Friday, May 18th, 2012
The Buffalo Bills (5-7) and the San Diego Chargers (5-7) are both trying to keep their slim playoff wins alive, and the loser of Sunday’s 4:15 PM ET game might as well call it a season.
Buffalo will be the home team and the sportsbooks consider them a 7-point betting favorite after they opened up with the Bills at just -4.5.
The total of 48 has been bet up from an opener of 47, but there are still plenty of sportsbooks with 47.5 available for over bettors.
Roughly 60% of tracked NFL bettors are on the Bills’ point spread, but the line move seems to indicate that money is coming in from somewhere other than the general public’s wagers.
The Bills and the Chargers last met up in 2008 when Buffalo won a 23-14 home game as 1-point favorites.
San Diego did get a 24-21 win in Buffalo as 6-point favorites in 2006, but the Bills have covered the point spread in 4 of the 5 games played since 2001 despite losing outright in 3.
The over has been a winner in 2 of the last 3 head-to-head meetings between these AFC teams since 2005.
Buffalo looked like one of the premier NFL teams earlier in the season after upsetting the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles en route to a 4-1 start, but they are now in the midst of a 5-game losing streak.
The Bills have covered the point spread in just 1 of their last 5 games and they are falling apart on both sides of the ball.
San Diego has been known for slow starts and hot finishes the past few seasons, but this year has been the opposite.
They started out 4-1 but then lost 6 straight games before winning last weekend against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The win was the first point spread cover for the Chargers over their last 7 games.
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