The Buffalo Bills didn’t do all that great against the spread in 2018, but did pull off a monumental upset early on in the year.
The Buffalo Bills were not favored on the betting lines often in 2018.
Naturally, the team shined when showing up as massive underdogs.
The Action Network recently posted an article looking at how all 32 NFL teams did against the spread in 2018.
The Bears had the best ATS record. The Falcons had the worst.
— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) January 23, 2019
And backing the Browns was … profitable?
Yeah. See how every NFL team did ATS this season: https://t.co/4PzdOaHUS1
The Bills went 7-9 against the spread, which is one win better than the actual 6-10 record. The most memorable win, both against the spread and straight up, came in Minnesota.
The Bills had a disastrous 0-2 start to the season, and were underdogs by more than two touchdowns. Of course, Josh Allen led his team to an easy victory over a Vikings team predicted to be playoff contenders.
Allen and the Bills followed that up with a 22-0 loss in Green Bay, but responded the next week with a win. Then things got ugly and the Bills weren’t close to covering the spread for a stretch of time.
2018 was not a great year to try to bet on the Bills. The team would have a great win, only to lay an egg the next week. Or Matt Barkley would show up and lead the team to a blowout victory. None of it made sense.
Things should be more consistent in 2019, hopefully, now that the first year of the real rebuild is in the past. Nathan Peterman isn’t going to be walking onto the field next year, so the odds of how the Bills will do week-to-week should be easier to predict.
And as long as the team doesn’t have another horrific start, fans won’t be seeing the Bills as massive underdogs so often. Although that is a nice thing for those betting when the underdog Bills easily cover the spread.