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New England Patriots @ Buffalo Bills Built from free public data (nflverse schedules + Pro-Football-Reference season stats) · not paid data

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NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
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BUFFALO BILLS
100 0 100 59 66 VERDICT GRIDEDGE™ SCORES
BUF's offense (3rd in passing) draws NE's #9 pass defense. BUF rates the 7-point edge.
Using 2026 season-end stats until 2026 has enough games played.

Rushing Matchup

Offense (Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
NE #14  |  BUF #21
Def
Def
NE #14  |  BUF #2
Off

Passing Matchup

Offense (Net Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Net Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
NE #3  |  BUF #10
Def
Def
NE #10  |  BUF #3
Off

O-Line Proxy (Free-Data)

O-Line Score (Rush Y/A + Net Pass Y/A rank blend)
NE 69  |  BUF 95

Last 3 Meetings

2025-12-14
BUF 35–NE 31
2025-10-05
NE 23–BUF 20
2025-01-05
BUF 16–NE 23
BUF −7.0  ·  O/U 49.5  ·  NE +7.0
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Data sources: team schedules, results & closing spreads from the nflverse nfldata project; season splits and league ranks from Pro-Football-Reference — all free, no paid odds API required.
O-Line Score is a proxy: it blends each team's league rank in Rush Yds/Att and Net Pass Yds/Att, rescaled to 0–100. Offense Edge blends each team's rush + pass ranks against the opponent's matching defensive ranks into one 0–100 favorability score, where 50 is neutral.