Road favorites capped off a historic week after the Buffalo Bills held off the New York Jets on Monday Night Football. All nine teams that entered Week 6 as road favorites won and covered the spread, the most teams to achieve that feat without a loss in a single week since the NFL/AFL merger in 1970.
A perfect sweep…
Road favorites finish 9-0 straight up and against the spread in Week 6 and are 12-0 SU/ATS over the last two weeks. https://t.co/jhUn6QYfEa
— Evan Abrams (@EvanHAbrams) October 15, 2024
Bills vs. Jets was the closest of the nine games that featured a road favorite on the winning end. The Monday night matchup featured a Hail Mary, a flurry of penalties on both sides (22 penalties total), and two field goal attempts off the uprights. The Bills pulled out the win after a stunning interception from Bills defensive back Taron Johnson late in the fourth quarter ended the Jets' final drive.
But there were plenty of dominant performances from road teams in Week 6. Seven of the nine games had a win with a double-digit margin, and the Texans, Buccaneers, and Lions all won by at least 20 points in their games.
Road Favorites Go 9-0 in Week 6
| Home Team | Visitor Team | Odds | Margin of Victory |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | Buffalo Bills | Bills -1.5 | 3 |
| New York Giants | Cincinnati Bengals | Bengals -4.5 | 10 |
| Dallas Cowboys | Detroit Lions | Lions -3.5 | 38 |
| Carolina Panthers | Atlanta Falcons | Falcons -6 | 18 |
| Denver Broncos | Los Angeles Chargers | Chargers -3 | 7 |
| Las Vegas Raiders | Pittsburgh Steelers | Steelers -3.5 | 19 |
| New Orleans Saints | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Buccaneers -3.5 | 24 |
| New England Patriots | Houston Texans | Texans -6.5 | 20 |
| Seattle Seahawks | San Francisco 49ers | 49ers -4 | 12 |
This week also marked the first successful week for the public all season (10-3-1 ATS), much to the chagrin of oddsmakers. Eight of the nine road favorites were getting at least 51% of betting tickets — only the Chargers (40%) weren't the public side among the nine road favorites.
The Bills were a heavy public team in Monday's matchup. They garnered 79% of the bets and 53% of the money bet on the spread, according to Action Network's public betting data. Zachary Lucas, director of retail sports at TwinSpires, told Vegas Insider's Patrick Everson that a Bills win "would result in the worst week of NFL I've ever seen here."
On the other side of that coin, it was a much-needed win for the public. Entering Week 6, the betting public was 26-44-2 ATS, its worst start through five weeks in the last 20 years.
