Sun, Dec 28, 2025, 4:25 PM ESTWeek 17 · at Buffalo Bills
Weather at kickoff38°F6 mphWet0.1 mmWet Over 51% of 104 games since 2023Weather watch ›
10-5 · Power #9
13
▲ winner
Final
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11-4 · Power #4
12
final
Closing spread
BUF -3.5
✓ PHI W
Total
45.5
▼ Under · 25 pts
Model before kickoff
PHI 21–25 BUF
✗ BUF (63%) lost
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenBUF -3
CloseBUF -3.5
Total46.5 → 45.5
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Market

Open → close
Spread
0.5 pts toward Buffalo Bills
Total
Down 1 since the open
Line movement
Opening and closing line · tap a dot
Opened BUF -3 · closed BUF -3.5 · moved 0.5 toward BUFmodel BUF -4
Opened 46.5 · closed 45.5 · moved 1 downmodel 46.5
Openline modelKickoff
Line context
Home favorites of 2.5–4.5 since 2023: won 65%, covered 53% (200 games)ⓘ
Moved off 3The team the line moved toward covered 26% (23 games since 2024)ⓘ
Closing line · DraftKings
SourceDraftKings closing line
OpenBUF -3
CloseBUF -3.5
Total46.5 → 45.5
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 BUF as a 3.5-point home favorite against PHI, the favorite won 7, covered 5, and 5 went over the total.

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This game: PHI won 13–12 outright; the favorite didn’t cover, as in 5 of the 10 similar games. 25 points stayed under 45.5, as in 5 of 10.
Favorite won
7 of 1070%
Normal range · usually 63%
Favorite covered
5 of 1050%
Normal range · usually 52%
Went over
5 of 1050%
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 4.5 against an average line of 3.6; 47.7 points a game (usually 44.5). Of the 5 overs, 1 had cashed by the end of Q3. When games like this go over ›

All 10 games
MatchGameLineFinalCoveredO/U
Very close
2025 · Week 6 · very close · similar spread & situation
-3.530–19 W O46.5
Very close
2024 · Week 7 · very close · similar spread & rest
-3.524–22 L U47.5
Very close
2025 · Week 16 · very close · similar situation & spread
-3.524–28 L O47.5
Very close
2025 · Week 5 · very close · similar season form & situation
-4.517–21 L U44.5
Very close
2025 · Week 10 · very close · similar situation & spread
-3.525–10 W U45.5
Very close
2024 · Week 13 · very close · similar total & rest
-3.523–22 L U45.5
Very close
2025 · Week 13 · very close · similar spread & team ratings
-3.516–20 L U43.5
Very close
2024 · Week 17 · very close · similar total & rest
-3.530–24 W O46.5
Very close
2024 · Week 4 · very close · similar rest & total
-4.542–29 W O47.5
Very close
2024 · Week 11 · very close · similar situation & rest
-2.530–21 W O47.5
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 no trends and market moves 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.

No notable trends or market moves for this game.
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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
PHI+3.2 →+2.7▼ 0.5#7
BUF+2.6 →+3.7▲ 1.1#4
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW16

PHI
Longer bar = better
BUF
#16
Offense
BUF better ▶
#4
#7
Defense
◀ PHI better
#16
+0.3 #7
Turnovers
◀ PHI better
+0.1 #11
60 plays #24
Pace
BUF faster ▶
62 plays #13
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When PHI has the ball
Even matchup
PHI offBUF defEdge
Points / game 23.3 #16 22.9 #15 Even
Yards / play 5.36 #16 5.50 #21 PHI
EPA / play +0.04 #12 0.00 #14 Even
Success rate 44% #20 44% #12 BUF
When BUF has the ball
Even matchup
BUF offPHI defEdge
Points / game 28.9 #3 19.3 #4 Even
Yards / play 5.97 #5 5.02 #8 Even
EPA / play +0.14 #3 −0.08 #6 Even
Success rate 48% #3 42% #8 BUF

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
PHI scoring against the BUF defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
PHI scored
6.4
#3
6.3
#24
12.7
#9
4.7
#17
5.9
#24
10.5
#22
BUF allowed
5.0
#22
8.9
#28
13.9
#26
2.9
#1
6.2
#10
9.1
#4
BUF scoring against the PHI defense
Q1Q21HQ3Q42H
BUF scored
5.2
#9
7.4
#12
12.6
#10
7.5
#2
8.9
#2
16.3
#1
PHI allowed
4.2
#17
4.9
#4
9.1
#5
3.4
#5
6.5
#18
9.9
#9

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
BUF +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
38° · 6 mph
gusts 9 mph · 0.138 in rain · at kickoff
Rest
PHI8d
BUF7d
PHI +1 day
Tempo
Average 122 plays
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