No. 5 Bills vs. No. 4 Texans
Spread: Texans -3.5
Who do you like at these odd and why?
Spread: Texans -3.5
Who do you like at these odd and why?
ExactlyClose one, tough to pick either side, so give me the points.
Without the spread, I think Houston wins by a hair, but this game goes on the bottom of my confidence pool.
That’s exactly why I won’t bet it.Bills win this and I am a Texans fan; I just don't know what team we will get on Saturday
Hopkins is probably a top 3 WR in the NFL and the Texans do a great job of moving him around to try to get good matchups, but the Bills simply don’t give up big passing plays. They have the best safety duo in the league (IMO) and Tre White lead the league in INTs while not giving up a TD all year. They have consistently made QBs look bad this year. If the Texans and Watson can find it within themselves to throw a lot of shorter passes and RB screens, they should be ok. If they are looking to win on big chunk plays, I think they could struggle.John Brown is just a deep threat and well he's sick and well he's not that good and...I've been so wrong on him all year. He's a player, no doubt.
That said, the stars are on the Texans. I love love love breaking down games and rooting elsewhere and hoping stars get shut down by team defenses but these games are usually where stars write something in the history books. Watson is a gem, Hopkins is too and Watts' return just points out that somehow some way this game will wind up being a huge play from Watson to Hopkins.
This is somewhat fair as their overall competition was pretty low. But they did play against the top 2 offenses and held Dallas to just a touch under their 431 ypg average (426) although a large chunk of that was garbage time, and Baltimore to 157 yards under their 408 ypg average.I heard an ESPN segment this morning that said 11/16 Bills opponents ranked 21st or below on offense this year, the suggestion being that their defensive stats were “padded”, at least somewhat.
That would include a run to the AFCC, are you saying they win today and possibly next week?Bills played the fourth easiest schedule and beat nobody this year. They have that Jaguars vibe from a few years ago.
Like the over but not by that much.Buffalo 41
Houston 38
I don't care that it's technically not the same franchise.
Buffalo playing great. Would be glad to be wrong on this prediction. Thinking of becoming a temp Bills fan until Jerry Jones is no longer involved with the CowboysI’m rooting for Buffalo but I’m thinking Houston will win this one. I think Watson vs Allen and the home field advantage will be difference. Hope I’m wrong; while I’m not a Bills fan per se, I live outside Buffalo and love feeling the excitement in the air. Plus, it really appears to me that Buffalo is finally building something the right way. I thought hiring Ryan was the worst move at the time.
Fuller being unlikely to play helps but Stills is more than competent. I heard an ESPN segment this morning that said 11/16 Bills opponents ranked 21st or below on offense this year, the suggestion being that their defensive stats were “padded”, at least somewhat. Also heard a segment on local radio the other day with an interview with Tradavius White, who said he won’t be shadowing Hopkins. Will be interesting to see how that impacts things, how Kevin Johnson plays, etc.
Hope I’m wrong, hope Buffalo D gets some game changing plays, I just don’t think Allen is there yet. I could easily see some devastating mistakes from him.