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Patrick Everson
FOX Sports Betting Analyst
It won’t take long for a major wager to settle up in the NFL Week 2 odds market.
In fact, we’ll know the result by the end of the Thursday night game.
“We took a larger sharp bet on the Dolphins on Sunday night: $110,000 on Dolphins -1.5,” Caesars Sports head of football trading Joey Feazel said.
So there’s a pretty good chance Caesars will need the road underdog Bills on Thursday night.
Oddsmakers and sharp bettors serve up their insights on Bills-Dolphins and more, as we dive into this week’s NFL betting nuggets.
No Mostert, No Problem?
Caesars Sports opened the Dolphins -1.5, and that aforementioned big bet quickly took the line to -2 on Sunday night. The line has been stable at Miami -2.5 since early Wednesday morning.
And that’s despite news coming later on Wednesday morning that Dolphins running back Raheem Mostert (chest) won’t play Thursday night.
“I think the Mostert news was surprising to us,” Feazel said, before explaining why the line remained Miami -2.5. “It really has to do with the Bills’ defensive performance vs. Arizona.”
In Week 1, Buffalo let the visiting Cardinals bolt out to a 17-3 lead. The Bills ultimately held on for a 34-28 win but didn’t cover as 6.5-point home favorites.
Feazel hopes Buffalo’s defense shows out better vs. Miami.
“With that big bet, we’ll need the Bills. But the public side looks like the Bills, and the sharp side is the Dolphins,” he said.
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NFL Rocks On FOX
In the 1 p.m. ET window on Sunday, FOX gets a matchup of playoff teams from last season. In fact, it’s a rematch of an NFC Divisional Round game, with the public darling Detroit Lions hosting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Detroit was a 6-point favorite and just barely covered in a 31-24 win over Tampa in that playoff tilt. Bettors and oddsmakers already like the Lions a little bit more this time around.
The…
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