The Houston Texans (0-3-1) are now the league's lone winless team and will visit Jacksonville (2-2) on Sunday. With Houston's poor start to the year and the Jaguars' surprising play, many could consider rolling with Jacksonville when making their Week 5 NFL knockout picks. However, you'll see that Houston has defeated the Jags in eight straight meetings. Six of those were by double-digits, so is an unproven Jags' team the best option for your Week 5 NFL survivor pool picks?
The Jaguars are 7-point favorites in the latest Week 5 NFL odds from Caesars Sportsbook, which makes them one of five teams favored by at least a touchdown. Before finalizing any Week 5 NFL survivor picks, 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 $7,000 for $100 players on top-rated NFL picks since its inception. The model enters Week 4 of the 2022 NFL season on an incredible 139-103 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.
Now, it has turned its attention to the latest Week 5 NFL odds from Caesars and locked in its Week 5 survivor pool pick. You can only see who the model is backing this week at SportsLine.
Top Week 5 NFL survivor pool predictionsIn Week 5 of the 2022 NFL season, the model is shying away from the Baltimore Ravens (2-2), even though they are home favorites over the Cincinnati Bengals (2-2) on Sunday Night Football. Cincinnati ended a five-game losing streak last season against Baltimore in impressive fashion. The Bengals hung 41 points in a road win in Week 7 and then scored 41 more a home win in Week 16. It marked the first time the Bengals swept the season series since 2015.
Baltimore struggled on defense last year due to several injuries, but those players have now returned and the team is even more porous defensively. The Ravens rank in the bottom 10 in points allowed, yards allowed, first downs allowed and red zone defense. On the other hand, the Bengals field a top-10 scoring defense and are allowing nearly five fewer points per game than they did in last year's Super Bowl run. Cincinnati has back-to-back wins, while Baltimore is still searching for its defensive identity, a big reason why the Ravens are better off being saved for another week. See which team to pick here.
How to make Week 5 NFL survivor pool picksInstead, the model is backing a shocking team that is well-positioned to deliver a win in Week 5. The time to pick this team is now, and you can only see the play over at SportsLine.
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