Several oddsmakers tab Patriots as one of top underdogs this NFL season vs. Bills
Several oddsmakers have the Patriots tabbed as 14-point underdogs against the Bills.
The road isn’t getting any easier for the Patriots to close out the 2024 season.
Fresh off of a lopsided 30-17 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday evening, the 3-11 Patriots now have to head to Highmark Stadium to take on a Buffalo Bills team eyeing a Super Bowl run this winter.
Considering that New England’s regressing defense coughed up 30 points to an uneven Arizona offense on Sunday, MVP frontrunner Josh Allen and a red-hot Bills offense have to be licking their chops ahead of next Sunday’s matchup in Buffalo.
The 11-3 Bills have shredded defenses all season long — reaching or surpassing 30 points scored in eight consecutive games entering Sunday’s bout against New England.
Buffalo is averaging a whopping 41.6 points and 458.6 total yards of offense per game over the last three weeks, with Allen throwing for 852 yards, seven passing touchdowns, zero interceptions, and six rushing scores over that three-game stretch.
Given the opposite ends of where Buffalo’s offense and New England’s defense are at this stage of the 2024 season, things could get ugly on Sunday.
That sentiment is reflected in the latest betting odds entering Week 16, with several oddsmakers tabbed the Patriots as 14-point underdogs.
DraftKings Sportsbook: Bills -14 (-800)
FanDuel: Bills -14.5 (-1000)
BetMGM: Bills -14 (-1000)
ESPN BET: Bills -13.5 (-1000)
Not exactly a positive outlook for a reeling Patriots roster.
For those keeping tabs, the top underdog so far during the 2024 season were the New York Giants this past week — as they were tabbed as 16.5-point underdogs (via ESPN BET) against the Ravens en route to an eventual 35-14 Baltimore victory.
Even with New England’s slim chance of victory, Sunday’s matchup between AFC East foes is getting a bump into a higher timeslot.
Sunday’s game at Highmark Stadium has been flexed to a 4:25 p.m. start time after an initial scheduled starting time of 1 p.m.
Be it the appeal of seeing Drake Maye duel against Allen or the sight of the Patriots potentially getting eviscerated by the Bills, Sunday’s bout in Orchard Park, N.Y. will now join the late-afternoon time slot alongside Vikings-Seahawks, Jaguars-Raiders, and 49ers-Dolphins.
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