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Buffalo Bills at Houston Texans

Buffalo Bills
Houston Texans
· CBS· Reliant Stadium

Market

Book
+1.5
o44.5
Exchange
+1.2
48% HOU
Volume
1414k
contracts

Spreads are home-relative — negative means Houston Texans is favoured.

Our projection

how the number is built
Model
-2
Texans
Win prob
56%
Texans
Likely range
-15 to 18
8 in 10 games
Rating gap
1660 − 1671 = -0.4 pts
Shrunk ×0.644
-0.3 pts
Home field
+2.25 pts
Projected margin
+2.0 Texans

Point differential, shrunk and adjusted for home field. Fitted on 1,087 games (2022–25) and scored on seasons it never saw: 12.9 points of error against 14.0 for no model. Against the closing line on a full season it went 133–133 — exactly even, and the closing line predicted the margin better than this did. Use it to understand a game, not to beat a price. Neither side has played yet, so both ratings are last season’s.

The matchup

form, ratings and the series
Bills
Away
Our rating
1671#4
FPI rank
#22026
Record
not started
Point diff
last season's rating
Texans
Home
Our rating
1660#5
FPI rank
#122026
Record
not started
Point diff
last season's rating

Last 2 meetings

Texans 2–0
  • 2025 wk 12Bills at Texans1923Texans
  • 2024 wk 5Bills at Texans2023Texans

From the 2024 season on — earlier meetings are not stored.

Player props

exchange

The exchange lists a separate contract at every rung of a player's stat, so what you get is the market's whole probability curve rather than one posted number. The implied line is where that curve crosses 50% — the number a book would post, derived rather than quoted.

Kayshon BoutteReceiving yards
Implied line24.9
15+ · 67%90+ · 3%
8 rungs21,563 contracts
Jaylin NoelReceiving yards
Implied line14.7
15+ · 51%60+ · 8%
5 rungs14,603 contracts
Woody MarksRushing yards
Implied line25.5
15+ · 72%90+ · 4%
10 rungs11,658 contracts
C.J. StroudPassing yards
Implied line220
125+ · 90%350+ · 3%
10 rungs10,411 contracts
Josh AllenPassing yards
Implied line222
150+ · 87%350+ · 6%
9 rungs9,777 contracts
David MontgomeryRushing yards
Implied line54.1
30+ · 81%120+ · 5%
11 rungs9,575 contracts
James Cook IIIRushing yards
Implied line72.7
40+ · 84%150+ · 4%
12 rungs9,381 contracts
DJ MooreReceiving yards
Implied line45.1
15+ · 85%120+ · 3%
11 rungs7,106 contracts
James Cook IIIReceiving yards
Implied line19.3
15+ · 63%60+ · 6%
5 rungs7,038 contracts
Josh AllenRushing yards
Implied line30.3
15+ · 79%90+ · 3%
10 rungs6,304 contracts
Nico CollinsReceiving yards
Implied line68.1
40+ · 75%150+ · 3%
12 rungs6,283 contracts
C.J. StroudRushing yards
Implied line10
10+ · 52%40+ · 4%
6 rungs2,235 contracts
Dalton KincaidReceiving yards
Implied line37.7
15+ · 81%100+ · 4%
9 rungs2,038 contracts
Dalton SchultzReceiving yards
Implied line32.8
15+ · 79%90+ · 4%
8 rungs448 contracts
Xavier HutchinsonReceiving yards
Implied line16.1
15+ · 54%70+ · 6%
6 rungs316 contracts
Khalil ShakirReceiving yards
Implied line34.9
15+ · 80%100+ · 5%
9 rungs151 contracts

4 more ladders hidden — too few priced rungs or too little trading behind them to read a curve from.

Order flow

3,192 trades · $223,110
Houston Texans$71.21/trade
Money96%
Trades94%
Buffalo Bills$49.64/trade
Money4%
Trades6%

Share of money and share of trades among the side that crossed the spread to get filled, over the last 3,192 trades. This is exchange flow, not a sportsbook's handle — a different set of people, and a smaller pool.

Who has moved

consensus +1.2
VenueNowMovedvs cons.
DraftKings+1.50+0.27
Kalshi+0.9+0.79-0.28

Movement is measured from the first price we archived (2026-08-31), not from the market open. Spreads are home-relative.

Total · 44.5

288 trades · $8,402
Over 44.5$22.20/trade
Money19%
Trades25%

Trade count ahead of money — many small orders on this side.

Under 44.5$31.46/trade
Money81%
Trades75%

Money ahead of trade count — fewer, larger orders on this side.

Read at 44.5, the strike the market itself prices nearest a coin flip. Far rungs carry more contracts but they are longshots, not a view on the total.

Notable trades

12 orders · 32% of the money
  • Houston Texans10,051 @ 0.48$4,824500×
  • Houston Texans4,010 @ 0.48$1,925200×
  • Houston Texans3,829 @ 0.48$1,838191×
  • Houston Texans2,495 @ 0.48$1,198124×
  • Houston Texans2,412 @ 0.48$1,158120×
  • Houston Texans2,010 @ 0.48$965100×
  • Houston Texans2,010 @ 0.48$965100×
  • Houston Texans2,010 @ 0.48$965100×
  • Houston Texans2,000 @ 0.48$960100×
  • Houston Texans1,518 @ 0.48$72976×
  • Houston Texans1,339 @ 0.48$64367×
  • Buffalo Bills989 @ 0.53$52454×

Orders at least 5× the typical trade on this market (median $9.65), largest first, from the last 1,000 prints. Size, side and time are facts from the tape — who placed them, and why, is not something we can see.

Resting size

0.47 / 0.48 · 1¢ wide
5% Houston TexansBuffalo Bills 95%
$158,445 resting$3,001,447 resting

Dollars waiting to be filled on each side — what has not traded yet, which is the opposite of a handle figure. Resting orders can be pulled, so this is a picture of intent, not a prediction.

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