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3 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

 

This is exactly why shows and sports media outlets have their talent and writers make picks on every game every weekend.  Who is going to post things about a show where no one makes a pick every week?

 

It's pretty standard stuff.  It's obviously entertainment.

 

Of course it is.  There is so many sports shows that the material is so diluted they have to do things to "keep peoples attention".

It's why we have "clickbait".

Having everyone "pick" the winner helps with the gambling too.  Everyone's an expert.

I can care less about this stuff and probably shouldn't have even posted, but it's so unimportant.

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1 minute ago, nucci said:

as were we

Not really.  The Dolphins were very fortunate to be in the game at all.  We dominated them to the tune of a +200 yardage advantage.

 

The Bengals, on the other hand, were actually dominated by the Ravens who outgained them by 130 yards (second straight week that the Bengals failed to clear the 300 total yard mark).  

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1 minute ago, TheBrownBear said:

Not really.  The Dolphins were very fortunate to be in the game at all.  We dominated them to the tune of a +200 yardage advantage.

 

The Bengals, on the other hand, were actually dominated by the Ravens who outgained them by 130 yards (second straight week that the Bengals failed to clear the 300 total yard mark).  

we were still fortunate to win against an inferior opponent regardless of the stats. Dolphins had ball at midfield down by 3

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2 minutes ago, nucci said:

we were still fortunate to win against an inferior opponent regardless of the stats. Dolphins had ball at midfield down by 3

My point is that it took a fluke-like performance (multiple turnovers, drops and special teams gaffes) to keep Miami in that game.  The Bills dominated the line of scrimmage and were clearly the superior team.  The Bengals game was essentially the opposite, with Cincy in the Miami role and just having enough juice to take advantage of the Ravens' errors.  Cincy was fortunate that the Ravens handed them the game in the 4th quarter.

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19 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

Of course it is.  There is so many sports shows that the material is so diluted they have to do things to "keep peoples attention".

It's why we have "clickbait".

Having everyone "pick" the winner helps with the gambling too.  Everyone's an expert.

I can care less about this stuff and probably shouldn't have even posted, but it's so unimportant.

 

Neither is CBS's entire non-football lineup (for example).   You see those commercials for their shows during the games and wonder: who is watching this stuff??

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50 minutes ago, Yobogoya! said:

The Bengals have played more mistake-free football than the Bills by a wide margin, and if the game becomes a shootout the Bengals have two elite weapons (Chase, Boyd) compared to our one (Diggs).

 

Can’t hate on anyone on the outside who picks them in this game, there’s enough objective reasons to justify it. 🤷‍♂️

 

Sure, you can make a case for them to win but that is the prevailing thought.  The Bills are clearly the better team, almost all advanced stats, the record and the fact that we have Josh Allen and they don't dictate that we should win, hence the oddsmakers making this a 5.5 spread.

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57 minutes ago, Yobogoya! said:

The Bengals have played more mistake-free football than the Bills by a wide margin, and if the game becomes a shootout the Bengals have two elite weapons (Chase, Boyd) compared to our one (Diggs).

 

Can’t hate on anyone on the outside who picks them in this game, there’s enough objective reasons to justify it. 🤷‍♂️

 

Tell me more about this "wide margin"

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