{"id":209762,"date":"2025-10-13T12:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T12:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/209762\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T12:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T12:04:08","slug":"nfl-expert-panel-backs-bills-on-monday-night-football-but-not-unanimously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/209762\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL expert panel backs Bills on Monday Night Football, but not unanimously"},"content":{"rendered":"

Other than one outlier, Sports Illustrated’s weekly NFL prediction panel is backing the Buffalo Bills<\/a> on Monday Night Football in Week 6.<\/p>\n

Coming off a three-point primetime home loss<\/a> to the New England Patriots, the Bills (4-1) visit the upstart Atlanta Falcons (2-2) on October 13. Buffalo has not lost back-to-back games since falling on the road to the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans in Weeks 4 and 5 last year.<\/p>\n

It’ll be only the second road game in six weeks for the Bills, who covered the point spread in their first away game \u2014 a 30-10 win over the New York Jets in Week 2. Buffalo enters as a 4.5-point road favorite over the Falcons.<\/p>\n

Six of seven Sports Illustrated experts are siding with the Bills<\/a> to post a Week 6 victory. Only national writer Gilberto Manzano projected a win for the Falcons. Manzano is the same scribe who ranked Buffalo behind the Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> when both teams were 3-0 in Week 4.<\/p>\n

As always, the SI picks are straight up.<\/p>\n

The concern surrounding the Bills in Week 6 is the defense’s ability to neutralize running back Bijan Robinson and the Falcons’ rushing attack. Robinson averages 4.9 yards per carry.<\/p>\n

\"Bijan<\/p>\n

Sep 14, 2025; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Atlanta Falcons running back Bijan Robinson (7) runs the ball during the second half against the Minnesota Vikings \/ Matt Krohn-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

“They’re explosive on offense,” said Bills’ head coach Sean McDermott previewing the matchup on WGR’s The Extra Point Show<\/a>. “Multiple first round picks offensively and then certainly talented defensively rushing the passer. Offensively, Bijan, the quarterback [Michael] Penix, and Drake London and what he can do. And so they can be in a lot of different ways and become explosive very quickly.”<\/p>\n

RELATED: Damar Hamlin’s move to IR creates Bills’ need for 34-year-old practice squad player<\/a><\/p>\n

The Bills’ defense will be without linebacker Matt Milano, but will welcome back defensive tackle Ed Oliver<\/a> from a four-game absence.<\/p>\n

When it comes to Buffalo’s offense, quarterback Josh Allen and Co. will face the NFL’s top-ranked pass defense (135.0).<\/p>\n

Albert Breer, senior reporter
Pick:\u00a0Bills<\/p>\n

Claire Brennan, associate editor
Pick:\u00a0Bills<\/p>\n

Conor Orr, senior writer
Pick:\u00a0Bills<\/p>\n

Gilberto Manzano, staff writer
Pick:\u00a0Falcons<\/p>\n

Matt Verderame, staff writer
Pick:\u00a0Bills<\/p>\n

John Pluym, managing editor
Pick:\u00a0Bills<\/p>\n

Mitch Goldich, senior editor
Pick:\u00a0Bills<\/p>\n

\"Josh<\/p>\n

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen looks at running back James Cook as he launches a short pass to him during second half action of the Bills home game against the New Orleans Saints in Orchard Park on Sept. 28, 2025. \/ Tina MacIntyre-Yee\/Democrat and Chronicle \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER.<\/p>\n

\u2014 \u00a0Enjoy free coverage of the Bills from Buffalo Bills on SI<\/a>\u00a0 \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Other than one outlier, Sports Illustrated’s weekly NFL prediction panel is backing the Buffalo Bills on Monday Night…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-209762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}