There are four teams favored by at least six points in the Week 4 NFL odds, creating many paths when it comes to your Week 4 NFL survivor pool picks. San Francisco (-10.5 vs. Patriots) is the biggest favorite in the Week 4 NFL betting odds. Avoiding big upsets is the key to staying alive in NFL knockout pool picks, and almost every survivor pool is significantly smaller following the first three weeks. Making the right Week 4 NFL eliminator picks requires more than just a glance at this week's schedule, as contestants need to develop a plan for future weeks as well.
The Bengals are 4.5-point favorites against the Carolina Panthers in the Week 4 NFL spreads despite entering Sunday's showdown with a 0-3 record. Should you use the Bengals when you place your Week 4 NFL eliminator pool picks? Before finalizing any Week 4 NFL survivor picks, you need to see which team proven expert R.J. White is backing.
White has been SportsLine's No. 1 NFL against-the-spread expert over the last seven years, going 643-543-34 against the spread to put him up more than 46 units on those picks at SportsLine since 2017. He has also delivered a 56.7% hit rate on his Vegas contest picks over the last nine seasons and has two finishes in the money, including finishing 18th out of 2,748 entries back in 2017.
His advice 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 1, White correctly recommended to avoid the Bengals, who lost to the Patriots as 8.5-point favorites. Instead, White picked the Saints, who beat the Panthers by 37 points in the most lopsided game of the week. Then in Week 2, he avoided the Ravens, who lost to the Raiders as 8.5-point favorites, and instead backed the Texans, who defeated the Bears. He then advised to avoid Cincinnati again in Week 3, despite it being the heaviest favorites, and the Bengals would be upset by the Commanders.
Anyone who followed his advice avoided three of the biggest NFL upsets of the season and advanced in their NFL knockout pools.
Now, White has turned his attention to the latest Week 4 NFL odds and locked in his Week 4 survivor pool pick. You can only see who White is backing this week at SportsLine.
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In Week 4 of the 2024 NFL season, White is avoiding the Cardinals (-3.5, 50), even though they are a moderate home favorite over a Commanders team coming off a short week. Washington's offense was firing on all cylinders in its 38-33 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday.
Rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels was sensational in the win, completing 21 of 23 pass attempts for 254 yards and two touchdowns. He set an NFL rookie record for completion percentage (91.3%) in Monday's victory over the Bengals. Daniels also finished with 12 carries for 39 yards and another score. The Cardinals have more favorable matchups later in the season, a big reason why White is avoiding Arizona this week. "The Cardinals also face the Bears and Patriots at home and the Panthers on the road in Week 16 where Carolina could potentially be back to starting Bryce Young if the playoffs are out of reach," White told SportsLine. See which team to pick instead here.
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Instead, White is backing a team whose opponent could get "next to nothing" out of its quarterback. The time to pick this team is now, and you can only see the play over at SportsLine.
Which team is a must-back in your Week 4 NFL survivor pool? Visit SportsLine now to see which team carries you to victory in Week 4, all from the expert who avoided the Bengals in Weeks 1 and 3 the Ravens in Week 2, and is up almost 50 units on ATS picks.
