Good Week for Sportsbooks<\/strong><\/h2>\nFour big underdogs helped deliver a winning day for sportsbooks. The Las Vegas Raiders were 7.5-point favorites over the winless New York Jets, but needed an inconceivable long touchdown pass in the final seconds to avoid embarrassment.<\/p>\n
The Seattle Seahawks were 10.5-point favorites, but were shocked at home by the New York Giants. The Minnesota Vikings needed overtime to beat the Jacksonville Jaguars as 10-point favorites. And in the Sunday night game, the Kansas City Chiefs were 14-point favorites over the Denver Broncos, but held onto victory.<\/p>\n
“When you see favorites getting upset and underdogs covering, it goes in our favor,\u201d Mannino said.<\/p>\n
The Raiders-Jets game featured one of the most bizarre finishes in memory. With a 27-14 lead entering the fourth quarter, the Raiders were -5,000 to win at PointsBet. But the Jets rallied and were about to celebrate their first win of the season.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
However, with 13 seconds remaining and the Raiders facing a third-and-10 from the Jets\u2019 46, New York sent a seven-man pressure. Without deep coverage, rookie receiver Henry Ruggs \u2013 arguably the fastest player in the NFL \u2013 ran past his defender for a 54-yard touchdown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cReally wild stuff,\u201d Mannino said. \u201cThat\u2019s the kind of defense you don\u2019t expect to see with 8 seconds on the clock. It was really remarkable play-calling in that situation.\u201d Jets defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, who made that remarkable call, was fired on Monday.<\/p>\n
The Jets are now -115 to go 0-16 at BetMGM.<\/strong><\/p>\n