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What does the Jets/Bills point spread tell us?


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3 hours ago, T0mShane said:

The Jets soundly beat the Bills twice last year, but they blew a 17 point lead in the first game when Josh Allen figured out that he could get whatever he wanted if he targeted Jamal Adams’ area on the field

And it happened right after CJ Mosley went down, wow. What a four second span for Allen!

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4 hours ago, Augustiniak said:

to be fair josh allen barely played in that game, the bills were prepping for the playoffs.  again you'd think the bills would be larger favs.  if your life depended on it today would you take the bills and give 6 or take the jets?  

He's talking about Week 1, not Week 17.

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5 hours ago, JoeWillieWhiteShoesHOF said:

First few weeks lines aren’t as accurate as they should be.  Then as more data is produced and teams get settled into “being who they are” the lines get tougher and tougher.

I wouldn’t read too much into the 6 number other than it looks like Vegas wants some more money being bet on Buffalo, I wouldn’t say that if it were 7.. 7 1/2...which is actually a good sign for the Jets, who have inferior team when compared to Buffalo (outside of QB), and are on the Road.

I think everyone is making one mistake on this whole roster and as you say an inferior team compared to the Bills. The Jets have more question marks than the Bills, but maybe in some areas not only if guys pan out, but also may have better upsides. Beckton and QW likely have better upsides than the same players at those positions on the Bills, but are 1st and 2nd year players respectively.  Perriman may wind up being a very good Numer 1 WR that the Bills even with their secondary may have trouble with especially with our TEs Herndon and Griffen both are at the top of their games. Also, our back seven and secondary may wind up being better than most expect though they will have to be just to slow up Diggs and the other weapons the Bills have. We likely need to go to the source mainly in this game where try to get Allen a bit off balance and his chemistry with Diggs not being there yet may limit the damage that duo can do. We have other question marks like Bell and the Oline may be much tougher to handle than last year(how could that be worse?). In any event, our roster is not being accounted for many of these question marks or at least about half of them going in our favor. I am not even counting the rest of our draft picks that could be better quicker than expected right out of the gate, but I do not want to say much there since most of them are hurting a bit and are losing valuable pratcie time with the players/coaches i.e Mims, Zuniga, Clark, etc.  

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17 minutes ago, batman10023 said:

do you have a personality? Isn't an actuary an accountant without a personality?

Accountants have personalities?

I left the actuarial field. Still think the skill set is under-appreciated. And as someone who worked in both consulting and insurance, there’s a significant difference between consulting actuaries and everyone else from a personality standpoint.

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9 hours ago, Augustiniak said:

Point spread is Bills by 6.  They're at home, they're considered to be a well rounded team with lots of talent and they made the playoffs last year.  Brady is no longer in the division and they're widely regarded as the favorites to win the AFC East.  Jets on the other hand were just ranked as having the worst roster in the NFL.  Yet the Jets are only 6 point dogs on the road, where in a normal situation the home team gets 3 points.

Truth, I expected the spread to be higher, but at least a TD.  

Does this spread say that the Jets aren't as bad as the writers write, that Allen is a liability, or that Darnold can even a lot of this out despite no Adams?  Or something else.  Just curious about thoughts.  

The spread means the Jets suck. Get ready for 4-12....

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9 hours ago, SAR I said:

The “public” are stupid.  

The Jets beat the Bills twice last year and Sam Darnold has never lost in Buffalo.  Josh Allen plays his worst in high pressure situations.  The Bills have never played the role of the division favorite.

Some see it as an upset, I see it as an expectation.   

Jets 30
Bills 20

SAR I

Lower score- but I agree. The Jets need to get off to a good start. The next game is 9ers at home. 

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9 hours ago, Augustiniak said:

Point spread is Bills by 6.  They're at home, they're considered to be a well rounded team with lots of talent and they made the playoffs last year.  Brady is no longer in the division and they're widely regarded as the favorites to win the AFC East.  Jets on the other hand were just ranked as having the worst roster in the NFL.  Yet the Jets are only 6 point dogs on the road, where in a normal situation the home team gets 3 points.

Truth, I expected the spread to be higher, but at least a TD.  

Does this spread say that the Jets aren't as bad as the writers write, that Allen is a liability, or that Darnold can even a lot of this out despite no Adams?  Or something else.  Just curious about thoughts.  

What are the odds though (e.g. -120)?  That's a big piece of the gambling equation.  

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2 hours ago, derp said:

Accountants have personalities?

I left the actuarial field. Still think the skill set is under-appreciated. And as someone who worked in both consulting and insurance, there’s a significant difference between consulting actuaries and everyone else from a personality standpoint.

I took the joke to mean actuaries are so dull that they even make accountants look good personality-wise.

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Lay the 6. Jets o line will need time to gel and against the Buffalo D line don’t think it will hold up. it will be a carbon copy of last years line with incremental improvement for the first 4 - 6 weeks as line gets familiar with  each other. After getting experience playing together  o  line should be much better going forward 

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