Josh Allen-led Bills are riding 13-game home winning streak in preparing to host winless Saints

New Orleans - at Buffalo - Sunday p m EDT CBS BetMGM NFL odds Bills by Against the spread Bills - Saints - Series record Saints lead - Last meeting Bills beat Saints - on Nov in New Orleans Last week Saints lost to Seahawks - Bills beat Dolphins - Saints offense overall t rush pass scoring Saints defense overall rush pass scoring Bills offense overall rush pass scoring Bills defense overall rush pass scoring Turnover differential Saints even Bills plus- Saints participant to watch Fourth-year receiver Chris Olave whose playing future was unsure after at least the fourth concussion of his NFL career caused him to miss the last eight games of last season has made it through the first three games of this season without injury and leads the crew in catches with Bills participant to watch Though offseason free-agent addition Joshua Palmer has made an impact with eight catches for yards the fifth-year receiver has yet to display his stretch-the-field ability A big reason for that is opposing defenses protecting against the deep pass That could change as early as this weekend should the Saints crowd the line in a bid to contain RB James Cook who s yards rushing rank second in the NFL entering Week Key matchup Josh Allen versus Saints secondary Allen has combined for five touchdowns passes in two home games and is facing a defense that s allowed seven TD passes so far this season The Saints secondary is relatively stingy in allowing just yards passing per outing New Orleans however has allowed eight passes of or more yards including four against Seattle Key injuries The Saints played last week without starting RT Taliese Fuaga because of knee and back ailments that could continue to affect his availability this week DL Chase Young has yet to play this season after straining his calf during a Week practice Bills starting DT Ed Oliver ankle and LB Matt Milano pectoral remain question marks Oliver has missed two games and Milano one Starting right tackle Spencer Brown s status bears monitoring after missing practice Wednesday because of a calf injury Series notes New Orleans has won four of five at Buffalo and not lost there since Oct the teams first meeting at Orchard Park New York The Saints also have won five of the past six including a - win in their majority newest trip to Buffalo in which stands as the largest margin of triumph in series history Stats and stuff The Saints are seeking to avoid opening a season - for just the ninth time in organization history and first since QB Spencer Rattler had career-high completions to go with a TD pass in Week Rattler is the only QB with or more completions in each of the first three weeks of this season and has four games in a row with at least completions since last season Rattler has completed at least percent of his passes during his past two games RB Alvin Kamara had scrimmage yards and a TD rushing in his only career contest at Buffalo as a rookie in when Kamara also was the AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Kamara has catches and necessities six more to surpass Hall of Fame running back Marcus Allen for fifth the bulk by a running back all time TE Juwan Johnson had six catches for yards last week to give him at least five catches in five straight games Johnson ranks second among TEs in receptions with and fifth in yards receiving with this season Olave had a career-high catches last week for yards giving him three straight games with at least six catches His receptions rank second among WRs DE Cameron Jordan has nine tackles for losses in his past seven games DE Carl Granderson twice has had sacks in a encounter this season LB Pete Werner tied his career high with tackles and had his third career fumble recovery last week Werner has at least five tackles in each of his past games The Bills seek to get off to a - start for the first time since and just the th time in squad history Buffalo has won straight regular-season home games two short of matching the gang record spanning - The current run dates to a - loss to Denver on Nov Buffalo has scored on its opening drive in all three outings this season and is - when doing so going back to the start of Allen has committed one turnover an interception against New England on Dec in his past starts including playoffs He s - overall when not throwing an interception or losing a fumble The Bills have not committed a turnover in consecutive offensive snaps the NFL s longest streak since Cook has scored a TD rushing in seven straight regular-season outings matching the group record held by three players including O J Simpson Buffalo is - when topping yards rushing since the start of LB Terrel Bernard has had a hand in two of Buffalo s three takeaways this season both coming in the fourth quarter He recovered Derrick Henry s fumble in the opener and intercepted Miami s Tua Tagovailoa The Bills allowed Miami to convert of third down opportunities a week after limiting the Jets to of Fantasy tip Kamara remains a must-start but expectations should be measured The Bills might be statistically porous against the run but much of that is a upshot of allowing yards rushing in a season-opening - win over Baltimore The following week Buffalo limited Breece Hall to yards rushing in a - win at the New York Jets AP NFL https apnews com hub NFL Source