions
For Week 10, the model is shying away from the Dallas Cowboys against the Atlanta Falcons. Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott may not be at full strength after being limited by a knee injury in last week’s 30-16 home loss to the Denver Broncos. The two-time NFL rushing leader has been held to fewer than 70 yards and no touchdowns in his last three games after recording at least 95 in three straight contests and totaling four scores in that stretch.
Dallas owns the top-ranked offense in the league (434.3 yards) but struggled mightily against the Broncos. Over the first three quarters, the Cowboys were kept off the scoreboard, as they recorded only five first downs and amassed 122 total yards while going 1-for-11 on third- and fourth-down attempts. Even though the Cowboys are third in the NFL in scoring (30.1 points), the Falcons are 3-1 on the road and too dangerous for the model’s projections this week.
How to make Week 10 NFL survivor pool picks
Instead, the model is backing a team that’s thriving on the road this season. Picking this team not only will get you to Week 11, it also will put you in the optimal position to go deep in your NFL survivor pool. The time to pick this team is now, and you can only see the Week 10 play over at SportsLine.
Which surprising team is a must-back in your Week 10 survivor pool? Visit SportsLine now to see which team carries you to victory in Week 10, all from the advanced computer model that consistently crushes the NFL, and find out.
