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Buffalo Bills vs New York Giants

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

Bills is the better survivor pick this week

Bills score 0.388 equity (52.7% win probability) against Giants at 0.324 — a real gap of 0.064.

BUF team page →NYG team page →

This week

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

@ HOUOpponentvs DAL

52.7%Win prob40.7%

0.388Equity score0.324

−1.5Spread11/11 books+3.0

44.5Game total48.0

= 0.000Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot▼ 0.002

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

These two teams are not scheduled to meet this season.

All-time series: 7 meetings · BUF 3 — NYG 4. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2025 · week 1

1601.7ELO rating1390.8

#2ELO rank#28

12-5Record4-13

AFC EastDivisionNFC East

#2Division rank#4

L 3 · W +3 · W +27 · L 1 · W +3Last 5newest firstW +17 · W +24 · L 3 · L 8 · L 18

Defense vs position

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

13.1 · #4vs QB18.3 · #25

24.4 · #25vs RB25.8 · #29

26.5 · #5vs WR33.7 · #24

—vs TE11.4 · #8

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

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

1.95 (2025)Sacks / game2.24 (2025)

7.84Pressures / game8.41

22-13Primetime record2021–2025 standalone windows3-18

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 motion30.8% · #32

11.6% · #13Play action10.8% · #18

5.4% · #13RPO9.3% · #2

4.4% · #9Screen pass3.1% · #20

4.7% · #22No huddle17.4% · #3

42.6% · #29Shotgun64.8% · #6

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

31.3% · #17Man coverage40.3% · #7

26.4% · #20Blitz (5+ rushers)30.5% · #9

34.2% · #2Pressure30.2% · #17

BUF scheme profile →NYG 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

New York Giants

Andrew ThomasTFull Participation in Practice
Anthony Johnson Jr.SafetyOut
Art GreenCornerbackQuestionable
Bryan HudsonCFull Participation in Practice
Bryce Ford-WheatonWide ReceiverInjured Reserve
Cam SkatteboRunning BackOut
Chris BoardLinebackerQuestionable
Cor'Dale FlottCornerbackOut
Daniel BellingerTight EndQuestionable
Dante MillerRunning BackOut
Darius AlexanderDefensive TackleOut
Darius MuasauLinebackerQuestionable

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