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Week after week, bookmakers just want to see a couple of key NFL underdogs — better still, big underdogs — come up with an outright upset.

That finally happened in the NFL Week 5 odds market. The Los Angeles Rams, Arizona Cardinals and Buffalo Bills — all significant favorites — came up short for the public betting masses.

“For a year, we’ve been needing some big underdogs to win outright. And we got three of them this week,” South Point sportsbook director Chris Andrews said.

More on the weekend that was, as oddsmakers at sportsbooks across the country recap NFL and college football betting.

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Maye Day

The Bills were consensus 7.5-point favorites Sunday night at home against the New England Patriots. But the Bills only led for about three minutes midway through the third quarter, 10-6, after a Curtis Samuel touchdown catch.

The next two scores came from New England, with the second an impressive 90-yard drive led by QB Drake Maye. That possession was culminated by a 7-yard Rhamondre Stevenson touchdown run, giving the Pats a 20-10 lead early in the fourth quarter.

Buffalo fought back with touchdown and field-goal drives, tying it at 20 with 2:17 remaining. But Maye guided the Pats into position for a field goal, and Andy Borregales drilled it from 52 yards with 15 seconds left, securing the 23-20 upset.

“That locked in a winning day for us,” said Casey Degnon, risk manager at The SuperBook. “Patriots outright and the Under was our best scenario.”

Ah, yes, the other result bookmakers always welcome, particularly in standalone prime-time matchups: low-scoring games. The Patriots-Bills total was 49.5, so all the public Over bettors went begging on that outcome, as well.

Prior to kickoff, BetMGM national trading manager Christian Cipollini said: “A Patriots’ outright win would be best.”

Not that Cipollini expected to get it. But it happened. Pregame, BetMGM data analyst John Ewing posted on X that in moneyline wagering, accounting for all bet types (straight bets and parlays), 90% of bets were on the Bills to just win.

Cardinals Sin

While New England’s upset probably helped oddsmakers the most, the Cardinals certainly did their part, with an epic implosion.

Arizona closed as a 7.5-point home favorite against the winless Tennessee Titans. Early in the fourth quarter, it seemed a Cardinals win was a lead-pipe cinch.

With the Cards up 21-6, running back Emari Demercado busted off an apparent 72-yard touchdown run that should’ve put Arizona up 28-6 with 12:56 remaining.

But Demercado celebrated a split second too early, letting go of the ball just before crossing the goal line. The ball rolled out of bounds in the end zone for a touchback.

Tennessee then came back with the game’s final 16 points, winning 22-21 on a final-second field goal.

“That was an insane comeback. It was a good result for the book. We needed the Titans to cover, and outright was just icing on the cake,” Degnon said.

San Francisco Treat

Bookmakers got Week 5 off to a great start on Thursday night. The San Francisco 49ers — without QB Brock Purdy — sprung a 26-23 overtime upset of the Los Angeles Rams.

L.A. was an 8-point home favorite and a popular play on the point spread. More so, the Rams surely led off countless moneyline parlays, in which you only need each team to win the game, regardless of final margin.

So those moneyline parlays went up in smoke before the weekend even began. No one anticipated the undermanned 49ers could actually beat the Rams.

But Mac Jones & Co. got it done, in perhaps a harbinger for Sunday’s two big upsets.

Public Rises Early

Sunday actually started well for the public betting masses, who were more so on the Minnesota Vikings in a London game against the Cleveland Browns.

Minnesota closed as a 3.5-point favorite, then won and covered in sweat-breaking fashion. Down 17-14, the Vikes — behind backup QB Carson Wentz — went on a 10-play, 80-yard drive, capped by a Wentz-to-Jordan Addison 12-yard touchdown pass with 25 seconds left.

So Minnesota won 21-17, barely covering the number.

“The early start in London did not deter customers, who started the day great with the Vikings’ comeback to cover the -3.5 spread,” Caesars Sports head of football trading Joey Feazel said.

Feazel went on to add that most of Sunday’s early slate of games fell in favor of bettors. Specifically, the Vikings’ cover, the popular underdog Dallas Cowboys beating the New York Jets 37-22, and the Indianapolis Colts rolling to a 40-6 victory as 7-point home favorites vs. the Las Vegas Raiders.

“The [early] Permainan secara keseluruhan adalah kemenangan besar bagi pelanggan, “kata Feazel.

Namun, seperti disebutkan di atas, Tennessee dan New England secara besar -besaran mengecewakan gerobak apel, di jendela akhir dan pada Minggu malam, masing -masing.

Di kampus

Ada beberapa pertandingan penting di pasar Odds College Football Week 6. No. 16 Vanderbilt vs. No. 10 Alabama adalah yang terbaik, dan itu bekerja dengan baik untuk petaruh – nyaris tidak.

Crimson Tide adalah favorit rumah 12,5 poin, namun tidak ada yang meliput, melalui sebagian besar empat perempat. Faktanya, Commodores memimpin dua kali di babak pertama, 7-0 dan 14-7, dan permainan diikat pada 14 di babak pertama.

Alabama mendapat tiga gol lapangan babak kedua, yang terakhir memberi Tide keunggulan 23-14 dengan sisa waktu 4:08.

Pada drive berikutnya, Vandy membalikkannya pada garis 28 yard, dengan hanya 1:18 tersisa. Yang harus dilakukan Alabama untuk kehabisan waktu adalah mendapatkan turun pertama.

Pada keempat dan-2 dari 20, Jam Miller mendapatkan dua meter itu, dan pada titik mana pun setelah itu dia bisa berlutut dan mengakhiri permainan. Sebaliknya, ia menjalankannya untuk touchdown.

Dan Alabama meliput 12,5 dengan kemenangan 30-14.

“Kami membutuhkan Vandy, jadi itu menyakitkan,” kata Andrews, menggemakan sentimen pembuat odds di seluruh negara.

Sabtu membawa beberapa kejutan juga, satu besar dan satu sederhana. Yang sederhana: Florida, underdog rumah 4,5 poin, mungkin baru saja menghancurkan musim Texas dengan kemenangan 29-21.

Tapi yang besar jauh lebih menarik: Penn State vs UCLA.

Bruin adalah underdog rumah 24,5 poin. Di The Moneyline, UCLA adalah +1400 untuk menarik kesal langsung, yang berarti taruhan $ 100 akan memenangkan $ 1.400, jika Bruins tanpa kemenangan mengalahkan Nittany Lions yang memang judul.

Tapi yang menakjubkan, UCLA membangun keunggulan 27-7 di babak pertama, dan Penn State tidak pernah semakin dekat dari lima poin dari sana, ketika Bruins melakukan shocker 42-37.

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Patrick Everson adalah analis taruhan olahraga untuk Fox Sports dan reporter senior untuk Vegasinsider.com. Dia adalah seorang jurnalis terkemuka di ruang taruhan olahraga nasional. Dia berbasis di Las Vegas, di mana dia menikmati golf dalam panas 110 derajat. Ikuti dia di Twitter: @patricke_vegas.

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