The excitement is building for the 2021 NFL season as the countdown to kickoff Week 1 of the regular season is dwindling. Ahead of what is expected to be another stellar season for the Buffalo Bills, they’ll kickstart their season by hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers at Highmark Stadium.
Even though there is still time between now and Week 1, it’s never too early to begin placing bets on NFL contests.
In this article, I’ll be highlighting my same game parlay picks for the showdown between the Steelers and the Bills. Same game parlays are when you take multiple bets from a game and parlay them into a single bet. This can include point totals, spreads, or prop bets.
For example, you could choose to wager on the spread for the Steelers, the under for the game, and for Josh Allen to throw for a certain amount of yards, though this isn’t necessarily what my picks will be.
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Pittsburgh Steelers vs Buffalo Bills Same Game Parlay Best Bet
Best Bet: Buffalo Bills alternate spread -2.5 (-235) at DraftKings
Entering Sunday’s game between the Bills and the Steelers, Buffalo is currently 6.5 point favorites over Pittsburgh. I believe the Bills could easily win by a touchdown, but since we are putting together a parlay, why not lower the spread a bit to increase our odds of winning?
While some people may be hesitant to say that Buffalo’s offense can repeat what they did from last season, I believe Allen and the offense could be even better. The Bills added Emmanuel Sanders to a receiving corps that already features Stefon Diggs, Cole Beasley, and Gabriel Davis. And even though they don’t have a running game that strikes fear into opponents, they have Allen and a group of running backs that can do enough to keep defenses honest.
En route to winning 15 games in 2020, the Bills won 13 of those by at least three points. Provided that, I’ll be taking Buffalo’s high-octane offense to defeat Pittsburgh by at least a field goal at home. The defense of the Steelers isn’t a terrible group, but Pittsburgh is operating with a brand new offensive line that is protecting an aging Ben Roethlisberger.
Best Bet: Race to 20 points - Buffalo Bills (-210) at DraftKings
Upon the addition of Diggs and the impressive turnaround in development from Allen, the Bills boasted the second-highest scoring offense in the NFL last season. Buffalo’s offense produced 31.3 points per game, which was only second to the Green Bay Packers and the NFL MVP in Aaron Rodgers.
Given their ability to score in bunches, it’s hard not to see the Bills being able to muster up 20 points at home versus the Steelers. The last time these two teams met last December, Buffalo was able to record 26 points to defeat Pittsburgh by 11 at home.
Throughout their incredible run to the AFC Championship Game last season, the Bills posted 20+ points in 15 of their 19 total games played. After seeing a small glimpse of the offense during the preseason together, I’m confident in saying that Buffalo will be the first to score 20 points against Pittsburgh.
Best Bet: Half Time/Full Time - Buffalo Bills (-140) at DraftKings
From the moment that the kickoff happens on Sunday, I believe the Bills are going to have firm control of the game. Buffalo’s offense doesn’t need any more of an introduction, so it’s their defense that could prevent them from obtaining their goal of reaching the Super Bowl this season. What the Bills need is more production in the pressure department as they created pressure on only 22.2% of their defensive snaps in 2020 (10th lowest mark in the NFL).
Luckily for the Bills, the Steelers will have a makeshift offensive line that has only two guys who have started in more than four games in a single season. It could be a long day for Roethlisberger and the offense if the offensive line shows any signs of struggles in Week 1.
Being as that I see the Bills gaining the lead early in the game and not letting go of it, I’ll take Buffalo to lead at halftime and to end the game. Combining the alternate spread of -2.5 in favor of the Bills, Buffalo to score 20 points first, and the Bills to lead at halftime/full time comes to +120 odds over on DraftKings.
Final odds: +120 at DraftKings
