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Geoff Schwartz
FOX Sports Betting Analyst
I love the final weekend of the NFL regular season. There’s always one or two games where a team playing for nothing ruins the season of a potential playoff team. There are players who need to hit incentives that are out there aiming to collect more money. In the betting landscape, season futures are most finalized today.
As usual, I have my stock up and down for Week 18 and beyond.
STOCK UP
Buffalo Bills
Well, the Bills did it. They entered Week 18 with the third-best odds to win the Super Bowl and yet were not guaranteed a playoff spot. The Jacksonville Jaguars losing to the Tennessee Titans earlier on Sunday gave the Bills a playoff spot, but a win over the Miami Dolphins would give the Bills the second seed and an AFC East division title. Well, the Bills beat the Dolphins. This was far from the Bills’ best game of the season, but there’s a quality to winning when it’s not going right. Quarterback Josh Allen threw two interceptions and was stripped of the football. The Bills mismanaged the end of the first half, resulting in zero points. None of that mattered in the end. A team-record, 96-yard punt return from Deonte Harty got the Bills back into the game, and then Josh Allen took over. For whatever warts the Bills have or had, they are the No. 2 seed in the AFC. Impressive.
Green Bay Packers
The Packers ditched Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the offseason to give the franchise to Jordan Love. This was Love’s fourth season but the first time he was given the offense. The Packers started slowly by losing five of their first seven games but finished with nine wins and a wild-card berth. The Packers offense is the youngest in the NFL, and combined with their defense, they are the fifth-youngest team to make the NFL postseason. The Packers tracked like a young team that improved with more reps. With a league that’s impatient to win ASAP, it can be forgotten…
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Publish date : 2024-01-08 05:42:18
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