Despite blowing its role as Super Bowl chalk in 2022, the Bills should again be Super Bowl contenders this year. Following its inability to reach the AFC title game in two straight seasons, there’s a bit of tension in Buffalo. Especially when many fans, gamblers, and players expected a title. Buffalo has been good for a while, but it’s time for them to show up in January. Still, the Bills remain a top draw in the NFL odds future market.
Team Overview 2023 Buffalo Bills
2023 Buffalo Bills Schedule
- Week 1: 9/11 at. New York Jets (Monday), 8:15 PM, ESPN/ABC
- Week 2: 9/17 vs. Las Vegas Raiders, 1:00 PM, CBS
- Week 3: 9/24 at. Washington Commanders, 1:00 PM, CBS
- Week 4: 10/1 vs. Miami Dolphins, 1:00 PM, CBS
- Week 5: 10/8 vs. Jacksonville Jaguars (London), 9:30 AM, NFL Network
- Week 6: 10/15 vs. New York Giants, 8:20 PM, NBC
- Week 7: 10/22 at New England Patriots, 1:00 PM, CBS
- Week 8: 10/29 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 8:15 PM, Amazon Prime Video
- Week 9: 11/5 at. Cincinnati Bengals, 8:20 PM, NBC
- Week 10: 11/12 vs. Denver Broncos, 8:15 PM, ESPN
- Week 11: 11/19 vs. New York Jets, 4:25 PM, CBS
- Week 12: 11/26 at Philadelphia Eagles, 4:25 PM, CBS
- Week 13: BYE WEEK
- Week 14: 12/10 at. Kansas City Chiefs, 4:25 PM, CBS
- Week 15: 12/17 vs. Dallas Cowboys, 4:25 PM, FOX
- Week 16: 12/24 at. Los Angeles Chargers, 8:00 PM, Peacock
- Week 17: 12/31 vs. New England Patriots, 1:00 PM, CBS
- Week 18: 1/7 at. Miami Dolphins, TBD, TBD
The Bills are set to play in a franchise record six primetime games this season, surpassing the previous team-high set in 2022 of five such games. Specifically, the Bills have three consecutive primetime games stretching from Week 8 to 10. At the beginning is a Thursday night matchup with Tampa Bay at Highmark Stadium on Oct. 26. Next is a highly anticipated offshore betting rematch with the Bengals in Cincinnati on Sunday Night Football (Nov. 5).
And then the primetime slate continues the following week at home against Denver and new head coach Sean Payton. The game is on Monday Night Football on Nov. 13. On Saturday, Dec. 23, the Bills travel to Los Angeles to face the Chargers,m exclusively streamed on Peacock. It will be the first-ever NFL game broadcast exclusively on Peacock. Last year Buffalo was 5-0 in primetime games.
2023 Buffalo Bills Offseason Moves
Josh Allen led the league in team touchdown percentage in 2022 (84%). However, the Bills’ offense struggled with consistency toward the end of the year. Buffalo invested around the quarterback by drafting tight end Dalton Kincaid in the first round. Correlate that Kincaid will give Allen a big target in the middle of the field. Also, the Bills added Trent Sherfield, Deonte Harty, and fifth-round pick Justin Shorter to the wide receiver room.
Moreover, Buffalo is bringing in significant NFL betting odds depth for the interior of the offensive line. They have free agent additions and drafting O’Cyrus Torrence in the second round.
The loss of Tremaine Edmunds is significant for the Bills’ defense. But they retained safety Jordan Poyer and linebacker Matt Milano to maintain stability. Also, they boosted their offensive line by signing tackle Connor McGovern. But their other free-agency moves have been fairly lackluster.
Edmunds‘ departure in free agency was slightly offset by Buffalo drafting Dorian Williams. In turn, Williams played a top-10 coverage grade among FBS off-ball linebackers in two of his last three seasons at Tulane.