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Pittsburgh Steelers at New England Patriots: our pick

We called the New England Patriots at 68%, locked Aug 31, 8:47 PM ET, 19 days before kickoff.

Final: Pittsburgh Steelers 3–20 New England Patriots. Right.

Why this pick?

Our 68% is the betting market's own price for the New England Patriots: 2 sportsbooks' prices, averaged, with their margin taken out. It is not a secret model.

Since we locked it the market moved 0.5 points away from the New England Patriots, and the spread went from -4.5 to -3.5.

Our last 2 graded calls on the New England Patriots: 1 right.

At 68%, a pick like this still loses about 32 times in 100.

What we add is timing: we watch this game live and email members when the pick pulls well ahead, so they can check the cash-out at their own sportsbook.

No cash-out alert fired on this game.

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