Philip Rivers AFC Wild Card Round Passing Player Prop Bets - Insights, Tips, and Trends

Philip Rivers' Indianapolis Colts meet the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Wild Card Round on Saturday at Bills Stadium. Here's some insights and tips around Rivers' passing prop bets. Watch Rivers' Colts face off against the Bills on CBS at 1:05 PM ET.

Philip Rivers Passing Prop Bets (1/9/2021)

Betting Trends - Completions

• Rivers is averaging 23.1 completions per game, 2.6 more than the over/under in Saturday's game (20.5).
• In 11 of 16 games this season (68.8% of his opportunities), Rivers recorded more than 20.5 completions.
• Rivers has averaged 0.2 more completions per game than his season-long average prop bet total (22.9).
• Rivers has hit the over on completions prop bets in only seven of 16 games this year (43.8% of his chances).
• Rivers has gone over his average completions prop bet total (22.9 completions) in half of his games.
• In his three career matchups against the Bills, Rivers averages 20.3 completions per game, 0.2 fewer completions than his over/under in Saturday's game.
• In three career games versus the Bills, Rivers has surpassed this week's passing completions prop bet over/under of 20.5 completions one time.

Betting Trends - Attempts

• Rivers has averaged 34.0 passing attempts per game this season, 0.5 more than his prop bet for Saturday's game (33.5).
• In eight of 16 games this season (50%), Rivers has attempted more than 33.5 passes.
• Rivers averages 1.3 fewer passing attempts (34.0 per game) than his season average prop bet (35.3).
• In only five of his 16 games (31.2%), Rivers has surpassed his passing attempts prop bet total.
• Rivers has thrown the football more times than his average passing attempts prop bet total (35.3) in only 37.5% of his games in 2020 (six out of 16 opportunities).
• Over his three career matchups against the Bills, Rivers averages 28 pass attempts per game, 5.5 fewer attempts than his over/under in Saturday's game.
• Rivers has failed to outperform this week's prop bet over/under of 33.5 passing attempts in three career games against the Bills.

Betting Trends - Passing Yards

• Saturday's passing yards prop bet for Rivers is set at 267.5, 6.9 more yards than his season average of 260.6.
• In 43.8% of his games this season (seven of 16 matchups), Rivers has thrown for more than 267.5 yards.
• Rivers' average passing yards prop bet this season has been set at 271.6. On average, he's fallen short of that mark by 11.0 yards per game.
• Rivers has not covered his passing yards prop bet total in more than half his games, covering only seven out of 16 times (43.8%).
• Rivers' season-long passing yards prop bet average is 271.6, a number he's gone over in only six out of 16 games (37.5%).
• In his three career matchups against the Bills, Rivers averages 254.3 passing yards per game, 13.2 fewer yards than his over/under in Saturday's game.
• Oddsmakers have set Rivers' passing yards prop bet over/under for this game at 267.5 yards, a number he has failed to eclipse in three career games against the Bills.

Betting Trends - Passing Touchdowns

• Rivers' over/under for passing touchdowns in Saturday's game is 1.5, the same as his season average.
• Rivers has put up more than 1.5 passing touchdowns in 43.8% of his games this year (seven of 16).
• Rivers' average prop bet for passing touchdowns is an over/under of 1.6 per game. He is averaging 0.1 fewer passing touchdowns per game than that average.
• In only six of his 16 games (37.5%), Rivers has gone over on passing touchdown prop bets.
• Rivers has scored more than 1.6 passing touchdowns -- his season-long average passing touchdowns prop bet over under -- in just seven of his 16 games (43.8%).
• Over his three career matchups against the Bills, Rivers averages 2.3 touchdown passes per game, 0.8 more touchdowns than his over/under in Saturday's game.
• Rivers has surpassed Saturday's projected passing touchdowns total of 1.5 touchdowns three times in three career games against the Bills.

Betting Trends - Interceptions

• Rivers' per-game interception average -- 0.7 -- is 0.2 more than his prop bet over/under in Saturday's game (0.5).
• In 56.2% of his games this season (nine of 16), Rivers has thrown more than 0.5 interceptions.
• Rivers has thrown 0.1 fewer interceptions (0.7 per game) than his season average prop bet (0.8).
• In half of his games this season Rivers has been picked off more times than his interceptions prop bet total.
• In nine of his 16 games this season (56.2%), Rivers has surpassed his average interceptions prop bet total of 0.8 interceptions.
• Over his three career matchups against the Bills, Rivers threw zero interceptions per game, 0.5 fewer interceptions than his over/under in Saturday's game.
• Rivers has failed to exceed this week's prop bet over/under of 0.5 interceptions in three total games against the Bills.

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