Whether you're only competing for the weekly payouts and pride in your NFL office pool picks, or if you're near the top of the standings in your NFL pick'em league, the middle portion of the season is one of the best chances to hone in your NFL pool strategy. Some pretty clear patterns are starting to emerge in the NFL, like the Bills absolutely dominating everybody they've played since a season-opening loss to the Steelers. Buffalo has won four in a row by an average margin of victory of nearly 29 points and three of the four teams it beat were in the playoffs a season ago.
This week, the Bills take on another playoff team from a season ago when they visit the Titans on Monday Night Football. The Bills are only the fifth biggest favorites (Buffalo -5.5) of the week in the latest NFL spreads from Caesars Sportsbook. Should you select the Bills in your NFL pick'em pool? What about in your NFL confidence pool picks? Before you make your NFL predictions, you need to see the Week 6 NFL football pool picks from SportsLine's proven model.
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Top Week 6 NFL office pool predictionsOne of the top Week 6 NFL pick'em predictions from the model: The Colts cruise past the Texans for a comfortable 13-point win. The Colts dropped to 1-4 after blowing a 16-point lead to the Ravens on Monday night and the injury situation in Indianapolis is less than ideal after several more defensive starters were hurt in Week 5.
However, the Texans have lost by double-digits in three of the four games since beating the Jaguars in Week 1. Plus, Houston is coming off a heartbreaking loss to the Patriots last week. Houston opened up a 22-9 lead early in the second half only to watch it all crumble as New England stormed back to win 25-22 in the final minute of the game.
Meanwhile, despite the loss on Monday, Carson Wentz and Indianapolis offense have something positive to build from after racking up 513 yards of total offense against the Ravens. Wentz had his best game of the season, going 25-of-35 for 402 yards with two touchdowns and zero interceptions. The model likes the Colts to pile up nearly 400 yards of total offense against the Texans, helping Indianapolis win in over 80 percent of simulations with a projected final score of 30-17.
How to make Week 6 NFL office pool picksThe model also made the call on every other Week 6 game and has strong picks for potentially close matchups like Browns vs. Cardinals and Ravens vs. Chargers. It's also calling for an underdog to win outright. You can only see all of the model's NFL pool picks here.
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