Six Wild Card games on the National Football League schedule are spread over three days this weekend. A pair of contests are staged on Saturday and one game on Monday, the three games on Sunday begin with a contest in Jacksonville where the Jaguars host the Buffalo Bills.
In recent times, the American Football Conference has been dominated by three teams; the Kansas City Chiefs, Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills. Only one of those three recent powerhouses won a Super Bowl, the Chiefs capturing three since the 2019 season and a trio of National Football Conference squids won the other three since the Chiefs won their first, that being the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia Eagles.
This season, there has been a changing of the guard in the AFC. Both the Chiefs and Ravens missed the playoff field and the Bills are underdogs this week when they battle the Jaguars in Florida.
The Bills point spreads this season have been mostly tied to reputation. Only the Rams have a net higher points against on the spread over the past eight games than the Bills. Buffalo has given a net total 48½ points over their final eight games while the Rams were favored by 60 points. The Rams need to lay a lot of points in 2024 was tied to their success this season, the Bills more to their reputation from years gone by.
Against the spread this season, the Bills have a losing 8 and 9 record. Their opponent this week has a net 30 points given on the spread in their final eight games and Jacksonville has won all those games against the line while compiling a winning 12-5 mark for the season.
Real results is why the Jaguars are favored over the Bills this Sunday at EverBank Stadium. The line being trimmed from an opening number that had the Jaguars favored by 1½ points to the current one-point spread is tied to the Bills reputation.