The day after Tom Brady’s season ended, the Raiders emerged as the favorites to sign the seven-time Super Bowl champ. But those odds changed after the 49ers lost rookie quarterback Brock Purdy.
Betting
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Philadelphia Eagles QB Jalen Hurts are the +140 co-favorites at the Westgate SuperBook to be named Super Bowl MVP.
BetMGM took a $135,000 wager to win $100,000 on the Eagles on the money line (-135) over the Chiefs, and Caesars took a $110,000 bet on over the total of 49½.
The line for the NFL title game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles opened as a consensus pick’em at Las Vegas sportsbooks.
The Chiefs are 1½-point favorites over the Bengals on Sunday following several line moves since Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered a high ankle sprain.
Sharp bettors at the South Point were squarely on the Eagles all week as 2½-point favorites over the 49ers in Sunday’s NFC championship game.
The Kansas City Chiefs are 1-point favorites over the Cincinnati Bengals in Sunday’s AFC championship rematch after the favorite flipped twice this week.
The NFL conference championships are set, with the Eagles favored over the 49ers in the NFC and the Chiefs favored over the Bengals in the AFC.
The South Point took sharp action on the Bills -4 and -5 over the Bengals, and Circa Sports and Station Casinos also took sharp money on the Bills -4½.
Systemplays.com handicapper and Review-Journal NFL Challenge champion Doug Fitz analyzes the four divisional playoff games, with trends and final scores.
Houston furniture store owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale placed a pair of $1 million money-line bets that will pay a total of $3.35 million.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers opened as the favorites at DraftKings to bring back quarterback Tom Brady next season, but action on the Raiders has them favored now.
Three friends from Colorado won $100,000 for the last-place booby prize and $12,500 for tying for the quarterly prize for last place in the Circa Sports Million contest.
The NFL wild-card round ends Monday with the Tampa Buccaneers hosting the Dallas Cowboys, and Tom Brady is a home underdog in the playoffs for the first time in his career.
The bet was placed on the live money line (-12,500) when the Chargers had a 27-0 lead over Jacksonville late in the first half of Saturday’s NFL wild-card playoff game.