CodeMonkey Posted December 6, 2016 Posted December 6, 2016 (edited) CBS with Spread (Bills +2): All 8 take the Steelers. (http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/features/writers/expert/picks/against-the-spread/14) CBS Straight Up: All 8 take the Steelers. (http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/features/writers/expert/picks/straight-up/14) ESPN: 8 Steelers and 1 Bills (Jaws). (http://espn.go.com/nfl/picks) Microsoft Cortana: Went 80% week 13. Bills 48% chance of winning. (http://www.cortanapredictions.com/) FiveThirtyEight:. Went 12-3 week 13. Bills 53% chance of winning. ELO point spread 1. (http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-nfl-predictions/) Amos: Went 80% week 13. Bills 51% chance of winning. (http://trevorbischoff.com/2016-amos-nfl-predictions/) FiveThirtyEight has the Bills 2nd in the AFCE with a record of 9-7 (Pats 13-3) and a 10 9% chance of making the playoffs. Amos has the Bills 2nd in the AFCE behind the Pats with a record of 9-7 (Pats 12-4). For the season so far: FiveThirtyEight has called 64% of the games correctly. Cortana 61% Amos 55% If you did nothing but pick home teams you'd be at 57% for the season. Edited December 9, 2016 by CodeMonkey
RyanC883 Posted December 6, 2016 Posted December 6, 2016 this is a game I can actually see the Bills winning. Steelers run D is not great, and Big Ben's numbers away from home are more like those of an average QB. Bills win by 3.
CodeMonkey Posted December 8, 2016 Author Posted December 8, 2016 All predictions are in. Models seem to have it as a pick'em game whereas the humans favor the Steelers.
CodeMonkey Posted December 9, 2016 Author Posted December 9, 2016 538 adjusted the Bills playoff chances down from 10% to 9% after last nights game.
MAJBobby Posted December 9, 2016 Posted December 9, 2016 (edited) Logic tells me to take Steelers Better Coach and Better QB. However their trend has been AVG at best on the road since 2014 Edited December 9, 2016 by MAJBobby
Talley56 Posted December 9, 2016 Posted December 9, 2016 I think we stand a better chance in this game than most people are giving us. I still think we are at least as good as Miami and they beat Pittsburgh pretty good a couple of months ago.
All_Pro_Bills Posted December 9, 2016 Posted December 9, 2016 As a home underdog (Steelers -2), win or lose, this game is going to tell us a lot about this Bills team. Are they going to come out prepared and fighting or flat and unmotivated? Is Rex, the self-proclaimed defensive genius, going to finally show us a great defensive game plan against a good offense or are the Steelers going to march the ball up and down the field at will? Can Tyrod overcome accuracy and 'read' problems to the point needed to carry the offense against a defense that will likely try to take away the run and dare him to beat them through the air? It all comes down to a single elimination Thunder Dome type 2 teams enter, 1 team leaves, game on Sunday. Win and a plausible chance of making the playoffs is still alive. Lose and they're out absent some remote mathematical possibility.
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