Sun, Oct 15, 2023, 8:20 PM EDTWeek 6 · at Buffalo Bills
Weather at kickoff44°F6 mphgusts 14Wet0.0 mmWet Over 51% of 104 games since 2023Weather watch ›
1-4 · Power #30
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Final
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3-2 · Power #4
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▲ winner
Closing spread
BUF -15.5
✓ NYG W
Total
42.5
▼ Under · 23 pts
Model before kickoff
NYG 14–31 BUF
✓ BUF (93%) won
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
Opennot available
CloseBUF -15.5
Total42.5
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Spread
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Total
 
Closing line · ESPN BET
SourceESPN BET closing line
Opennot available
CloseBUF -15.5
Total42.5
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The data signal, and 1 trend and market move behind it
No clear signal on the spread
No clear signal on the total

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

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New York Giants have 0 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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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
NYG−9.1 →−9.7▼ 0.6#32
BUF−1.0 →+8.4▲ 9.4#2
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW5

NYG
Longer bar = better
BUF
#31
Offense
BUF better ▶
#2
#30
Defense
BUF better ▶
#15
−1.0 #28
Turnovers
BUF better ▶
+1.2 #5
64 plays #15
Pace
Even
63 plays #16
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When NYG has the ball
Advantage: BUF defense
NYG offBUF defEdge
Points / game 12.4 #31 16.0 #6 BUF
Yards / play 3.99 #32 5.75 #28 Even
EPA / play −0.22 #31 −0.12 #8 BUF
Success rate 39% #29 44% #16 BUF
When BUF has the ball
Advantage: BUF offense
BUF offNYG defEdge
Points / game 31.8 #2 30.6 #30 BUF
Yards / play 6.16 #2 6.34 #31 BUF
EPA / play +0.21 #2 +0.09 #30 BUF
Success rate 53% #2 46% #28 BUF

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
NYG scoring against the BUF defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
NYG scored
0.6
#32
3.2
#30
3.8
#32
4.6
#11
4.0
#27
8.6
#24
BUF allowed
5.0
#20
2.6
#1
7.6
#6
1.8
#6
5.4
#13
7.2
#5
BUF scoring against the NYG defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
BUF scored
6.8
#7
10.8
#6
17.6
#4
3.4
#23
10.8
#1
14.2
#3
NYG allowed
8.0
#31
10.8
#31
18.8
#32
7.8
#31
4.0
#5
11.8
#25

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
BUF +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
44° · 6 mph
gusts 14 mph · 0.004 in rain · at kickoff
Rest
NYG7d
BUF7d
Even
Tempo
Average 127 plays
slowavg 127fast
Quarterback
NYG backup QB started
Model priced NYG with its QB out