Sharp bettors take side in Patriots-Bills matchup on ‘MNF’

So overmuch for a changing of the defender successful the AFC East.

A twelvemonth aft the Bills won their archetypal part rubric successful 25 years and ended the Patriots’ 11-year reign arsenic AFC East champions, New England is backmost connected apical successful the part heading into their matchup successful Buffalo connected “Monday Night Football.”

Sharp enactment connected the Patriots +3 aboriginal successful the week caused the enactment to driblet to 2½ and the betting nationalist besides is backing New England.

Buffalo is backmost up to a statement 3-point favourite astatine Las Vegas sportsbooks, with Circa Sports astatine -2½ (-120).

The summons number is astir identical astatine BetMGM, wherever 20 much tickets were written connected the Bills than the Patriots arsenic of Monday afternoon.

“But we bash request the Bills for a small bit,” MGM Resorts manager of trading Jeff Stoneback said. “The wealth is 3-1 connected the Patriots.”

A BetMGM bettor placed a $50,000 wager to triumph $50,000 connected New England +2½ (Even).

The Westgate SuperBook besides needs Buffalo arsenic the betting nationalist is connected the Patriots.

With the upwind forecast calling for upwind gusts of much than 40 mph and temperatures successful the 20s, the statement full is down to 41 aft it opened astatine 46.

“The full decidedly moved nether due to the fact that of the wind,” Westgate SuperBook vice president of hazard Ed Salmons said.

The full is arsenic debased arsenic 40½ astatine the Westgate and Caesars.

Buffalo (7-4) has been inconsistent, alternating wins and losses successful its past 7 games. In their astir caller location game, the Bills were blown retired 41-15 by the Colts connected Nov. 21.

The Patriots (8-4) person won and covered six consecutive games and are riding a 19-8 screen streak arsenic underdogs. Before getting swept by Buffalo past season, New England had won 35 of the past 40 meetings with the Bills. The Patriots are connected a 6-1 ATS tally astatine Buffalo.

“This is simply a immense crippled for some teams. Buffalo does play astatine Tampa adjacent week truthful we could beryllium looking astatine Buffalo perchance losing backmost to backmost games,” Red Rock Resort sportsbook manager Chuck Esposito said. “A triumph would catapult the Bills backmost into 1 of the apical teams successful the AFC.”

The teams are evenly matched connected insubstantial arsenic New England has the No. 1 scoring defense, allowing 15.8 points per game, and Buffalo is No. 2 (16.5 ppga).

The Bills are 2nd successful scoring (29.6 ppg) and the Patriots are sixth (28.0 ppg).

New England is 8-4 ATS and Buffalo is 6-4-1 ATS.

“If some teams person to tally the ball, you person to springiness the vantage to the Patriots,” SuperBook vice president Jay Kornegay said. “(Bills backmost Josh) Allen tin scramble but surely the Patriots person the amended moving game.”

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