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Buffalo Bills vs Dallas Cowboys

Real survivor-pool comparison built on the same validated tables the team pages use — de-vigged market win probability and equity, spreads and totals, ELO ranks, defense vs position, charted scheme tendencies, recent form and current injuries. Green marks the better league rank.

Week 1 verdict

Cowboys is the better survivor pick this week

Cowboys score 0.426 equity (59.3% win probability) against Bills at 0.389 — a real gap of 0.037.

BUF team page →DAL team page →

This week

2026 week 1 · de-vigged consensus from live_game_lines + equity_scores

@ HOUOpponent@ NYG

52.8%Win prob59.3%

0.389Equity score0.426

−1.5Spread11/11 books−3.0

45.0Game total48.0

▼ 0.008Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot▼ 0.001

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

These two teams are not scheduled to meet this season.

All-time series: 6 meetings · BUF 3 — DAL 3. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2025 · week 1

1601.7ELO rating1485.3

#2ELO rank#19

12-5Record7-9-1

AFC EastDivisionNFC East

#2Division rank#2

L 3 · W +3 · W +27 · L 1 · W +3Last 5newest firstL 17 · W +7 · L 17 · L 8 · L 14

Defense vs position

ppr allowed per game · 2025 through week 18 · lower rank = tougher

13.1 · #4vs QB23.3 · #32

24.4 · #25vs RB25.7 · #28

26.5 · #5vs WR39.3 · #32

—vs TE12.3 · #12

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

tested and published as flat: neither predicts survivor outcomes beyond the market

1.95 (2025)Sacks / game2 (2025)

7.84Pressures / game10.76

22-13Primetime record2021–2025 standalone windows24-13-1

Both of these are context, not edge. Our own tests found DL strength (finding #10) and primetime risk (finding #11) statistically flat once the market price is accounted for.

Scheme tendencies — offense

ftn charting · 2025 season · rank 1 = highest rate

50.2% · #6Pre-snap motion47.1% · #11

11.6% · #13Play action13.0% · #5

5.4% · #13RPO4.1% · #18

4.4% · #9Screen pass2.7% · #27

4.7% · #22No huddle7.8% · #11

42.6% · #29Shotgun51.7% · #22

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

31.3% · #17Man coverage26.0% · #25

26.4% · #20Blitz (5+ rushers)28.4% · #12

34.2% · #2Pressure31.8% · #11

BUF scheme profile →DAL scheme profile →

Injury report

2026 week 1 · nflverse + highlightly

Buffalo Bills

Baylon SpectorLinebackerInjured Reserve
Brad RobbinsPunterQuestionable
Brandin CooksWide ReceiverOut
Cam LewisCornerbackQuestionable
Chase LundtOffensive TackleOut
Christian BenfordCornerbackOut
Cole BishopSafetyQuestionable
Curtis SamuelWide ReceiverOut
Daequan HardyCornerbackQuestionable
Dalton KincaidTight EndOut
DaQuan JonesDefensive TackleQuestionable
Darnell SavageSafetyOut

Dallas Cowboys

Ajani CorneliusTLimited Participation in Practice
Alijah ClarkSafetyOut
Bruce HarmonCornerbackQuestionable
Caelen CarsonCornerbackOut
CeeDee LambWide ReceiverOut
Christian MatthewCornerbackQuestionable
Cooper BeebeCenterQuestionable
DeMarvion OvershownLinebackerQuestionable
Donovan WilsonSafetyQuestionable
Earnest Brown IVDefensive EndQuestionable
Hakeem AdenijiOffensive TackleOut
Jack SanbornLinebackerOut

Relevant to this matchup

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