NFL Week 18 Bettors Guide: Too many points for Bills to cover against improving Zach Wilson, Jets

<u>THE 10 BEST GAMES TO BET</u>

JETS astatine BILLS

4:25 p.m., Bills by 16 ½, 40

HANK’S HONEYS: The Jets person shown betterment with 3 consecutive covers and there’s crushed to judge they’ll support this nether the number. Sure, the Bills tin wrapper up the part with a triumph but either the Jets volition bent successful oregon the backmost doorway volition beryllium open. Zach Wilson was retired with a genu wounded erstwhile the Bills intercepted Mike White 4 times successful a 45-17 romp successful November but aft starting retired the play arsenic a turnover machine, Wilson has gone 4 consecutive games without throwing an interception. The Bills hardly covered 13 ½ points astatine location against the Panthers erstwhile a precocious 4th down halt outgo Carolina bettors and mislaid astatine location with the hook erstwhile favored by 14 ½ points implicit the Falcons past week. If Wilson plays similar helium has recently, this volition not beryllium a three-score game.

IF I WERE A BETTING MAN: Jets and the over.

WASHINGTON astatine GIANTS

1 p.m., Washington by 6 ½, 38 ½

HANK’S HONEYS: Ron Rivera’s squad has mislaid 4 consecutive games but the endowment disparity betwixt the 2 violative units isn’t close. The Giants are close up determination with Jacksonville arsenic the worst discourtesy successful football. They are struggling to people a azygous touchdown a week and they’re not going to abruptly travel live with Jake Fromm astatine the controls. Taylor Heinicke, meanwhile, volition beryllium playing for his future, whether it’s successful Washington oregon determination else. Joe Judge tin assertion his squad is inactive playing its corporate rear ends disconnected but the results are what matter. This squad has been dormant successful the h2o for weeks and with a third of the squad connected the wounded report, is going down for the past time.

IF I WERE A BETTING MAN: Washington and the under.

CHIEFS astatine BRONCOS

Saturday, 4:30 p.m., Chiefs by 10, 44 ½

HANK’S HONEYS: The Chiefs volition privation to get backmost connected way aft losing their way conscionable successful Cincy and they’ll beryllium facing a spiraling Broncos squad they’ve beaten 12 consecutive games. Drew Lock is expected to commencement for the Broncos. He hasn’t shown overmuch since taking implicit for Teddy Bridgewater and he’ll beryllium playing with a enarthrosis injured successful Los Angeles. The Broncos’ moving crippled has disintegrated arsenic good and KC’s defense, which had been playing good earlier moving into Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase, should beryllium capable to clamp things down with comparative ease. With the No. 1 effect inactive a possibility, the Chiefs volition beryllium giving their champion effort. It’s an casual screen for Patrick Mahomes and Co.

IF I WERE A BETTING MAN: Chiefs and the under.

COWBOYS astatine EAGLES

Saturday, 8:15 p.m., Cowboys by 6 ½, 43

HANK’S HONEYS: The Cowboys person dominated the part truthful acold with a 5-0 grounds ATS by an mean of 13.5 points and by each indications are utilizing this crippled to get things close for the playoffs. Both teams are successful the postseason but the Eagles person COVID concerns and mightiness remainder immoderate players portion the Cowboys, according to Jerry Jones, volition play to win. They are coming disconnected a location nonaccomplishment against the Cardinals and should beryllium determined to shingle that disconnected with a last tuneup. Even with Micah Parsons retired of the lineup, their first-string defence would beryllium excessively overmuch for immoderate discourtesy the Eagles enactment retired there.

IF I WERE A BETTING MAN: Cowboys and the under.

COLTS astatine JAGUARS

1 p.m., Colts by 16, 44 ½

HANK’S HONEYS: This crippled shouldn’t beryllium close and we can’t spot galore scenarios wherever the Jaguars cover. The Colts request the crippled to marque the playoffs and that’s capable for us. They’re not going to messiness astir against an hostile that has fixed them problems successful the past. Jonathan Taylor usually chews up the Jacksonville defense, the aforesaid tally defence that gave up 181 yards and 4 TDs successful New England. With the extremity of a miserable play conscionable three-plus hours away, we don’t spot the Jacksonville defence putting up overmuch resistance. Ditto for the Jags’ offense, which is averaging a league-low 14.2 ppg. Trevor Lawrence continues to conflict with his determination making and that volition not alteration against a top-third walk defence with aggregate fronts.

IF I WERE A BETTING MAN: Colts and the under.

STEELERS astatine RAVENS

1 p.m., Ravens by 4, 41 ½

HANK’S HONEYS: The points look precise charismatic erstwhile you see the underdog is 21-7-3 ATS successful their past 31 meetings. It’s successful each probability Ben Roethlisberger’s last crippled and portion determination is nary mode to recreate the emotion of past week’s last crippled astatine Heinz Field, Big Ben volition beryllium plentifulness motivated to grounds 1 much W against his astir bitter rival. Tyler Huntley has been an capable stand-in for Lamar Jackson but Ravens QBs person been sacked 54 times. The Steelers person a league-high 52 sacks with T.J. Watt going aft Michael Strahan’s sack record. The archetypal crippled went down to the ligament with the Ravens losing connected a failed two-point conversion. This 1 should beryllium conscionable arsenic close.

IF I WERE A BETTING MAN: Steelers and the over.

TITANS astatine TEXANS

1 p.m., Titans by 10, 43

HANK’S HONEYS: Unless the Chiefs suffer to the Broncos Saturday, the Titans volition beryllium playing to fastener down a first-round bye and they could person Derrick Henry backmost to assistance them bash it with a anemic Texans squad lasting successful their way. Houston pulled disconnected the upset successful the archetypal gathering but that was a unusual crippled with Tennessee outgaining the Texans, 490-190, but turning it implicit 5 times. Tyrod Taylor was the Houston QB successful that 1 and helium wounded the Titans with his legs. Davis Mills doesn’t airs the aforesaid threat. If things play retired the mode they look connected paper, it volition beryllium a Tennessee waltz.

IF I WERE A BETTING MAN: Titans and the under.

PANTHERS astatine BUCS

4:25 p.m., Bucs by 8, 42

HANK’S HONEYS: The Bucs are playing for the No. 2 seed, which guarantees them a location playoff crippled if they triumph their first. Bruce Arians says he’s not resting anybody and after escaping against the Jets past week, they request to cleanable up a fewer things. Fortunately, the Panthers are the cure for what ails them. They stink. Their offense, whether it’s nether Cam Newton oregon Sam Darnold, can’t get retired of its ain mode and they don’t person the pieces to instrumentality vantage of what has been a sagging but inactive talented Tampa defense. The Bucs are 5-2 ATS astatine location and the Panthers 3-5 ATS connected the road.

IF I WERE A BETTING MAN: Bucs and the over.

PATRIOTS astatine DOLPHINS

4:25 p.m., Patriots by 6 ½, 40

HANK’S HONEYS: The Dolphins person been a nemesis for the Patriots lately but this is simply a antithetic scenario. The Dolphins person gone from riding a seven-game triumph streak to retired of the playoffs and are wholly without information aft facing must-win games for truthful galore weeks. The Patriots volition commencement the crippled live for the division, adjacent if they request a Jets upset of the Bills truthful likelihood are they’ll physique a pb aboriginal and coast. Their defence is simply a full mismatch for Miami’s sluggish discourtesy and portion the backmost doorway screen is successful play, we don’t spot Tua Tagovailoa starring immoderate late-game heroics.

IF I WERE A BETTING MAN: Patriots and the under.

49ERS astatine RAMS

4:25 p.m., Rams by 5, 44 ½

HANK’S HONEYS: The Rams tin triumph the part present but the 49ers aren’t retired of it and they person had the Rams’ number. The Rams whitethorn beryllium winning but they person been flirting with catastrophe each week with Matthew Stafford giving the shot distant willy-nilly. Nick Bosa gives the 49ers a accidental to contradict Stafford a cleanable pouch and he’s been making mediocre decisions nether pressure. The 49ers ate up the timepiece successful their 31-10 triumph aboriginal this play and volition proceed to tally the shot until the Rams beryllium they tin halt it. The Rams person to hole for 2 QBs

IF I WERE A BETTING MAN: 49ers and the over.

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CHARGERS astatine RAIDERS

8:20 p.m., Chargers by 3, 49 ½

HANK’S HONEYS: The crippled is simply a existent tossup with the victor successful and the loser out. On paper, the Chargers are the amended team, which is wherefore they are favored connected the road. But determination is thing astir however this Raiders squad that has fought done truthful overmuch (Jon Gruden, Henry Ruggs, and present the DUI apprehension of rookie CB Nate Hobbs, who volition play) to get to this point. It’s evidently going to travel down to which QB, Justin Herbert and Derek Carr, outplays the other. Both defenses tin beryllium exploited, the Chargers tally defence successful particular. All that said, we’ll instrumentality the points with a squad that has much momentum and a small spot much to prove.

CAN’T HELP YOURSELF? Raiders and the over.

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BENGALS astatine BROWNS

1 p.m., Browns by 1 ½, 46

IF I WERE A BETTING MAN: Browns and the under.

BEARS astatine VIKINGS

1 p.m., Vikings by 2 ½, 44 ½

IF I WERE A BETTING MAN: Vikings and the under.

PACKERS astatine LIONS

1 p.m., Packers by 2 ½, 44 ½

IF I WERE A BETTING MAN: Packers and the over.

SEAHAWKS astatine CARDINALS

4:25 p.m., Cards by 6 ½, 48

IF I WERE A BETTING MAN: Seahawks and the over.

SAINTS astatine FALCONS

4:25 p.m., Saints by 4 ½, 41

IF I WERE A BETTING MAN: Falcons and the under.

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WEEK’S BEST BET: Colts. Jags slice to black.

Last week: 5-10-1

Overall: 127-126-3

Over/under: 142-113-1

Best Bets: 11-6