will close out a challenging year 2023 with a road game against the Buffalo Bills (-14) on Sunday.
After already messing with the Denver Broncos (-3)
’ playoff hopes a week ago, it will be another chance for the Patriots to play spoilers. The Bills winning that Week 17 matchup would make them a 97 percent candidate to qualify for the playoffs. If they lose, however, their odds would drop to 47 percent — still solid but significantly worse.
Obviously, most of our attention this week was on that game. For everything else, here are our weekly Sunday Patriots Notes.