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Patrick Everson
FOX Sports Betting Analyst
There’s one game that really jumps out on the NFL Week 7 oddsboard: The Kansas City Chiefs travel to meet the San Francisco 49ers in a rematch of Super Bowl LVIII.
No question, that matchup will be heavily bet. But as the weekend approaches, a more intriguing trend is developing on the second-biggest contest: the Detroit Lions vs. the Minnesota Vikings.
“This is shaping up to be a Pros vs. Joes matchup. The public really likes the Lions, and the sharps like the Vikings,” Caesars Sports head of football trading Joey Feazel said.
To see how both games unfold, you won’t even have to change the channel, as Lions-Vikings/Chiefs-49ers make up the FOX NFL doubleheader.
Oddsmakers and sharp bettors serve up their insights on those two clashes and a handful of other games, as we dive into NFL Week 7 betting nuggets.
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In the 1 p.m. ET window on Sunday, the Lions-Vikings game leads the way. Minnesota is atop the league both on the field and vs. the point spread, at 5-0 straight up (SU) and against the spread (ATS). Detroit is 4-1 SU and ATS, coming off a 47-9 blasting of the Dallas Cowboys on the road.
Oh, and in case you need reminding: Since the middle of the 2022 NFL season, no team is better at beating the spread than the Lions. Detroit has been as close as possible to an ATM for bettors, going 27-8 ATS and a nearly-as-good 26-9 SU in its last 35 games.
So it makes perfect sense that the public betting masses are on Jared Goff & Co.
“We’ve seen the line move toward the Vikings, but the money is coming in on the Lions,” Feazel said Wednesday afternoon.
Caesars opened Lions-Vikings at Minnesota -1.5 and got to -2.5 by Tuesday morning. However, by Wednesday evening, the Vikes fell back to -1.5, perhaps another indicator of sharp bettors taking the Lions and the points.
At 4:25 p.m. ET on Sunday, it’s Chiefs-49ers, with San Fran hoping to exact some revenge for a…
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