CodeMonkey

I agree about one thing, I expect much alcohol to be consumed in the lots, even with people working Thursday.

Ohhhh well then, carry on!

I resolve to put twice as much XXXX habanero sauce on my slice of pizza after every Bills TD, and put some trinidad scorpion pepper on said pizza if the Bills shutout the opponent.

The other CPU's disagree with Cortana

You missed the memo. The previous years don't matter if you lost, they only matter if you won. Only people here understand the finer points of the game, the people who follow football professionally don't have a clue. Except, of course, the ones who think the Bills will do well. That's axiomatic.

6-10 to me sounds even more unlikely than 10-6 (which also seems unlikely). IMO they will be mediocre yet again.

Like I said somewhere else, people saw the players on the defensive side of the ball and how well the D performed the previous season, and thought that Rex was a defensive genius. If you think that way and put 2 and 2 together you end up with a lights out defense that would be hard to beat. Then ... they played the games.

Particularly at the night games! After all, the sun hates the Bills!

Opponent side you have the sun in your face.

Most thought Rex could coach defense and with the talent that was on that defense last season it was going to be lights out for most of the teams playing the Bills. It didn't turn out quite that way.

The 300's are very steep so the height difference between rows 5 and 21 will be large, but no question 50 yard line seats for sure.

And also to be fair, if we were trotting out players right from the retirement home there would be fans talking about a double digit victory. It's still the preseason until Sunday and hopes are always high. Due to injury and stupidity (suspensions) several 2nd string players will be playing from the opening whistle. Oh good lord, haven't played one real down yet and the excuses about bad calls are starting already.

Ravens 20 Bills 17 The Bills have possession on the final drive of the game but time runs out due to bad clock management.

I've never had pizza in Buffalo. Always want beef on weck or Duffs wings when I'm there.

The Bills have a real chance to win Sunday because... Cortana says so!

Added USA Today - Jeff Sagarin and ESPN’s Football Power Index (FPI) to the original post. Only a few ESPN stragglers don't have their picks in yet.

How much was the shipping, more than the cost of the pizza?

"OT Seantrel Henderson tested positive for marijuana, source said, which can be used to help deal with pain for his Crohn's disease." I was wondering if the NFL was going to have to alter it's zero tolerance for weed with it being prescribed by doctors now.

538 sees the exact opposite, and Amos has already given the game to the Ravens. But as I said before, all models are operating on really really limited valid data. They will get more accurate in a few weeks when some real games have been played.

Don't have the exact figures but I believe you are right. In fact all the models I watch were I believe. But early in the season they are the most suspect because of the extreme lack of data.

I think most will because it should be a close game, the Bills are missing some key players, and it's in Baltimore.

CBS with Spread (Ravens -2.5 ) : 4 Bills and 4 Ravens. (http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/features/writers/expert/picks/against-the-spread/1) CBS Straight Up: 3 Bills and 5 Ravens (http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/features/writers/expert/picks/straight-up/1) ESPN: 3 Bills and 6 Ravens. Pick'Em takes the Bills. (http://espn.go.com/nfl/picks) Microsoft Cortana: Bills 53% chance of winning. (http://www.cortanapredictions.com/cortanax27s-predictions/cortanas-nfl-predictions-season-2016-week-1) FiveThirtyEight: Ravens 53% chance of winning. ELO point spread 1. (http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-nfl-predictions/) Amos: Ravens 81% chance of winning (http://trevorbischoff.com/tag/prediction/) ESPN’s Football Power Index (FPI): Ravens 60% chance of winning. (http://www.espn.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/123522/nfl-week-1-game-ranker) USA Today - Jeff Sagarin: Ravens favored by 2.69 points. (http://sagarin.com/sports/nflsend.htm) Based on the very limited data available, Amos predicts the Bill come in last in the AFCE and 538 puts the Bills in 3rd ahead of the fish.

Turn off your phone?

Very valid point. Same argument could be made for serious day drinking!

I would agree completely if it was fantasy football and every season was starting with empty rosters. The past 16 years don't doom the Bills to failure, or even mediocrity yet again, but it definitely has an impact IMO.