Fearless Freddie’s Football Forecast
ANOTHER NFL season is upon us after a fantastic summer. Rosters have been finalized and hope springs eternal for the NFL’s 32 hopefuls.
That group includes the long-suffering Buffalo Bills who open the season with a two-week road trip to face first the New York Jets and then the New York Giants.
How’s it all going to end? We’ll find out together over the next 17 weeks of the regular season.
But this Sunday, expect the Jets to dominate the Bills and win by a touchdown.
Freddie sees it this way:
NY JETS 17, Buffalo 10
HOME teams are capitalized. Teams picked to win are listed first, followed by the expected margin of victory. The official Las Vegas odds are in parentheses.
COLLEGES
Saturday
PITT +7 over Ohio (+5.5)
MICHIGAN +17 over Army (22.5)
PURDUE +9 over Vanderbilt (+7)
IOWA +14 over Rutgers (+20)
Syracuse +3 over MARYLAND (-2)
OHIO ST. +20 over Cincinnati (+16)
COLORADO +3 over Nebraska (+3.5)
CLEMSON +18 over Texas A&M (+17.5)
TENNESSEE +7 over BYU (+3)
MICHIGAN ST. +10 over W. Mich. (+16)
LSU +3 over TEXAS (+6)
AUBURN +25 over Tulane (+18)
MISSISSIPPI +3 over Arkansas (+6.5)
OREGON +21 over Nevada (+24)
PENN ST. +27 over Buffalo (+30)
Miami +6 over N. CAROLINA (+5.5)
Stanford +3 over USC (even)
WASHINGTON +19 over Cal (+14)
Minnesota +6 over FRESNO ST. (+3)
TEXAS TECH +32 over UTEP (+34)
LAST YEAR: 203-51 (.799) vs line 143-111 (.562)
PROS
Thursday
Green Bay +5 over CHICAGO (+3)
Sunday
NY JETS +7 over Buffalo (+3)
CAROLINA +3 over LA Rams (-3)
PHILADELPHIA +7 over Wash. (+10)
MINNESOTA +3 over Atlanta (+4)
Baltimore +6 over MIAMI (+7)
Kansas City +9 over JAX (+3.5)
CLEVELAND +3 over Tennessee (+5.5)
SEATTLE +7 over Cincinnati (+9.5)
LA CHARGERS +7 over Indy (+6.5)
TAMPA BAY +6 over San Fran. (even)
DALLAS +11 over NY Giants (+7)
ARIZONA +3 over Detroit (+3)
NEW ENGLAND +7 over Pittsburgh (+5.5)
Monday
NEW ORLEANS +13 over Houston (+7)
OAKLAND +7 over Denver (even)
LAST YEAR: 166-99-2 (.622) vs line 132-135 (.494)