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Many bettors consider the Patriots to be 14-point underdogs against the Bills.
Drake Maye and the Patriots will have their work cut out for them next week against the Bills. AP Photo/Jeff Lewis)
The path doesn’t get any easier for the Patriots to close out the 2024 season.
Fresh off a lopsided 30-17 loss to the Cardinals on Sunday night, the 3-11 Patriots now have to travel to Highmark Stadium to face a Buffalo Bills team eyeing a Super Bowl appearance this winter.
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Considering New England’s sagging defense gave up 30 points to an uneven Arizona offense on Sunday, MVP favorite Josh Allen and a red-hot Bills offense have to be licking their chops heading into next Sunday’s game at Buffalo.
The 11-3 Bills have shredded defenses all season long – reaching or exceeding 30 points scored in eight straight games heading into Sunday’s contest against New England.
Buffalo is averaging 41.6 points and 458.6 total offensive yards per game over the past three weeks, with Allen throwing for 852 yards, seven passing touchdowns, zero interceptions and six rushing scores during that stretch. of three matches.
Given the opposite ends of Buffalo’s offense and New England’s defense at this point in the 2024 season, things could get ugly on Sunday.
That sentiment is reflected in the latest betting odds entering Week 16, with several bettors pegging 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)
That’s not exactly a positive outlook for a reeling Patriots roster.
For those keeping track, the leading underdog so far in the 2024 season was the New York Giants last week – as they were listed as 16.5-point underdogs (via ESPN BET) against the Ravens on the road to an eventual 35-14 victory in Baltimore. .
Even with New England’s slim chance of winning, Sunday’s game between the AFC East foes faces a higher time slot.
Sunday’s game at Highmark Stadium was moved to 4:25 p.m. after an originally scheduled start time of 1 p.m.
Whether it’s the allure of watching Drake Maye fight Allen or the sight of the Patriots potentially eviscerated by the Bills, Sunday’s fight in Orchard Park, N.Y., will now join the slot late afternoon schedule alongside the Vikings-Seahawks, Jaguars-Raiders and 49ers-Dauphins.
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