Bills One of the Big NFL Storylines Coming Out of Week 14
The Buffalo Bills’ (7-6) 20-17 upset win over the Kansas City Chiefs (8-5) yesterday was one of four headline-making games and has bettors asking hard questions with just four weekends of NFL games to go.
The Chicago Bears (5-8) 28-13 win over the Detroit Lions (9-4), the Dallas Cowboys (10-3) 33-13 win over the Philadelphia Eagles (10-3), and the Cleveland Browns’ (8-5) 31-27 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars (8-5) were the other big storylines.
The Chiefs have lost three of their past four games. The Lions are showing cracks, the Eagles have lost two in a row. Jaguars’ quarterback Trevor Lawrence was coming off a high ankle sprain and threw three interceptions yesterday.
Troubling Times for the Bills
The Bills? Talk about a roller coaster. After a week where their coach Sean McDermott was the subject of negative media reports and social media chatter, including some personal attacks, and all-star rusher Von Miller was being investigated for allegedly assaulting his pregnant girlfriend, the Bills rolled into Kansas City as betting underdogs, and out of a playoff spot. Some people had them as Super Bowl favourites going into the season.
Yesterday though they got a herculean effort from quarterback Josh Allen – 23/42, 233 yards, one touchdown, one rushing TD, and the one interception. The controversial offside call on Kadarius Toney that negated the Chiefs’ go-ahead touchdown late in the game was the big story from that game.
Storylines for the Bills – their defense came through with the game on the line, especially with Chiefs’ QB Patrick Mahomes with the ball in his hands, 1:54 and two timeouts lefts. The Bills have four losses this season where they had leads in the fourth quarter. In this game though the Bills forced a turnover on downs – led by DT Ed Oliver swatting down a Mahomes’ pass and pressure on another play by Miller forcing an incompletion.
The best odds for Week 14
The Bills host the Cowboys this Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EST start time (FOX). Early week odds at FanDuel have the Bills Moneyline favourites at -112, Cowboys +104.
Tonight’s Monday Night Football lineup features two games – Tennessee Titans (4-8) in Miami to play the Dolphins (9-3), and the Green Bay Packers in New York to take on the Giants.
PointsBet Canada Moneyline this morning has the Dolphins at 1.11, Titans at 7.00, and the Packers 1.38, Giants 3.10. The Spread at PointsBet Canada is Titans +14 (1.91) and the Dolphins -14 (1.91), the O/U 46.5 (1.91). For the Packers and Giants: Pack -6 (1.91), Giants +6 (1.91), O/U 37 (1.91).
According to BetMGM, most bet (tickets) props for Dolphins-Titans is led by Dolphins’ receiver Tyreek Hill to Score Anytime TD (1.53), Hill to Score 1st Touchdown (4.75), Hill Over 106.5 Receiving Yards (1.87, with 99% of money on the Over), Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa Over 287.5 Passing Yards (1.87), Titans’ running back Derrick Henry Over 55.5 Rushing Yards (1.87).
With Packers-Giants, New York running back Saquon Barkley to Score 1st Touchdown (6.25), Packers’ running back AJ Dillon to Score Anytime Touchdown (2.30), Packers’ wide receiver Jayden Red Over 45.5 Receiving Yards (1.87, 99 per cent of bets are on the Over), Packers’ quarterback Jordan Love Over 223.5 Passing Yards (1.87, 99 per cent of bets are on the Over), and Barkley Over 15.5 Rushing Attempts (1.77) are the most bet (tickets) props.
