Net Yards Per Play Report: Chiefs Rise in Rankings After Dominant Win Over 49ers

Net Yards per Play is a fantastic starting point for researching who you should bet on in the NFL. It's a stat that takes the amount of yards gained per play on offense, subtracted by the amount of yards given up per play on defense.

Last week, the Bills were first in the NFL in this statistic at +1.8. Their lead on the rest of the NFL has grown after the 49ers stumbled in a big way against the Chiefs.

Here are the latest rankings in this stat, heading into Week 8 of the NFL season.

Chiefs Surge Up Standings Following Impressive Win

Two of the biggest movers this week was the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs. After a dominant 44-23 win over the 49ers, the Chiefs moved up to fourth in net yards per play, while the 49ers dropped from the number two spot, down to the number three spot.

Meanwhile, the Tennessee Titans are still in last place, but they gained some ground on the Steelers after beating the Colts on Sunday. Their metric improved from -1.4 to -1.1.

Interesting Net Yards per Play Matchups for NFL Week 8

As always, you should look deeper into your bets than just net yards per play, but based on this specific stat, there are some intriguing betting lines of NFL Week 8.

For example, the 49ers are only 1.5-point favorites over the Rams, despite outranking them by 19 spots on the list.

Also, the Bills are double-digit favorites over the Packers, despite the Packers being an average team based on their net yards per play rankings.

Finally, this week we'll see a matchup between the second best team in net yards per play, the Eagles, against the second worst team in net yards per play, the Steelers. The Eagles are set as 10.5-point favorites.

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