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New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills: our pick

We called the Buffalo Bills at 61%, locked Aug 31, 8:47 PM ET, 33 days before kickoff.

Final: New England Patriots 29–26 Buffalo Bills. Wrong.

Why this pick?

Our 61% is the betting market's own price for the Buffalo Bills: 2 sportsbooks' prices, averaged, with their margin taken out. It is not a secret model.

Since we locked it the market moved 11.4 points toward the Buffalo Bills, and the spread went from -4 to -13.5.

Our last 5 graded calls on the Buffalo Bills: 4 right.

At 61%, a pick like this still loses about 39 times in 100.

What we add is timing: we watch this game live and email members when the pick pulls well ahead, so they can check the cash-out at their own sportsbook.

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