It was a Sunday full of blowouts in Week 4 of the NFL season, but a day that ended up hinging for sportsbooks on the result of Sunday Night Football between the Kansas City Chiefs and New York Jets.
The Jets played Kansas City tough, but ended up falling 23-20 as 8.5-point underdogs, leading to a winning day for sportsbooks.
Here’s a recap of Week 4 in the NFL:
Week 4 NFL betting picture
Favorites: 9-5-1 against the spread
Overs: 7-8
Bills dominate Dolphins in AFC showdown
By far the most anticipated matchup of Sunday’s games was between the Bills (-3) and Dolphins. The game flew OVER the total of 52.5 in the third quarter, and the Bills dominated in a 48-20 win.
Miami +2.5 was the fourth-most bet side at DraftKings Sportsbook, and the third-most popular side at BetMGM; however, the majority of the dollars were on the Bills at both BetMGM and DraftKings.
“The Bills game was a small winner for us,” Craig Mucklow, director of trading at Caesars Sportsbook said. “The public was on the OVER, while sharps were on the UNDER and the Bills.”
Other sportsbooks also enjoyed the Bills’ domination.
“Bills winning was a great result for us,” Zachary Lucas, director of retail trading at Twin Spires said via text.
The mix of several favorites losing outright (Bengals, Saints, Steelers) in the early window also helped sportsbooks.
“The Commanders winning would’ve killed all the teasers and money-parlays,” Adam Pullen, assistant director of trading at Caesars, said on Sunday night. “It was a good game for us at the time, but then not as much in the long run. The Tampa game, Titans game and Texans were big.”
Chiefs beat Jets, but New York gets the cover
The story was the same at every sportsbook: The public was lining up to bet Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs against the New York Jets. The line opened Chiefs -9, but r