{"id":18417,"date":"2021-08-12T17:01:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T17:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=18417"},"modified":"2021-08-12T17:01:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T17:01:03","slug":"friday-night-preseason-nfl-buffalo-bills-at-detroit-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/friday-night-preseason-nfl-buffalo-bills-at-detroit-lions\/","title":{"rendered":"FRIDAY NIGHT PRESEASON NFL: BUFFALO BILLS AT DETROIT LIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY ADAM GREENE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s hope you have nothing important to do on a Friday night as our second slate  of games in the opening week of preseason NFL football kicks off with a nationally televised contest between the 2020 AFC runner up Buffalo Bills and the completely new look and we\u2019re not kidding Detroit Lions at Ford Field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will be the 2021 head coaching debut of Detroit\u2019s Dan Campbell, who steps into a situation that hasn\u2019t been good since Barry Sanders retired back in 1998. Nobody seems very excited about the Campbell hire, and I count myself among them, but all he has to do to prove us wrong is win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sean McDermott is on the other side of the NFL landscape. His team made it to the AFC Championship last year and has one of the most exciting quarterbacks in the league with a newly minted second contract, Josh Allen. All McDermott has got to do is not screw it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUFFALO BILLS AT DETROIT LIONS (-1.5, O\/U 37)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location:<\/strong> Ford Field, Detroit, Mich.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Broadcast:<\/strong> NFL Network<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kickoff:<\/strong> Aug. 13, 7 p.m. EST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUFFALO<\/strong> BILLS (0-0)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With just three preseason games, teams have to switch up their regular strategies. Whether they\u2019ll still go by the old rules, playing starters a certain number of reps in what would have been Week 2 in the olden days remains to be seen. Personally, if I\u2019m McDermott I wouldn\u2019t let Allen anywhere near the field Friday night and be content to roll with Mitchell Trubisky, Jake Fromm and Davis Webb. I feel the same about their starting widouts, Stefon Diggs and Emmanuel Sanders. It\u2019s just not worth the risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DETROIT<\/strong> LIONS (0-0)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lions do not have that luxury. As such Jared Goff will likely see his first NFL preseason action since 2016. His former head coach, Los Angeles Rams wunderkind Sean McVay famously sits his starters in the exhibition games, but Campbell has too much to implement and prove. I suspect we\u2019ll see Goff and the Detroit starters for at least a quarter, if not more, before back ups Tim Boyle and David Blough take over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE PICK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If it feels like I\u2019m cheating by only honing in on the QB rooms of both these teams to pick the winner, it\u2019s because I am. The truth is, the Bills are loaded and deep and there\u2019s a good chance their back ups could knock off Detroit\u2019s starters in a head to head competition. When you\u2019re talking about Trubisky, Fromm and Webb (all quality reserves) vs Boyle and Blough, it gets ugly quick. Frankly, there might not be a huge gap between Goff and Trubisky at this point. That\u2019s not so much a dig at Goff, but more of appreciating that Trubisky not a bad QB at all. Bills 23, Lions 13<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Straight up:<\/strong> 1-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Against the spread:<\/strong> 1-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preseason<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Straight up:<\/strong> 1-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Against the spread:<\/strong> 1-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NFL season begins on Thursday, Sep. 9 and the Week 1 Schedule is already up and taking bets at BetOnline.AG<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow our BetOnline Twitter accoun<\/a>t for the latest sports news and betting odds, and stay tuned on the Instagram feed<\/a> for more good information too.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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