Bills Escape LA in Wild Shootout, DarkHorse Over Cashes Easy

The Bills survived a West Coast thriller, outlasting the Rams 37-34 in a game that had more fireworks than a Fourth of July finale. Josh Allen and company did exactly what we predicted—they carved up a vulnerable Rams defense, putting up 37 points and making Sean McVay's unit look pedestrian. The 71 combined points sailed past our over 54.5, giving DarkHorse bettors a comfortable winner with room to spare.

Buffalo's offense was every bit the juggernaut we forecasted. Allen's aerial assault combined with the ground game kept LA's defense on its heels all afternoon, exploiting the exact mismatches we identified. The Rams, to their credit, held up their end of the bargain offensively—34 points is well above their season average and exactly the kind of contribution we needed from the home underdog to push this total over.

This wasn't some garbage-time backdoor cover either. Both offenses traded haymakers throughout, with defenses taking the afternoon off. The Rams' inability to get stops proved fatal in crunch time, but they scored enough to validate our read that Buffalo's defense would give up points. Sometimes you just tip your cap to the process—we called a shootout, got a shootout, and cashed accordingly.