The Buffalo Bills have lost two straight games but have a great chance to get back on track after their bye week against the Carolina Panthers in Week 8.<\/p>\n
Carolina is feeling good after winning three straight games, and four of its last five, but the Panthers haven\u2019t played anyone on the Bills\u2019 level in that stretch.<\/p>\n
Can the Bills bounce back in Carolina?<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a breakdown of the odds, a player to watch, betting trends and my prediction for this matchup in Week 8.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a><\/p>\n Spread<\/p>\n Moneyline<\/p>\n Total<\/p>\n Bills Injury ReportPanthers Injury ReportRico Dowdle, running back, Carolina Panthers<\/p>\n Panthers running back Rico Dowdle is enjoying a breakout season in Carolina. After spending the first four seasons of his career with the Cowboys, Dowdle is finally getting his chance, and he\u2019s taking advantage of it.<\/p>\n Dowdle has 551 yards and two touchdowns on 98 carries this season, but most of that has come in the last few weeks. Even with Chubba Hubbard back against the Jets, Dowdle had 79 yards on 17 carries to the starter\u2019s 31 yards on 14 carries.<\/p>\n In the last three weeks, Dowdle now has 468 yards on 70 carries.<\/p>\n The Bills have one of the best passing defenses in the league, but allow a league-worst 159.3 rushing yards per game. The Panthers are going to need to lean on both backs to keep Buffalo\u2019s offense off the field if they want a chance to stay in the game.<\/p>\n Who let the Panthers get hot?<\/p>\n Sure, it was against the Jets, Cowboys, and Dolphins, and the Falcons two weeks before that, but you can only play your schedule, and that\u2019s what Carolina has done. But now with Buffalo coming to town, the Panthers party might come to an end.<\/p>\n While the Bills should win this game, I\u2019m going to take the Panthers plus the points. The Bills lost their last two games outright as -8 and -4 favorites, and have only covered as favorites once this season.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll take the Panthers to give the Bills a scare leading up to Halloween.<\/p>\n Pick: Panthers +7.5 (-115)<\/p>\n Odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.<\/p>\n If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER.<\/p>\n Unlock $300 in bonus bets \u2014 all without a promo code for DraftKings<\/a>. Sign up and place a $5 bet. If you win, you will receive $300 in bonus bets instantly +3 months of NBA League Pass.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Buffalo Bills have lost two straight games but have a great chance to get back on track…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-230284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}