"ESPN Eliminator Challenge is one of the most fun games to play this NFL season. The rules are simple: pick one team, and as long as they win (or tie), you advance to the next round. If they lose, you are out. The caveat is you cannot pick the same team twice. If you've made it this far, give yourself a pat on the back."
"For the fifth time in the first six weeks, at least 70% of remaining Eliminator Challenge entries survived in Week 6. After underdogs went 9-5 in Week 5, favorites bounced back to go 11-4 in Week 6, though one of those losses came when the Philadelphia Eagles fell to the New York Giants on Thursday. Overall, 13% of all entries remain this week, including people who tailed this column after the Green Bay Packers won as the biggest favorites last weekend."
"The Chiefs are now ranked as the No. 1 team by ESPN Analytics, however, they have only two games left against teams ranked in the bottom half of the NFL after this week -- Week 18 against the Raiders and Week 16 against the Tennessee Titans -- meaning there is less value in saving them for later. With their next easy game not coming until close to Christmas, it's fine to eat the chalk and take the biggest favorites on the board."
The Eliminator Challenge requires picking one team each week that must win or tie to advance, with no team allowed to be picked twice. Week 6 saw at least 70% of remaining entries survive for the fifth time in six weeks. Favorites went 11-4 in Week 6 after underdogs went 9-5 the previous week. Thirteen percent of all entries remain heading into Week 7. The Kansas City Chiefs are the largest favorites by betting markets and analytics, and they have limited future soft matchups, making them a reasonable pick now. The Broncos are the second-biggest favorites. The Giants are 2-1 since switching to Jaxson Dart, with home wins and a road loss to struggling New Orleans.
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