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Week 4, 2023

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NFL Confidence Picks: Week 4, 2023

Below are the nfelo model's picks ranked by confidence (16 is most confident)

nfelo is one of the most accurate NFL prediction models on the internet and has picked winners more accurately than the Vegas line in back tests dating back to 2009

Confidence Rank
Winner
16

Cardinals

ARI

Cardinals

@

49ers

49ers

SF

15

Chiefs

KC

Chiefs

@

Jets

Jets

NYJ

14

Commanders

WAS

Commanders

@

Eagles

Eagles

PHI

13

Patriots

NE

Patriots

@

Cowboys

Cowboys

DAL

12

Raiders

OAK

Raiders

@

Chargers

Chargers

LAC

11

Broncos

DEN

Broncos

@

Bears

Bears

CHI

10

Steelers

PIT

Steelers

@

Texans

Texans

HOU

9

Buccaneers

TB

Buccaneers

@

Saints

Saints

NO

8

Vikings

MIN

Vikings

@

Panthers

Panthers

CAR

7

Ravens

BAL

Ravens

@

Browns

Browns

CLE

6

Dolphins

MIA

Dolphins

@

Bills

Bills

BUF

5

Falcons

ATL

Falcons

@

Jaguars

Jaguars

JAX

4

Bengals

CIN

Bengals

@

Titans

Titans

TEN

3

Lions

DET

Lions

@

Packers

Packers

GB

2

Rams

LAR

Rams

@

Colts

Colts

IND

1

Seahawks

SEA

Seahawks

@

Giants

Giants

NYG

NFL Confidence Pool Picks

NFL confidence pools (also known as pick’ems) are season long prediction competitions typically held amongst office colleagues or friend groups. Each week, players pick straight up winners for every game and stack rank those picks based on how confident they are in their prediction. These are your "confidence picks."
When a player’s pick is correct, they’re awarded points based on how highly they ranked the game. Their most confident pick yields 16 points, their second most confident pick yields 15 points, and so on and so forth. The player with the most points across all games wins the pool, with prizes typically given for weekly and entire season.

Confidence Pool Strategy

Winning an NFL confidence pool requires two essential abilities -- picking games accurately and ranking games effectively. The most accurate picker over the course of an NFL season typically won’t actually win the pool because they did a poor job ranking their selections. Confidence pool players often turn to published picks from confidence pool experts to help inform their selections, but these approaches add a heavy element of subjectivity. The most surefire way to reliably maximize picking accuracy and ranking efficiency is to use a model that tells you both.

nfelo’s Free Confidence Pool Picks

nfelo is a power ranking model that incorporates a wide variety of data points and market information from oddsmakers to generate some of the most accurate picks available on the internet. Since 2009, it's picked winners more accurately than the closing point spread in its backtests and repeatedly finishes in the upper decile of 538's pick'em competition.
Though the model is designed for spreads, those spreads are easily translated into win probability projections, which are perfect for an NFL confidence pool. Not only does the model predict a winner, its win probability number tells you exactly how confident you should be in each projection. All this work is done for you and presented in the table above.