Sports · American Football · 6 hrs ago
Model warns against picking Broncos in NFL survivor pools
NFL survivor pools require participants to pick one team to win each week, and a team can be used only once.
In Week 5 of the 2026 season, the Broncos are scheduled to face the winless Chargers at SoFi Stadium.
Denver is favored, but it has lost both of its road games by double digits and scored 24 points combined in those games.
The Chargers have started 0-4, though they kept their last two road games within one score.
A projection model says Denver is a risky choice for survivor pools and gives the Broncos a 47% chance of winning.
It favors another team to win, but the team is not identified in the available text.
The Broncos-Chargers game is set for Sunday at 4:05 p.m.
Eastern time.
SportsLine’s model warned against picking the Denver Broncos in NFL survivor pools for Week 5 of the 2026 season.
The model cited Denver’s 0-2 road record and 24 total points in those two losses.
The Broncos were 3.5-point favorites against the winless Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium.
SportsLine projected the Chargers game to make Denver an extremely risky survivor-pool pick.
The model said it backed another team to win in 70% of simulations but did not name that team in the article.
- Who
- SportsLine’s computer model warned NFL survivor-pool players against choosing the Denver Broncos.
- What
- The model said Denver was a risky pick against the Los Angeles Chargers.
- When
- Week 5 of the 2026 NFL season; the article was published on October 11, 2026.
- Where
- SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
- Why
- Denver had lost both road games by double digits and scored 24 points combined in those games.
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No direct quotes in the coverage so far.
SportsLine’s model picked the Ravens to beat the Titans as its survivor-pool selection.
CBS Sports reported that the model had warned players against choosing the Broncos for Week 5.
Denver was scheduled to face the Chargers at SoFi Stadium.
- Broncos’ road record
- 0-2
- Broncos’ points in road losses
- 24 combined
- Broncos’ point spread
- 3.5-point favorites
- Chargers’ record
- 0-4
- Model’s alternative pick
- Unnamed; projected to win in 70% of simulations
Sources
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