ORCHARD PARK - If the Las Vegas oddsmakers have Thursday night’s game between the Buffalo Bills and Houston Texans pegged properly with an over-under set at 43.5 points, a very clear trend for the visiting team comes into play.

The Bills have played four games this season where the combined point total was 43 or less, and they have lost three of those to New England, Atlanta and Miami. Their lone win came in Week 2, a 30-10 blowout over the hapless Jets . In the six games where the point total was above 43, the Bills have won every time.

What that means as it pertains to Thursday night is that the Bills’ defense needs to play an excellent game because the Texans’ defense is, according to several statistical measures, the best in the NFL and points are going to be difficult to come by

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