Lamar Jackson Returns for Ravens-Bills Betting Clash

We did learn, of course, also some injury news today regarding a couple of NFL teams over the weekend. We know now for a fact Lamar is in. We're seeing that total of around the 54 and a half. We're seeing that line still at a field goal here. So that's good news for Ravens fans, although I am still very confused as to what. We think we're going to get out of Lamar in this game. I find it very hard to even think about an under in this spot with these two teams. But Buffalo is coming off of the bye week here this week. And the Ravens, well, they're coming off getting smacked down against the division rival there in the Cincinnati Bengals. So it's I get why he's playing. But a high ankle sprain, Craig, you know, and I know. He ain't 100%, and it's going to be interesting to see what do we get out of Lamar in this spot. Yeah, it's a difficult game to handicap. It is definitely one of the ones that I considered taking this week as the underdog of the week. I inevitably did not land on it, but I do think that if I had a choice to pick, it would be the Ravens, and there's a reason why the line is only three, and you can't ignore when they make the odds. They certainly want you to be on both sides here, and for me, making Buffalo any bigger of a favorite. It definitely puts me on Baltimore's side here because the odds are just screaming at me. Why is this line three with Lamar missing all this time? And usually that's how it works for me. So I expect this will probably be one of the better games of the week to your point on the total. Yeah, I was saying earlier in the week, how can anybody do a show and say, I really love the under? Like you really have to be in a position somehow to feel that way. And then the other part about this is that, you know, in doing some research today before the show and I'm like, I got to start taking a look at this, this stuff with the bye weeks, because I know that you and I have been talking about this so much because one of the picks that I landed on involves a team on a bye week. But I got to tell you, in doing the research here, Joe, it doesn't seem to really make a lot of difference if you're off or not in the NFL over the last few years. In fact, 30 percent of the teams off the bye week two years ago covered. So that's three out of every 10. This year, it's a little bit above 500. Last year, it was right at 500. So certainly, I think there are coaches like Andy Reid in particular and some others that do well. And also, players could be very good coming back off of bye week two. But I think in terms of the ATS analysis for me, I just don't think I'm going to play it as a factor in what I'm doing right now. I wanted to make sure of it. And I wanted to take a look at it just to be sure. And this year in particular, it's a heavier ATS win off a bye. But the last two years, actually below 50% with teams that have been off. So I don't know that it really means a ton for Buffalo going into this game. That's why I'm bringing that up. Well, if it got him DJ more to be healthy and back on the field, then it's a positive for Buffalo because it looks like he will be back in the lineup. In this game on Sunday, which is big for Buffalo since when he is on that field, they are a much better deep passing team than when he is not off. And I think that's going to be a huge matchup with that secondary with DJ Moore out there stretching the field. Much better with Josh Allen and DJ Moore passing the ball. Then opposed to having to kind of dink and dunk his way around with slot receivers and tight ends.