The Bills couldn’t keep up with the Eagles in Week 8 but they still look good for a playoff spot in the AFC.
Playoffs?! There will be no such thing for the lowly Redskins, who, along with the Wizards, represent a depressing reality for Washington fans, if the Nationals’ World Series run doesn’t end in victory.
Washington Redskins
The Redskins were in Minnesota in a boring Thursday Night Football game in Week 8. They didn’t score a TD, managed just three field goals, and lost, 19–9.
Case Keenum went 12/16 but didn’t throw much downfield. He finished with 130 yards and eventually left the game hurt.
Dwayne Haskins Jr., the first-rounder who Washington wants to play but who also isn’t ready to, went 3/5 in relief duty with a pick — his fifth in 27 attempts over bits of three games.
Reportedly, Adrian Peterson, after rushing 14 times for 76 yards, yelled at Haskins on the sideline. He’s since denied it and tweeted about Haskins in good faith.
It’s just the same old nonsense plaguing one of the worst franchises in all of sports. There is rarely much reason to back the Redskins.
Buffalo Bills
But getting ten-and-a-half against the Buffalo Bills may just be one. The Bills lost big to the Eagles on Sunday, 31–13, and failed to cover in their second straight following the bye.
Buffalo stuck around in the first half but the Eagles’ offense was too much. Jordan Howard and Miles Sanders combined for 170 rushing yards and scored two of the Eagles’ three touchdowns on the ground. Carson Wentz threw for the other one.
Josh Allen, meanwhile, went 16/34 but did find the end zone twice without throwing a pick. He looked good on some drives and bad on others, kind of the par for the course at this point for him.
With Allen missing so many throws, the Bills’ defense never got much of a breather and weakened as the game went on, giving up eight in the second quarter, thirteen in the third, and another seven in the fourth.
Establishing the run will fix that. Both teams want to run the ball smash-mouth style and you know Peterson will get the ball about 20 times for the ‘Skins. Frank Gore and Devin Singletary need to keep Buffalo in possession better than they did against the Eagles.
If the Bills can just stop Peterson, they will have the leg up at home. It’s a big one because five of their last eight are on the road.
NFL Betting Trends:
- WAS are 2-8 ATS in their last 10 games in Week 9.
- Under is 10-4 in WAS last 14 road games.
- WAS are 9-4 ATS in their last 13 games in November.
- BUF are 1-7-1 ATS in their last 9 games in Week 9.
- Over is 7-1 in BUF last 8 games in November.
- BUF are 2-6 ATS vs. a team with a losing record.
4* Free NFL Betting Prediction: Tab the under.
Thirty-Seven is the lowest total on the board in Week 9 but it isn’t low enough. I’ve got the Bills scoring two touchdowns and the Redskins scoring one.
That leaves five field goals of wiggle room. It isn’t a strong play but one that I will recommend if you’re betting every game.
The Bills couldn’t keep up with the Eagles in Week 8 but they still look good for a playoff spot in the AFC.
Playoffs?! There will be no such thing for the lowly Redskins, who, along with the Wizards, represent a depressing reality for Washington fans, if the Nationals’ World Series run doesn’t end in victory.
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