The Houston Texans and Buffalo Bills square off Saturday at 3:35 p.m. CT at NRG Stadium in the AFC wild-card to end a postseason win drought of sorts. For the Texans, it is getting their first since Jan. 7, 2017, when they beat the Oakland Raiders in the AFC wild-card. For the Bills, it is getting their first win since Dec. 30, 1995, when they beat the Miami Dolphins in coach Marv Levy’s last playoff win with the franchise.
Both droughts, one longer, but both crushing to each respective fan base. Houston fans would hate to see quarterback Deshaun Watson fall 0-2 in the postseason, while Bills Mafia is hopeful quarterback Josh Allen can do what Jim Kelly did nearly 25 years ago.
How do odds-makers see the game going?
According to BetMGM, the Texans are favored by -2.5 over the Bills, which represent the second-slimmest odds of wild-card weekend. Only the Seattle Seahawks have slimmer odds at -1.5, but they are the road team facing the Philadelphia Eagles. The largest odds go to the New Orleans Saints at -7.5 at home over the Minnesota Vikings. The New England Patriots are favored -4.5 over the Tennessee Titans.
In terms of over/under, the 43.5 points are the lowest of the weekend. Highest goes to the Vikings-Saints matchup at 49.5. Second-highest goes to Philadelphia-Seattle at 45.5, and the Patriots and Titans are predicted to combine for 44.5.
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