Fearless Freddie’s Football Forecast
The unbeaten Buffalo Bills resume their residency in the NYC area this week by meeting the New York Giants. The revamped Bills rallied for an improbable 17-16 win over the New York Jets in their opener and will find similar success Sunday in the Meadowlands.
Buffalo’s standout defense will shine again and the Josh Allen-led offense will show improvement.
Freddie sees it this way:
Bills 20, GIANTS 16
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
Friday
WASH. ST. +9 over Houston (+6.5)
Saturday
Ohio St. +17 over INDIANA (+14)
PENN ST. +20 over Pittsburgh (+17)
NOTRE DAME +35 over N. Mexico (+37)
Alabama +28 over S. Carolina (+25.5)
USC +7 over BYU (+4.5)
MICH. ST. +13 over Arizona St. (+11)
Iowa +7 over IOWA STATE (even)
UTAH +27 over Idaho State (+35.5)
AUBURN +42 over Kent State (+3.5)
Florida +10 over KENTUCKY (+8.5)
TEXAS A&M +38 over Lamar (+43)
Clemson +31 over SYRACUSE (+27)
WASHINGTON +20 over Hawaii (+21)
VIRGINIA +9 over Florida State (+7.5)
Oklahoma +24 over UCLA (+20)
TEXAS +24 over Rice (+30.5)
OREGON +35 over Montana (+28)
LSU +48 over Northwestern St. (+56)
Maryland +9 over TEMPLE (+6.5)
WEEK: 15-5 (.750) vs. line 7-13 (.350)
PROS
Thursday
CAROLINA +10 over Tampa Bay (+7)
Sunday
Buffalo +4 over NY GIANTS (even)
PITTSBURGH +3 over Seattle (+3.5)
Dallas +7 over WASHINGTON (+5)
GREEN BAY +3 over Minnesota (+2.5)
BALTIMORE +10 over Arizona (+14.5)
New England +21 over MIAMI (+19)
HOUSTON +7 over Jacksonville (+10)
TENNESSEE +2 over Indianapolis (+3)
CINCINNATI +3 over San Fran. (even)
DETROIT +3 over LA Chargers (-2.5)
Kansas City +7 over OAKLAND (+10.5)
LA RAMS +3 over New Orleans (+2.5)
Chicago +3 over DENVER (even)
Philadelphia +3 over ATLANTA (even)
Monday
Cleveland +6 over NY JETS (+2.5)
WEEK: 11-4-1 (.688) vs. line 10-6 (.625)