Jared Dubin#60 of 87 NFL pundits · Sep 17, 2026
Unsigned CBS Sports preview of Bills-Lions picks Buffalo to win a high-scoring Thursday night game 35-31, and expects Larry Borom to step in as Detroit's starting right tackle for the injured Blake Miller.
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What Jared Dubin said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromPick: Bills 35, Lions 31
- Where it was published
- CBS Sports
- The piece
- Previewing Lions vs. Bills: High-powered offenses kick off Week 2 as Buffalo unveils new stadium
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- SaidSep 17
- PlayedSep 17
- GradedSep 18
- 1Buffalo Bills 35 — Lions 31“I lean toward the Bills for the win in the debut of their new stadium... Pick: Bills 35, Lions 31”
- 2Larry Borom to be 1st on the depth chart“Larry Borom is likely to take over for Miller at tackle.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills 35 — Lions 311 | Score Predictions | Bills 41–31 | 85.71 | 79.41 | +12.23 | |
| Larry Borom to be 1st on the depth chart2 | Depth Chart Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 2 calls · 1 hit · 1 waiting | 85.7 | 79.4 | ||||
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How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive2 checkable claims — 1 depth chart call and 1 score prediction — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
1 of 2 have settled so far, averaging 85.7 out of 100, against 79.4 for a naive guess at the same calls.
Of the 1 unsettled call enough other pundits have weighed in on, this one lands below the rest of the room.
Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
1Score PredictionsBuffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills 35 — Lions 31
What happenedBills 41–31called Bills by 4 · won by 1085.71Hit · naive 79.4185.71this call−79.41a naive guess=6.3better than naive×1.94difficulty=+12.23skillClosing line (Sep 17): Bills by 5.5, total 54.5 · this 35–31 calls a closer game (Bills by 4) and more points (66).
Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- score:
- 31-41
- skill:
- 12.23
- they picked:
- BUF
- season:
- 2026
- accuracy:
- 85.71
- baseline:
- 79.41
- difficulty:
- 1.94
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- actual margin:
- 10
- weeks left when called:
- 17
- naive home margin:
- 1.35
- predicted margin:
- 4
2Depth Chart CallsLarry BoromDetroit Lions
Larry Borom to be 1st on the depth chart
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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