NOTE: MassLive sports columnist Matt Vautour and sports director Jim Pignatiello have been friends for decades. This year, they’ll be picking games against each other with nothing but bragging rights on the line. Beware, they both aren’t very good at this.
From reality TV to reality, all of the Jets’ hype and drama that has made for a good teaser trailer leading into the 2023 season. How many different editions of the Jets have begun a season with high expectations only to sputter out by October?
Is this one different? Will Aaron Rodgers add to his Hall of Fame resume by bringing the Jets to the promised land? We’ll start to find out on Monday.
Buffalo Bills at New York Jets
When/Where: Monday 8:15 p.m. at MetLife Stadium
Watch/ Stream: fuboTV (free trial and NFL RedZone); Sling; DirecTV Stream; NFL+
The Line: Eagles -4.0 (For spreads, we’re using Action Network’s consensus line that uses multiple sports book lines including those available in Massachusetts – Draft Kings, Fan Duel, Caesers and BetMGM).
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Jim Pignatiello
Season Record: (0-1) — The Bills are the perfect post-hype Super Bowl pick, if you ask me anyway, and I expect that we’ll all walk away from this one remembering why they were such a juggernaut during the 2022 regular season and having gotten a solid reminder of what a healthy Josh Allen looks like.
Pick: Bills
Matt Vautour
Season Record: (1-0)— I’m on record already saying Aaron Rodgers is going to flop in the Big Apple and I haven’t moved off of that. But the Jets could be good and still lose to a very good Bills team. Buffalo doesn’t have the same expectations as it did a year ago, but still has a championship-caliber team, one that gained valuable experience doing it. The Jets, as usual, are trying to take shortcuts to contention.
Pick: Bills
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