Nfl Game Analysis: 3 Reasons to Bet on Oakland (+9.5) in Week 3
This particular match is interesting for the fact that both Buffalo and Oakland were favoured to cover the spread in separate high-percentage plays last week, and both ended up doing just that, ATS and straight-up.
This week, it appears that Buffalo will struggle versus an inflated 9 1/2 point spread; however, based on a number of reasons outlined below and while I am not bold enough to call an outright win for the Raiders, all signs point to a tightly fought contest.
So, why are the Bills facing potential trouble versus the spread this week?
Reason #1
Oakland finds themselves in an interesting Week 3 momentum situation that involves teams that lost their first game of the season, followed by a win in Week 2, and are now either 1st or 2nd in their division (the Raiders are currently in 2nd in the AFC West, behind Denver at 2-0).
Historically, teams ride their Week 2 turn-around to a spread-victory in Week 3 and they have been 29-3 ATS since 1994 and 7-1 ATS in the past 3 seasons.
Reason #2
Before Week 15 of the season, teams with a Big Rush Yardage % For of > 50 (58.7% of Oakland's rushing yardage has come on run plays of 10 or more yards so far) that also have a Play Book Execution Penalty Average Against of
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