Three of four popular favorites in the afternoon games covered the spread and went over the total, as the Buccaneers, Chiefs and Chargers cashed tickets for bettors.
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Undefeated Seattle, led by -150 NFL MVP favorite Russell Wilson, is coming off a bye, and Arizona is coming off a short week after crushing Dallas 38-10 on Monday night.
Books had a banner day thanks to underdogs going 8-4 ATS with five outright upsets, including Tampa Bay’s 38-10 win over Green Bay and Denver’s 18-12 victory over New England.
A veteran Las Vegas oddsmaker translates common refrains from bookmakers describing how the sportsbook did, from food references to “Even the Mush wins this week.”
Leave it to a team from Las Vegas to beat the odds and pull off the biggest upset of the NFL season.
Three Las Vegas oddsmakers put Seattle’s Russell Wilson, Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes and Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers at the top of the list of most valuable quarterbacks.
Overs have cashed at a 61 percent clip (36-23-2) this season after going 6-1-1 in the Sunday morning games and 7-4-2 overall in NFL Week 4.
Seattle, last in the NFL in total defense, had 25 names appear on this week’s injury list. Safety Jamal Adams and running back Chris Carson are questionable for Sunday’s game.