Atlanta Falcons @

Buffalo Bills

Sun, Jan 2
10:00 AM Pacific
Rotation: 107
Odds: Buffalo Bills -14.5, Total: 45.5

Game Analysis

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BUFFALO (-14.5) vs Atlanta

Lean – Over (45.5)

Josh Allen averaged 8.3 yards per attempt and had a touchdown on dropbacks of 4+ seconds last week and he should have time in the pocket again on Sunday as Atlanta’s defense has a league-low 16.5% pressure rate. Falcons CB has conceded fewer than 10 yards in his coverage in five-straight games and he will shut down WR Stefon Diggs, who has 11 deep receptions (4th). However, Buffalo’s offense has great receiving depth with Gabriel Davis averaging 10.2 yards per target and Emmanuel Sanders averaging 8.7 yards per target. Bills 5th WR Isaiah McKenzie had 125 yards against the Patriots last Sunday.

Kyle Pitts is 127 yards from breaking Mike Ditka’s rookie tight end receiving record, but he could struggle this week against Buffalo safety Micah Hyde, who is excellent in coverage and had 2 interceptions and conceded only a single reception versus New England last week. Cordarrelle Patterson leads all running backs averaging 2.32 yards per route run but the Bills have allowed 456 receiving yards to opposing RBs this season (5th). Matt Ryan’s offense likely needs to score at least two touchdowns for this game to get over but it could be a slog with his top receiving options facing difficult matchups.

Our model favors the Bills by 17.6 points, with a predicted total of 48.3 points, and lean with the over based on the math. The situation favors Atlanta, as the Falcons apply to a 112-48-5 ATS late season contrary situation, so I’ll pass the side despite model value on the Bills.

  • Team Stats
  • Game Log
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Offense
Defense



Pass



  • Pass Plays 36.60 36.20
  • Succ Pass Plays 46.4% 50.6%
  • Sack Rate 5.8% 2.9%
  • Int Rate 2.7% 1.7%
  • Deep Pass Rate 12.8% 17.4%
  • Big Pass Yards 31.6% 32.1%
  • NYPP 6.10 6.74



Rush


  • Rush Plays 23.93 28.60
  • RB YPR 3.66 3.96
  • Stuff Rate 26.7% 18.9%
  • Succ Rush Plays 39.3% 53.1%
  • Big Rush Yards 40.1% 32.3%
  • Yards Per Rush 3.60 4.23




Game

  • All Snaps 60.53 64.80
  • Early Down Succ 45.5% 53.6%
  • Succ Rate 43.6% 51.7%
  • Big Yards Rate 33.8% 32.2%
  • Yards Per Play 5.11 5.63
  • Fumble Lost Rate 0.9% 0.7%
  • Time Per Play (sec) 28.56 28.78
  • Run Ratio 39.5% 44.1%
  • Starting Field Pos 0.00 0.00
  • Game Control -1.92 1.92
 
  • Points 18.53 26.67
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