Cincinnati Bengals at Buffalo Bills: Predictions, picks and odds for NFL playoff matchup
Two high-powered teams collide when Josh Alen’s Buffalo Bills host Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals with a trip to the AFC championship game on the line.
The game will be a rematch of the Week 17 bout that was not resumed after Bills safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest on the field in Cincinnati. Both teams are 2-0 in the weeks since (including playoffs). Can Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase and Co. lead the Bengals to a second straight AFC title game? Or will Allen, Stefon Diggs and the Bills’ offense reign supreme? The game will kick off Sunday at 3 p.m. ET from Highmark Stadium.
Here’s a look at the betting details and USA TODAY’s NFL staff picks for the Bengals vs. Bills AFC divisional playoff game:
Bengals at Bills odds, moneyline and over/under
- Spread: Bills (-5.5)
- Moneyline: Bills (-240); Bengals (+200)
- Over/under: 48.5
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These two teams know each other so well that it’s difficult to see the game ever getting out of hand. Allen was rather careless with the ball in the wild-card round and Burrow will need to do more to keep up with the Bills on offense. Buffalo, though, has covered only three of its last 11 games.
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