Buffalo Bills vs LA Chargers Prediction, Lines and Odds Week 16 Saturday Night Football

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Josh Allen (17) celebrates his 1-yard touchdown tally against nan Cowboys.

Buffalo Bills backmost Josh Allen (17) celebrates his 1-yard touchdown tally against nan Cowboys.

Saturday Night Football features Buffalo expected to easy seashore to triumph complete nan LA Chargers arsenic 12.5-point favorites
Both teams are 10-4 to nan Under successful totals betting this season
Get nan Bills vs Chargers odds, picks, and predictions for Saturday nighttime here

The Bills are abruptly rolling, now 8-6 SU aft 2 consecutive wins and spell to Los Angeles to look nan spiralling Chargers, 5-9 SU connected Saturday night. Buffalo comes successful arsenic immense 12.5-point favorites successful nan Bills vs Chargers likelihood looking apt to push that winning streak to 3 games.

Read connected for nan afloat Bills vs Chargers likelihood and our apical Buffalo vs Los Angeles prediction here.

Bills vs Chargers Odds

Team Spread Moneyline Total

Buffalo	-12.5 (-110)	-900	Over 43.5 (-115)
Los Angeles	+12.5 (-110)	+600	Under 43.5 (-105)

Buffalo astatine -12.5 and -900 favorites connected nan moneyline person an implied probability of 90% to triumph successful nan Bills vs Chargers odds. The full has risen from 42.5 to 43.5 pinch nan Over still juiced to -115.

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How to Watch Buffalo vs LA

Viewers successful nan United States tin watch this Bills vs Chargers crippled connected Saturday nighttime connected Peacock while viewers successful Canada tin watch connected DAZN aliases TSN.

Bills vs Chargers Head-to-Head History

These teams past played successful 2020 pinch Buffalo winning 27-17. Los Angeles has won six of 8 caller games but that goes measurement backmost to 2005, truthful there’s nary existent caller history to see for this weekend.

Buffalo vs Los Angeles Public Betting Trends

Both nan money and stake count percentages are good complete 70% connected nan Bills successful NFL nationalist betting for this crippled erstwhile it comes to against nan dispersed picks. The money count is much divided connected nan moneyline, but complete 90% of nan bets are backing Buffalo to triumph consecutive up. There is besides a immense concensus connected nan Over successful Bills vs Chargers nationalist betting.

Bills Heating Up With Wins Over Cowboys & Chiefs

It was only a fewer weeks agone that nan Bills looked successful superior jeopardy of missing nan playoffs aft conscionable 1 triumph successful 4 games and that triumph coming against nan Jets.

But Buffalo went to overtime pinch nan Eagles earlier losing 37-34 successful Week 13, and past won 20-17 complete Kansas City successful Week 14 and 31-10 complete Dallas past play successful Week 15.

Buffalo rolled a Dallas squad that had looked for illustration 1 of nan champion teams successful nan convention having been connected a five-game winning streak.

They did truthful pinch Josh Allen only throwing for 94 yards and 1 touchdown. But nan tally crippled was much than capable to get nan occupation done pinch James Cook rushing for 179 yards and nan Bills combining for 266 full rushing yards.

"I deliberation he very good whitethorn beryllium bringing himself into nan MVP speech pinch really he has played successful those large games."@jjones9 loves really overmuch Josh Allen has been stepping up erstwhile it matters astir pic.twitter.com/kFh8N3XSlK

— NFL connected CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) December 18, 2023

Chargers Allow Most Points successful Franchise History, Fire Staley

This Chargers squad already looked dormant successful nan h2o pinch conscionable 1 triumph successful 5 games anterior to past week’s Thursday Night Football game. That 1 triumph was a hideous 6-0 triumph complete New England.

Then they went connected nan roadworthy to Las Vegas and sewage wholly tally disconnected nan section successful losing 63-21. That costs caput coach Brandon Staley and wide head Tom Telesco their jobs. Giff Smith, extracurricular linebackers coach, has been tabbed arsenic nan interim caput coach and JoJo Wooden interim GM.

"It doesn't hap very often wherever nan communicative I'm talking astir has breaking news while I'm talking astir it."

— @ColinCowherd reacts successful real-time to Chargers firing Brandon Staley pic.twitter.com/g8L4uUcOuT

— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) December 15, 2023

Easton Stick did propulsion for 257 yards and 3 touchdowns, but each of that was successful garbage clip arsenic nan Raiders led 42-0 astatine halftime, 49-0 successful nan 3rd 4th and moreover 63-7 successful nan 4th quarter.

So it’s losses successful 5 of six for LA, successful a agelong that has seen them people an mean of 12.8 PPG successful their past five. The Chargers are besides 1 of nan worst ATS teams being conscionable 5-9 ATS, a people that is amended than only 4 teams.

Bills vs Chargers Head-to-Head Stats

8-6 /6-8	Record / ATS	5-9 / 5-9
6th (27.1)	PPG Scored	17th (21.6)
4th	YPG Offense	15th
8th	Passing YPG	10th
6th	Rushing YPG	27th
4th (18.1)	PPG Allowed	28th (24.6)
12th	YPG Allowed	29th
9th	Passing YPG Allowed	30th
T-15th	Rushing YPG Allowed	18th

*Stats heading into Week 16

Bills vs Chargers Prediction

Not only has LA been losing SU of late, but they’re besides 1-5 ATS successful their past six. However, they’ve ne'er been double-digit underdogs this season.

The Chargers are 10-4 to nan Under this play and are presently connected 4-1 and 10-2 Under runs.

After a streak that saw them spell 0-6 ATS, Buffalo is now 3-1 ATS successful their past four.

Buffalo conscionable held Dallas (10) and Kansas City (17) to a mixed 27 points which has resulted successful their past 2 games going Under. They’re 10-4 to nan Under overall, tied for nan highest number of Unders and are 6-1 to nan Under successful their past seven.

After immense wins complete Dallas and KC, this could look for illustration a letdown spot for nan Bills. And nan Chargers could get that “new coach bump” pinch Staley retired nan door. But Buffalo is conscionable rounding into shape aft a mediocre agelong a fewer weeks ago. They tin still triumph nan AFC East and are still connected nan extracurricular looking successful for nan playoffs. And … nan Chargers person Easton Stick astatine QB.

Allen is 3rd successful touchdown passes and should carve up nan Chargers’ 30th classed secondary. This is nary clip to fto up for Buffalo and they should cruise to victory.

Bills vs Chargers Picks: Bills (-12.5)

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