You can even find this number a little bit lower if you shop around across the market, but the Bills have a much higher ceiling than the Patriots and we can throw out one of the two data points from this season. 2īuffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen celebrates a touchdown during a game against the New York Jets on Sunday in Orchard Park, N.Y. Pick: Bengals -6 New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills (-4 1/2, 43 1/2), 5:15 p.m. This just looks all-around bad for the Raiders and Cincinnati’s more aggressive approach late in the season gives them a better chance at covering this spread.

The Raiders had to play everybody for an extended period of time to clinch a playoff berth. The Bengals rested just about every key guy in last week’s loss to the Cleveland Browns. Cincinnati, meanwhile, had one of the most potent offenses in the NFL and takes on a Raiders team that allowed 439 points this season. This is a gritty, gutsy football team, but also not a very good one.

It is a Raiders team that just had to defend 88 total plays from the Chargers and blew a 15-point lead in the fourth quarter, only to survive in overtime.Īside from what happened in Week 18, the Raiders are also minus-65 in point differential. This is a dome team going outdoors in January, with temperatures expected to be around 40 degrees with possible precipitation.

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