Buffalo Bills @

New England Patriots

Sun, Dec 24
10:00 AM Pacific
Rotation: 121
Odds: New England Patriots -11.5, Total: 47

Game Analysis

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Lean – Under (47) – NEW ENGLAND (-11.5) vs Buffalo

The Patriots basically secured home-field advantage last week in Pittsburgh and I expect them to play conservatively on Sunday. In the Bill Belichick era, New England’s 32.5 rushing attempts per game in weeks 16 and 17 is the highest of any team and 4.3 attempts more than all other weeks. Rob Gronkowski will likely see less of the field than usual as the Patriots look to avoid retaliation after his dirty hit against the Bills that led to a suspension. Buffalo has the worst rush defense in my metrics since trading away Marcell Dareus and I expect New England to take full advantage.

My numbers have the Patriots as the worst rush defense this season and I expect LeSean McCoy to pick up where he left off where he left off 3 weeks ago when he ran for 6.2 yards per rush against that unit. My model doesn’t see any value on either side or the total but I’ll lean with the under because I think both teams will focus heavily on the ground game, which will shorten the game.

  • Team Stats
  • Game Log
  • Bills
  • Patriots
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Offense
Defense



Pass



  • Pass Plays 31.9 37.4
  • Succ Pass Plays 41.5% 45.4%
  • Sack Rate 7.7% 4.6%
  • Int Rate 2.3% 2.8%
  • Deep Pass Rate 20.2% 16.0%
  • Big Pass Yards 36.6% 29.8%
  • NYPP 5.5 6.1



Rush


  • Rush Plays 31.9 30.4
  • RB YPR 3.7 3.7
  • Stuff Rate 28.9% 26.0%
  • Succ Rush Plays 39.7% 38.9%
  • Big Rush Yards 49.4% 52.1%
  • Yards Per Rush 4.2 3.9




Game

  • All Snaps 63.9 67.7
  • Early Down Succ 41.9% 46.0%
  • Succ Rate 40.2% 43.0%
  • Big Yards Rate 42.6% 38.5%
  • Yards Per Play 4.7 5.2
  • Fumble Lost Rate 0.6% 0.7%
  • Time Per Play (sec) 26.4 28.7
  • Run Ratio 49.4% 44.3%
  • Starting Field Pos 28.4 30.2
  • Game Control -2.2 2.2
 
  • Points 18.9 21.9
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