Gamblers lined up at the Westgate SuperBook to take the first crack at the book’s massive menu of Super Bowl prop bets. Here is some of what they bet.
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Raiders owner Mark Davis, who fired another coach Tuesday, needs to come to terms that this isn’t a well-run organization on the football side of things.
Freed from the ineptitude of Josh McDaniels and Dave Ziegler, the Raiders’ new regime would be best suited to bottom out and acquire as much draft capital as possible.
Chiefs bettors suffered a bad beat when Patrick Mahomes slid down to run out the clock rather than score a TD in a 23-20 win on a Taylor Swift-saturated broadcast.
Josh McDaniels made the correct decision to start rookie quarterback Aidan O’Connell, but the coach and his team was again overmatched in a loss to the Chargers.
Chandler Jones, the 33-year-old veteran Raiders edge rusher, is sporting a leaner frame this spring, with 250 pounds on his 6-foot-5-inch build instead of 265.
It’s a good thing for the Raiders that Brady has retired, given the regression seen in his game this past season.
Raiders bettors cashed their tickets as 9½-point underdogs. But most of the money was on San Francisco, which led 34-27 before winning 37-34 in overtime.
Playing in place of a benched Derek Carr, Jarrett Stidham threw for 365 yards and three touchdowns in the Raiders’ overtime loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the consensus choice of several bookmakers and bettors to regress from last season’s 13-4 record and perhaps be the NFL’s biggest underachiever.
After the NFL draft, the Westgate SuperBook substantially lowered the odds on four teams to win the 2023 Super Bowl and raised the odds on four others.
While off-field drama has made it difficult, this Raiders team has somehow managed to keep its focus on football.
New defensive coordinator Gus Bradley needs what team doesn’t have — Mike Trout in shoulder pads.
Books won big again Sunday as underdogs went 8-3 ATS with six outright wins heading into Cowboys-Eagles on “Sunday Night Football.”
Las Vegas disregarded its history of cowering to challenging climates in beating Cleveland 16-6 on Sunday before 10,972 at FirstEnergy Stadium.