Welcome to the Friday Five!

Every week during the NFL regular season, I’ll drop five Patriots-related thoughts on Friday to recap the week that was in Foxboro and look ahead to kickoff.

Ready, set, football.

What a welcome the Patriots received returning from their bye.

Vegas oddsmakers installed the Bills as 1-point or 1.5-point favorites for this Sunday’s showdown. Now, it’s important to remember sportsbooks set odds with the goal of receiving equal amounts of money on both teams to mitigate their risk no matter the outcome of the game. But if more money is placed during the week on Buffalo, for example, the line will move further in their favor of the Bills, propping them up to say 2-point or 3-point favorites.

That said, the line hasn’t moved all that much. And before bets are pla

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