Fading Indianapolis may also be part of a greater NFL survivor pool strategy, which sees the Colts play a struggling Titans team in a couple of weeks. The model projects the Colts to win 75% of the time, which is lower than other teams this week, making Indianapolis a team to avoid in NFL survivor pool picks. See which team to pick instead here .

Some of the site's predictions differ from NFL Week 5 odds and other NFL Week 5 picks for NFL Week 5 games. How correct will the analytics be this week? Click on each game for more NFL Week 5 predictions for that NFL matchup. All times MST. The site allows for the possibility of ties, so the numbers add up to just less than 100%.

The NFL Week 5 schedule begins with the San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams on Thursday Night Football on Oct. 2. It continues with 12 games on Sunday, Oct. 5, including the Detroit Lions at Cincinnati Bengals. It concludes with the Kansas City Chiefs ...

With RB Trey Benson on IR and two star WRs out for the season, fantasy managers have major holes to fill, even before the start of bye weeks.

START Marvin Mims Jr.: The Denver WR is an ideal Week 8 replacement for Smith-Njigba or any other regular starter that you may be without this week, such as Amon-Ra St. Brown, Davante Adams or Marvin Harrison Jr. Mims is an upside play in a great matchup. You should also check your league's free agent list to see if he still might be available.