{"id":19989,"date":"2011-12-04T09:49:11","date_gmt":"2011-12-04T14:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19989"},"modified":"2011-12-04T10:41:52","modified_gmt":"2011-12-04T15:41:52","slug":"week-13-nfl-picks-tennessee-titans-vs-buffalo-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/week-13-nfl-picks-tennessee-titans-vs-buffalo-bills-19989\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 13 NFL Picks: Tennessee Titans vs. Buffalo Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tennessee Titans at Buffalo Bills
\nSunday, 12\/4\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Buffalo -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Buffalo -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 42.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Titans<\/a>
Tennessee Titans RB Chris Johnson is coming off his best performance of the 2011 campaign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tennessee has alternated wins and losses over the past six games, traveling to Ralph Wilson Stadium.\u00a0 The Titans are 26-16 all-time against the Buffalo Bills, including a 41-17 win as nine-point home favorites on Nov. 15, 2009.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re aware of where we are in the standings every week and what our situation is,\u201d stated Titans coach Mike Munchak.\u00a0 Last week\u2019s 23-17 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers came in dramatic fashion, with veteran quarterback Matt Hasselbeck completing his 15th touchdown pass of the season in the final three minutes.\u00a0 Tennessee is 3-1 ATS as an underdog this season.<\/p>\n

The Titans are coming off their best performance of the season on the ground last week, which was led by star running back Chris Johnson gaining a season-high 190 yards.\u00a0 He will have a big chance to go over the century mark again this week, facing a Bill stop unit that ranks 21st against the run in allowing 123.8 yards per game.\u00a0 It\u2019s still a work in progress to become a dominated force in the running game, as the team moved from last to 30th in the league in rushing.<\/p>\n

Buffalo will look to snap a four-game losing streak and was unable to capture a single win during a three-game road trip that ended with a 28-24 defeat as 9.5-point underdogs against the New York Jets.\u00a0 \u201cWe have to win out, and we probably have to get some help,\u201d commented Bills coach Chan Gailey.\u00a0 Losing star running back Fred Jackson on Nov. 20 has proven to be too much to overcome offensively, as he was leading the league with 1,376 all-purpose yards when he went down.\u00a0 Buffalo is 1-3 ATS as a favorite this season.<\/p>\n

The Bills will need to play much better in the final 15 minutes against the Titans to come away with a victory, getting outscored by a 34-0 margin in the fourth quarter in the last two meetings.\u00a0 Buffalo quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick put together a solid game in a losing effort, throwing for three touchdown passes.\u00a0 He will be facing a defense that ranks No. 7 in the NFL in allowing just 19.3 points per game.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Titans due to their 4-1 ATS mark as an underdog, while the Bills are 9-23-2 ATS when playing at home versus a team with a winning road record.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tennessee Titans at Buffalo Bills Sunday, 12\/4\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Buffalo -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Buffalo -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 44 Current Total:\u00a0 42.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Tennessee has alternated wins and losses over the past six games, traveling to Ralph Wilson Stadium.\u00a0 The Titans are 26-16 all-time against the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[127,1103,1065,503,6014,3720,301],"class_list":["post-19989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-chan-gailey","tag-chris-johnson","tag-matt-hasselbeck","tag-ralph-wilson-stadium","tag-ryan-fitzpatrick","tag-tennessee-titans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19989"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19999,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19989\/revisions\/19999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}