CRITICAL. It’s time for the Buffalo Bills to have a statement win in late November on the road.

Pittsburgh is as good as anywhere to start what should be a playoff run. Expect the well rested Bills to shrug off their injuries and offensive doldrums to defeat the Steelers with or without quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

FREDDIE sees it this way:

Bills 30, STEELERS 24

HOME teams are capitalized. Teams picked to win the game are listed first, followed by the expected margin of victory. The official Las Vegas odds are in parentheses.

COLLEGES

Thursday

MEMPHIS +7 over Navy (+5.5)

Friday

Utah +14 over KANSAS (+12.5)

NEBRASKA +3 over Iowa (+6.5)

Saturday

LOUISVILLE +6 over Kentucky (+3.5)

Ohio State +17 over MICHIGAN (+9.5)

Texas Tech +18 over WEST VIRGINIA (+24.5)

Penn State +10 over RUTGERS (+12.5)

MICHIGAN STATE +7 over Maryland (+3.5)

USC +11 over UCLA (+13.5)

Notre Dame +28 over STANFORD (+32.5)

WEEK: 10-0 (1.000). Vs. line 6-4 (.600).

YEAR: 101-19 (.842). Vs. line 58-62 (.483).

PROS

Thursday

DETROIT +3 over Green Bay (+2.5)

Kansas City +7 over DALLAS (+3)

BALTIMORE +9 over Cincinnati (+7)

Friday

PHILADELPHIA +8 over Chicago (+7)

Sunday

Buffalo +6 over PITTSBURGH (+4)

Jacksonville +3 over TENNESSEE (+6.5)

Atlanta +7 over NY JETS (+2.5)

LA Rams +6 over CAROLINA (+10)

MIAMI +3 over New Orleans (+6)

Arizona +3 over TAMPA BAY (-3)

CLEVELAND +2 over San Francisco (+6)

INDIANAPOLIS +7 over Houston (+4.5)

SEATTLE +13 over Minnesota (+10.5)

LA Chargers +4 over LAS VEGAS (+9.5)

Denver +10 over WASHINGTON (+6.5)

Monday

NEW ENGLAND +3 over NY Giants (+7.5)

WEEK: 8-6 (.571). Vs. line 4-10 (.286).

YEAR: 116-62 (.652). Vs. line 79-99 (.444).