Saquon Barkley made the right play to win Sunday's game, but for sports bettors it was the wrong play.
With 1:10 left in the Eagles' 22-10 win over the Packers, the star running back received a handoff and Greensea appeared to be separated from his star-studded offensive line.
Barkley could have easily scored a 76-yard touchdown to put Cherry on top, but he slipped the other way, leaving thousands of bettors, especially those betting on him a touchdown-at-any-time prop. It shattered us.
The Eagles and Barkley are more concerned about their Super Bowl berths than their individual performance, which requires three more wins to reach the Super Bowl.
“Statistics don't matter. The only statistic that matters is wins,” Barkley said. pro football talk. “Honestly, I don't care whether I throw 400 yards, run 400 yards or win 3-0. I just want to win.”
While stats obviously don't matter to Barkley at this point, stats like rushing yards, catches, and touchdowns are how sports bettors make a living.
Both ESPN BET and BetMGM sportsbooks told the Post that bets on Barkley as any-time touchdown scorer were the most bets on the market among Sunday's three games.
For BetMGM Sportsbook, Barkley scoring a touchdown was also the most bet on touchdown scorer.
By the Eagles' final two plays, Barkley had 98 yards rushing and ESPN BET's second-most bet player prop had given him over 100 yards rushing.
He gained 121 yards and at least gave the bettors the win.
Legendary New York radio host Mike Francesa joked about this because everyone knew Barkley had to score a touchdown.
“A third of the parlay bets, same-game parlays, and like all parlays with props in, a third of them had Barkley scoring a touchdown,” Francesa said as part of BetRivers Sportsbook. he said with a laugh on a podcast. podcast network. “All those negotiations went away. Even if it was the right play, a lot of people wouldn't have been happy at the end of the game.”
Do you want to bet on the NFL?
Berkeley's heads-up play wasn't too kind to the betting community, but bettors seemed to do well overall.
The teams with the most bets in terms of stakes were Bills -8.5, Eagles -5.5, and 73% of the money for Buccaneers vs. Commanders was on the Washington moneyline +135.
Why trust New York Post Betting?
Erich Richter is a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu but has a black belt in mixed martial arts gambling. During football season, he proved to be a huge moneymaker for the Post in the player prop market the past two seasons. Always betting on the long shot, the return on investment from 2022 onwards is 30.15%.
