Patrick Everson
FOX Sports Betting Analyst
NFL Week 6 odds are a memory now, and a rather great memory for the public betting masses, who cleaned up.
Per usual, there’s plenty of people playing Monday morning quarterback. So we at FOX Sports are gonna join in by playing Tuesday morning quarterback for the sports betting crowd.
If there’s one thing recreational bettors love, it’s wagering on parlays. And that’s understandable. Betting a little to win a lot is appealing, like the lottery, or in this instance, perhaps a mini-lottery. However, remember this, too: Parlays are a bookmaker’s best friend.
That being said, what if I told you that betting $10 on: a three-time Pro Bowl receiver with 40+ career touchdowns to score first; a receiver with four 1,000-yard seasons to score first; a favorite with the first overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft to win straight up; a team that made the NFC title game to cover a less than four-point spread; and a game involving the reigning MVP and Heisman winners to go over 50 points would profit you over $5,000?
In Week 6, it would have. So with that in mind, here’s this week’s edition of …
Woulda Coulda Shoulda
Wouldn’t it have been nice to turn 10 bucks into, oh, $5,600 or so? The following five-team parlay in DraftKings Sportsbook’s NFL Week 6 odds would’ve done just that:
A.J. Brown +750 to score the first touchdown in Eagles-Browns gameChris Godwin to score the first TD in Buccaneers-Saints gameBears moneyline -120 vs. JaguarsLions -3.5 (-112) vs. CowboysCommanders-Ravens Over 50.5 total points
Midway through the first quarter, Philadelphia wideout Brown found the end zone for that game’s first touchdown. Tampa Bay wideout Godwin was even more efficient, scoring less than five minutes into the game.
Chicago was a modest favorite vs. Jacksonville, playing in London. But it was pretty much all Bears, all day in a 35-16 victory. And Detroit made even easier work of…
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Publish date : 2024-10-15 03:07:19
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