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Patrick Everson
FOX Sports Betting Analyst
Christmas is coming early for the public betting masses, thanks to NFL favorites going on a binge the past two weekends.
It started in Week 12, with favorites finishing 12-4 against the spread (ATS). It continued in the NFL Week 13 odds market, particularly on Sunday, when favorites were 9-1 straight up (SU) and 8-2 ATS heading into the Sunday night game.
Bettors piled up so much money by that point that not even a Green Bay Packers outright upset of the Kansas City Chiefs could get most bookmakers back in the black for NFL Week 13.
Oddsmakers from Las Vegas and across the country help rehash the weekend that was in NFL and college football betting.
Early Window Pain
In Sunday’s 1 p.m. ET games, favorites went 6-1 SU and ATS. And the only favorite that fell was the Pittsburgh Steelers, which didn’t draw much action because most bettors have no faith in the smoke-and-mirrors outfit. Pittsburgh, laying 6 points at home against Arizona, got beat outright 24-10.
The most public of teams, Miami and Detroit, both won to keep everybody’s moneyline parlays healthy. And both covered — the Dolphins easily as 8.5-point road faves in a 45-15 bashing of Washington and the Lions narrowly in a 33-28 road win as 4.5-point favorites vs. New Orleans.
“Dolphins by a million, so that was no good,” South Point sportsbook director Chris Andrews said. “Lions-Saints was a one-score game that didn’t get there for us. Falcons-Jets was a one-score game that didn’t get there. We needed the Broncos, another one-score game that didn’t get there.”
Atlanta, a 1.5-point road favorite, beat the New York Jets 13-8. Houston, a 3-point home fave, held off Denver 22-17.
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Compound Interest
Then came the FOX Game of the Week in the 4:05 p.m./4:25 p.m. ET mix of games. Philadelphia hosted San Francisco in a rematch of last…
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Publish date : 2023-12-04 17:09:23
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