Buffalo Bills vs Carolina Panthers Prediction, 8/26/2022 NFL Picks, Best Bets & Odds Preseason Week 3

Game: Buffalo Bills vs Carolina Panthers

Date: Friday, August 26, 2022

Location: Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC

TV: NFL League Pass

Odds/Point Spread: Panthers (-1.5)

Total/Over-Under: 41

The Carolina Panthers (5-12 last year) host the Buffalo Bills (11-6 last season) at Bank of America Stadium on Friday. Buffalo opens this matchup as 1.5-point underdogs. The total has been set at 41.

The Buffalo Bills ended the season having a 11-6 mark. In their last contest of last season, the Bills faced off with the Chiefs and ended up losing by a score of 42-36. Josh Allen connected on 27/37 with 329 yards passing and 4 TDs. He had a quarterback rate of 136 and ended the game without throwing an interception. Devin Singletary was the rushing leader for the Bills with 10 attempts for 26 yards (2.6 yds per attempt). Gabriel Davis had an average of 25.1 yards per catch by totaling 201 yds on 8 receptions. The Buffalo Bills ended up rushing 24 times and had 109 yds, which earned them an average of 4.5 yards per tote. On the day, they tallied 63 plays which converted into 422 yds. Buffalo allowed 33 pass completions on 44 attempts for a total of 370 yds, and a completion rate of 75.0%. When it came to the battle of the line of scrimmage, the Bills conceded 182 yds on 27 tries, which averages out to 6.7 yards per rush surrendered.

The Bills attained 6,493 total yards for the prior campaign. Buffalo earned 236 1st downs, and they were hurt by 113 penalties for 980 yards. Buffalo totaled 36 touchdowns through the air and 20 rushing touchdowns. They turned the ball over 22 different times (16 interceptions and 6 fumbles lost). Offensively they held an average of 129.9 yards in the run game, which ranked them 6th in the National Football League. When talking about scoring, the Buffalo Bills had an average of 28.4 points per outing.

Regarding passing yards, the Bills gave up 2,771 yards which ranked them 1st in the league. In their 17 games, they gave up 163.0 yards per contest through the air in addition to surrendering a completion percentage of 56.0%. They relinquished 272.8 yards per game which had them ranked 1st in the National Football League. They surrendered 12 touchdowns through the air as well as 19 rushing touchdowns. They allowed teams to run for an average of 4.2 yards per attempt on the ground and 109.8 rushing yards per contest for the previous year. Overall, they conceded 1,866 rushing yards through 17 games. The Bills were sitting in 1st in the NFL when it comes to team defense, conceding 17.0 PPG.

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The Panthers wrapped up their season having earned a 5-12 mark. For their last game of last season, the Panthers took a loss by a score of 41-17 when they faced the Buccaneers. Chuba Hubbard carried the rock 9 times for 48 yards, finishing the contest with 5.3 yards per attempt for Carolina. D.J. Moore was one of the featured targets for the Panthers, snagging 7 passes for 87 yards (12.4 yards per catch). Sam Darnold (2 TDs) walked away from the contest with 219 yards on 29/42 through the air while his QB rating was 87.3. He had 1 pick and his average yards per pass attempt was 5.21 yds. Carolina surrendered 20 rush attempts for 85 yds (4.3 yds per rush). The Panthers secondary gave up a completion percentage of 74.4%, surrendering 324 yards on 29 out of 39 passing. The Panthers finished the contest with 317 yds and they ran 71 plays (4.5 yards per play). Carolina ran the ball for 4.2 yards per carry, finishing the contest with 110 yds on 26 carries.

The Carolina Panthers maintained an average of 298.9 yards per contest which had them ranked 30th out of all teams in the league. They averaged 108.4 yards per game on the ground and toted the ball for 1,842 yards for last year. The Carolina offense racked up 864 yds of penalties on 107 violations, which ranked 11th in the NFL in terms of helping out the other team. They threw 21 picks while allowing opponents to recover 8 fumbles and they earned 174 first downs. Throughout last year, the Panthers had a total of 3,239 yards via the pass as well as an average of 190.5 passing yards per game, putting them at 29th in the league. When it comes to the points being put on the board, the Panthers ranked 29th out of all teams in the league averaging 17.9 points per outing.

The Panthers conceded 23.8 PPG, which had them in 21st in the league. Carolina allowed a total of 1,935 yards via the ground game (113.8 yards/game) in addition to 16 touchdowns by ground last season. They gave up 26 touchdowns through the air and 192.1 yards per game, which had them in 4th in football. The Panthers defense participated in 1,028 plays, which had them ranked 4th in the NFL. In total, they gave up 404 total points. Their defense had 16 turnovers (7 fumbles recovered and 9 picks) over the course of last year.

Who will win tonight's Bills/Panthers NFL game against the spread?

Josh's Pick: Take the Bills +1.5

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