The Tennessee Titans will travel to Highmark Stadium this week for a “Monday Night Football” contest against the Buffalo Bills.
This is the fifth time these two teams will meet in five years. Both the Titans and Bills have won two games apiece, with Tennessee winning the last two meetings, 42-16 in 2020 and 34-31 in 2021.
It’s safe to say the Bills have revenge on their minds after the Titans have had their number in recent years.
In 2020, these two teams actually made a little history, as their Sunday contest was moved to Tuesday night because of Tennessee’s COVID-19 outbreak.
It was only the third Tuesday game in NFL history, with the Philadelphia Eagles and Minnesota Vikings’ contest in 2010 being the last. Before that, you’d have to go all the way back to 1946 for the other.
As we prepare for this Monday night showdown, here’s a look at six more things to know about this Titans-Bills matchup.
Bills are massive favorites
According to Tipico Sportsbook, the Bills are 9.5-point home favorites over the Titans, tied for the second-largest spread of the Week 2 slate. The over/under is set at 49.5.
In their last meeting in 2021, both teams combined for 65 points in the Titans’ 34-31 win. The spread in that game favored the Bills (-5.5), but it was Tennessee who covered.
Tennessee failed to cover or hit the over in Week 1. The Bills, on the other hand, were able to cover the spread but did not hit the over in their 31-10 victory over the Rams.
Very different starts to the season
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While the Bills looked very much like the Super Bowl favorites many have pegged them to be in the season-opener, dominating the reigning champs 31-10, Tennessee went in a completely different direction.
Tennessee dropped its season-opener to the Giants, a team that had been one of the worst in the NFL over the past five years. Making matters worse, the Titans blew a 13-0 halftime lead in a second-half collapse.
Now you know why the spread is as massive as it is, but we’ll get into why you shouldn’t get caught up in the hype of how lopsided this matchup may look on paper.
Recent history
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One reason you shouldn’t get caught up in the hype is the fact that the Titans have beaten the Bills in each of the last two seasons, including a…
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