Before the Buffalo Bills kicked off their third week of the season contest against the Miami Dolphins on a Thursday night, Josh Allen and company had advanced their odds in Vegas to Super Bowl LX favorites.
There were solid reasons for this.
The Kansas City Chiefs lost their first two games and the other expected primary competition for the Bills in the AFC, the Baltimore Ravens, lost to Buffalo on the opening weekend when the Bills overcame a 15-point fourth quarter deficit to score a 41-40 victory.
Clear sailing. Right?
The Bills haven’t beaten a point spread since.
They won by ten while favored by 11 points in that Thursday night contest against Miami. The next Sunday, while favored by two touchdowns they beat the New Orleans Saints by a dozen points. They followed those two point spread losses with straight-up defeats. Favored at home over the New England Patriots by more than a touchdown, they lost, 23-20. Two weeks ago in another nationally televised game the Bills stumbled in Atlanta while absorbing a ten-point road defeat, 24-14.