NFL Football

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Las Vegas > @Cincy.
Cincinnati favored by 5½ 6.

Home team favored in every instance this year. Of course, I'm wishing for the visitors in 4 out of 5 games.

Odds To Win Super Bowl 56 (2/13/22)
One casino, BetMGM, others at link
Descending order

Green Bay Packers
Kansas City
Buffalo Bills
Tennessee Titans
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Los Angeles Rams
Dallas Cowboys
Arizona Cardinals
Cincinnati Bengals
New England Patriots
San Francisco 49ers
Las Vegas Raiders
Philadelphia Eagles
Pittsburgh Steelers

Poor 49ers, Raiders, Eagles and Steelers, all teams I'm rooting for . Again, go Bills vs Rams.

I was pessimistic through much of the game, but LV hung in there and came up 9 yards short of OT with a PAT or the win with a 2 point try, 19-26. The casinos were close, Cincinnati beat the spread by just 1. Congrats to the Bengals, first playoff win in 31 years!

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Derek Carr...
4th and goal, throws it into double coverage short of the endzone......wtf?

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So I'm not that clear on how casino/sports betting goes, but it looks like the house would have lost a lot if the Las Vegas team had won. Hmmmmmm.

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So I'm not that clear on how casino/sports betting goes, but it looks like the house would have lost a lot if the Las Vegas team had won. Hmmmmmm.

Nah, the house is not betting on the favorite, hence the spread is adjusted through the week. The house wins regardless with its cut unless there are a ton of late bets on the eventual spread beater, whether it's the favorite or underdog.

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Excuse me touchdown.....yeah it was.

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I hope Mitch Trubisky is gaining a lot of knowledge watching Josh Allen play.

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So I'm not that clear on how casino/sports betting goes, but it looks like the house would have lost a lot if the Las Vegas team had won. Hmmmmmm.

Nah, the house is not betting on the favorite, hence the spread is adjusted through the week. The house wins regardless with its cut unless there are a ton of late bets on the eventual spread beater, whether it's the favorite or underdog.

If you bet a TB friend $100 and your Philly +8 won the friend would pay you $100. Not so in Vegas. At this site you'll see:

Philly +8 -110

That "-110" represents the house cut. If you click on that box you'll see this popup:

PHI Eagles +8 Spread −110
PHI Eagles @ TB Buccaneers
$ (100, your bet)
Payout: $190.90

So, that missing $9.10 is the house cut. Same for TB beating the spread. Thus, the house wins either way unless there was huge action on the winner. In this case there will be cheating investigations and spread setters getting fired.

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I hope Mitch Trubisky is gaining a lot of knowledge watching Josh Allen play.

He gets paid either way. He may even have to work a bit in the 4th the way it's going.

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The Clinic is open for business in Buffalo.

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The Clinic is open for business in Buffalo.

Buh-bye, Bill P.

I hope Mitch Trubisky is gaining a lot of knowledge watching Josh Allen play.

He gets paid either way. He may even have to work a bit in the 4th the way it's going.

Or not . That's pretty bad when you're worried about being Trubisky-ed in a 47-10 game. They're lucky that Allen didn't get hurt late. The Pats had no incentive to play nice. Fwiw:
21/25 308 Yds 5 TD! 0 Int 157.6 QBRat!

Vegas concensus

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@Buffalo > Pats.
Buffalo favored by 4.
30 points. Opps, Vegas blew that one.

Home team favored in every instance this year. Of course, I'm wishing for the visitors in 4 out of 5 games.

Could be my only win.

Odds To Win Super Bowl 56 (2/13/22)
One casino, BetMGM, others at link
Descending order

Green Bay Packers
Kansas City
Buffalo Bills
Tennessee Titans
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Los Angeles Rams
Dallas Cowboys
Arizona Cardinals
Cincinnati Bengals
New England Patriots
San Francisco 49ers
Las Vegas Raiders
Philadelphia Eagles
Pittsburgh Steelers

Poor 49ers, Raiders, Eagles and Steelers, all teams I'm rooting for . Again, go Bills vs Rams.

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The Clinic is open for business in Buffalo.

Buh-bye, Bill P.

Opps, Bill B.

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The Clinic is open for business in Buffalo.

Perfection.

Bills played first 'perfect' offensive game in NFL history in win over Patriots

The Buffalo Bills handed the New England Patriots an embarrassing 47-17 wild-card loss on Saturday night, and in the process they made NFL history.

They became the first team ever to have a perfect offensive performance. They scored touchdowns on every single one of their possessions (except the kneel downs at the end of the game). They didn't face a single fourth down in the entire game, so they had no punts or field goals. They also held onto the ball when they had it, turning the ball over zero times.

Until Saturday night, no team in NFL history had played a game with no field goals, turnovers, or punts. And here are a few more fun facts: The Bills converted six of their seven third downs, with the seventh being the final kneel down of the game. They gained yards on 49 of 51 plays, with the only negative yardage plays being the kneel downs.

They became the first team in the Super Bowl era to score a touchdown on their first seven playoff possessions, and the second team in the Super Bowl era to score a touchdown on seven straight possessions. Josh Allen also became the first Bills quarterback in history to throw five touchdowns and zero interceptions in a playoff game. He also didn't take a single sack, and threw more touchdowns than incompletions (four).

If they keep this up after running roughshod over the Patriots, we could see Allen and the Bills take the Super Bowl by storm in February.

They could. Go. All. The. Way.

Odds To Win Super Bowl 56 (2/13/22)
The Bills moved up to a #2 tie. The Bengals jumped past the Cowboys (barely) and Cardinals.

1. Green Bay Packers
2. Buffalo Bills
2. Kansas City Chiefs
4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
4. Tennessee Titans
6. Los Angeles Rams
7. Cincinnati Bengals
8. Dallas Cowboys
9. Arizona Cardinals
10. San Francisco 49ers
11. Philadelphia Eagles
12. Pittsburgh Steelers

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Perfection.

More than I realized.

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I find myself in the strange position of rooting for the west coast team against the Boys.

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I find myself in the strange position of rooting for the west coast team against the Boys.

So far, so good.
Edit, 8 real world minutes later: Crap.

Vegas concensus

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Philadelphia > @Tampa Bay, as if.
Tampa Bay favored by 8½!
San Francisco > @Dallas, could happen.
Dallas favored by 3.

Home team favored in every instance this year. Of course, I'm wishing for the visitors in 4 out of 5 games.

Yep, I'm 1-2.
This was , IMO:

Questionable roughing call helps Tom Brady, Bucs to first TD vs. Eagles

Anything for Queen Tom . Good thing it apparently did not make the difference.

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Niners are trying hard to lose it.


But not as hard as the Boys, a whopping fourteen penalties.

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Niners are trying hard to lose it.

But not as hard as the Boys, a whopping fourteen penalties.

That was strange at the end, but it was long odds for the Cowboys, anyhow.

Great minds - I was waiting for the final whistle to hopefully post: Whew, SF tried to give it away but hung in there.

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That was strange at the end, but it was long odds for the Cowboys, anyhow.

Odds are pretty much impossible when you don't get a final play off.

Wonder if that'll cost McCarthy his job.

[Ulysses]

Traditionally, the winner of a 49ers-Cowboys playoff game has gone on to postseason success. The winner of five of the previous seven postseason meetings, including each of the past four, has gone on to win the Super Bowl.

Awesome!

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/330 ... ayoff-exit

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Traditionally, the winner of a 49ers-Cowboys playoff game has gone on to postseason success. The winner of five of the previous seven postseason meetings, including each of the past four, has gone on to win the Super Bowl.

Awesome!

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/330 ... ayoff-exit

Settle down casual fan. That's because they've met in the Conference Championship Game at a time when the NFC was demonstrably the better conference.


Their dream ends next Sunday in Green Bay.