Lions vs. Bills prediction: Expect a scoring bonanza on Thursday Night Football

With 60,000 members of Bills Mafia christening a brand-new stadium on primetime, you’d think that would be enough of a spectacle. The impending fireworks between the Bills and Lions add a whole different dimension of appointment viewing.  Detroit and Buffalo have cemented their reputations as two of the NFL’s highest-powered offenses in recent years, ranking No.1 and No.

2 in points per game over the last 50 regular-season games, at 29.7 and 28.8, respectively.Last week, they scored a collective 67 points.The Bills secured a 36-31 win over the Texans in a back-and-forth thriller that featured eight lead changes.Josh Allen’s remarkable efforts amounted to 357 total yards and four total scores against an elite Houston defense.

A 34-yard touchdown strike to Joshua Palmer with 1:36 remaining is the exact kind of high-wire football the Bills have patented.Detroit also came way too close for comfort against a seemingly inferior Saints team.The Lions threw away a 21-point lead in the second half before New Orleans’ missed two-point conversion in overtime handed a 31-30 decision to Detroit.

The premier talents of Jahmyr Gibbs and Amon-Ra St.Brown produced as expected, with each catching a pair of touchdowns.The last meeting between these two resulted in a 48-42 points parade won by the Bills in December 2024.

More of the same is expected here, with an stratospheric point total that’s crept to 54.5.As intimidating as this number is, 53 percent of DraftKings bettors are taking the Over, and there’s good reason to agree with them. The Bills made a concerted effort to address their leaky run defense in the offseason.They hired Jim Leonhard from Denver and moved to a 3-4 scheme to scrap their conservative tendencies from the prior regime.

It made for a whole lot of nothing last week: Houston gained 124 yards on the ground while David Montgomery pounded the ball into the end zone twice. Now comes Gibbs, who consistently beat the Saints’ front seven to the ...