Notable bets: Oddsmakers debate NFL wild-card round spreads - ESPN

The Buffalo Bills are the biggest favorites of wild card weekend and the team that would cost some sportsbooks the most by making a Super Bowl run.

The Bills begin the week as 9.5-point favorites over the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers and with 6-1 odds to win the Super Bowl at ESPN BET. Entering December, Buffalo's Super Bowl odds could be found as long as 40-1.

The Bills are the biggest liability in Caesars Sportsbook's odds to win the Super Bowl.

«Forty-to-one will do that,» Craig Mucklow, vice president of trading for Caesars Sportsbook, said of the cause of the book's liability on Buffalo.

The San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns and Steelers also are net losers in Caesars' Super Bowl market entering the playoffs, Mucklow said.

John Murray, executive director of the SuperBook, likes his shop's position on its futures markets entering the postseason.

«We lose to the Eagles and the Steelers in the Super Bowl pool, but I'm not too worried about those teams,» Murray said. «We take a hit on the 49ers in the NFC and that is certainly something that looks very likely with them having home-field advantage.»

BetMGM reported Monday that the 49ers had attracted more money to win the Super Bowl from bettors than any other team. Sportsbooks will have plenty of time to mitigate their liabilities in the playoffs, starting with a wild card weekend that includes two road favorites that caused debate among Caesars' oddsmakers.

The Browns are 2.5-point favorites on the road at the Houston Texans in the first game Saturday. Adam Pullen, a veteran Las Vegas oddsmaker for Caesars, said he initially made the Browns-Texans line pick 'em.

«I could see the Browns being a small favorite,» Pullen said. «But 2.5, I think it's a