Sun, Nov 2, 2025, 4:25 PM ESTWeek 9 · at Buffalo Bills
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5-3 · Power #12
21
final
Final
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5-2 · Power #4
28
▲ winner
Closing spread
KC -2.5
✓ BUF W
Total
53.5
▼ Under · 49 pts
Model before kickoff
KC 25–23 BUF
✗ KC (58%) lost
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenKC -1.5
CloseKC -2.5
Total51.5 → 53.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.
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Market

Open → close
Spread
1 pt toward Kansas City Chiefs
Total
Up 2 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened KC -1.5 · closed KC -2.5 · moved 1 toward KCmodel BUF -1.5
Opened 51.5 · closed 53.5 · moved 2 upmodel 47.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Road favorites of 1.5–3.5 since 2023: won 64%, covered 53% (129 games)ⓘ
Lines that moved 1–1.5 pts toward the favorite: that team covered 47% (91 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
OpenKC -1.5
CloseKC -2.5
Total51.5 → 53.5
Books differ and lines move; check your sportsbook before betting.

Similar games

The recent games that looked most like this one before kickoff, and how they turned out

In the 10 games most like KC as a 2.5-point road favorite at BUF, the favorite won 5, covered 4, and 6 went over the total.

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This game: BUF won 28–21 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 6 of the 10 similar games. 49 points stayed under 53.5, as in 4 of 10.
Favorite won
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 61%
Favorite covered
4 of 1040%
Normal range · usually 51%
Went over
6 of 1060%
Normal range · usually 47%

All three sit in the normal range for favorites of this size, so history shows no clear lean. Average result: favorite by 2.1 against an average line of 2.9; 51.9 points a game (usually 44). Of the 6 overs, 0 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Close
2024 · Postseason · close · similar season form & rest
-1.525–27 L O51.5
Close
2024 · Week 16 · close · similar rest & season form
-4.533–36 L O47.5
Close
2024 · Week 12 · close · similar situation & spread
-2.530–23 W O50.5
Close
2024 · Week 9 · close · similar rest & season form
-2.524–14 W U48.5
Close
2024 · Week 11 · close · similar spread & situation
-3.516–18 L U49.5
Close
2024 · Week 17 · close · similar rest & season form
-0.525–27 L O48.5
Close
2024 · Week 7 · close · similar situation & rest
-4.541–31 W O50.5
Close
2024 · Week 10 · close · similar situation
-4.526–23 L U49.5
Loose
2025 · Week 4 · loose · similar rest & situation
-2.520–37 L O49.5
Loose
2024 · Week 15 · loose · similar situation & spread
-2.530–13 W U48.5
History, not a prediction. Every NFL game from 2022 on is compared with this one as it looked before kickoff (team strength, the betting line, season form, situation, venue and rest), and only close matches are kept. How matches are found

Signals

The data signal, and 3 trends and market moves behind it
Moderate Kansas City Chiefs ATS trend Miss
Moderate-or-stronger ATS leans went 117-99 (54%) in our 2023–26 backtest.
Slight Over trend Miss
Slight-or-stronger total leans went 163-172 (49%) in our 2023–26 backtest.

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Buffalo Bills home ATS weakness (1-3)
Weak against the spread at home this season. · Backtest 2023–26: 71-65 (52%)
Market moved toward Kansas City Chiefs
1 pt (KC -1.5 → KC -2.5). · Backtest 2024–26: 200-205 (49%)
Total moved up 2
51.5 → 53.5. · Backtest 2024–26: 120-135 (47%)
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
KC+1.3 →+4.7▲ 3.4#2
BUF+2.6 →+3.7▲ 1.1#3
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW8

KC
Longer bar = better
BUF
#5
Offense
Even
#4
#9
Defense
◀ KC better
#13
+0.6 #6
Turnovers
◀ KC better
+0.3 #12
65 plays #4
Pace
◀ KC faster
63 plays #13
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When KC has the ball
Advantage: KC offense
KC offBUF defEdge
Points / game 26.8 #7 20.9 #9 Even
Yards / play 5.81 #9 5.44 #19 KC
EPA / play +0.18 #3 −0.03 #11 KC
Success rate 51% #2 43% #11 KC
When BUF has the ball
Advantage: BUF offense
BUF offKC defEdge
Points / game 29.6 #4 16.4 #2 Even
Yards / play 6.12 #2 5.25 #13 BUF
EPA / play +0.17 #4 −0.05 #7 Even
Success rate 49% #4 44% #15 BUF

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
KC scoring against the BUF defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
KC scored
3.3
#24
9.3
#3
12.5
#11
6.8
#7
7.5
#10
14.3
#6
BUF allowed
4.9
#21
6.1
#16
11.0
#15
3.9
#9
6.0
#13
9.9
#8
BUF scoring against the KC defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
BUF scored
6.9
#3
6.0
#23
12.9
#9
8.3
#1
8.4
#6
16.7
#1
KC allowed
3.0
#6
4.9
#4
7.9
#4
3.4
#4
5.1
#7
8.5
#7

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
BUF +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
53° · 3 mph
gusts 9 mph · at kickoff
Rest
KC6d
BUF7d
BUF +1 day
Tempo
Fast 128 plays
slowavg 122fast