NFL Week 16 betting recap, tendencies, line motion: Darkish horse award candidates making a run
The Put up’s Dylan Svoboda takes a have a look at this week’s betting tendencies and storylines.
Extra disappointments
It’s not simply the Chiefs struggling by a season from hell.
After coming into the season as Tremendous Bowl contenders and heavily-favored playoff groups, the Lions and Ravens seasons are on life assist.
The pair are +1500 and +800, respectively, to make the postseason after struggling powerful losses throughout Week 16.
With Kansas Metropolis already out of the image, it seems three of the top-five Tremendous Bowl favorites coming into the yr gained’t even sniff the playoffs.
Topsy-turvy Coach of the Yr race
Whereas Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel has led the Coach of the Yr area for weeks now, there’s a darkish horse candidate making a run on the award.
With an honest shot on the No. 1 seed within the NFC, the 49ers’ Kyle Shanahan now has the second-best odds (+220) to win the award.
San Francisco improved to 11-4 with a win over the Colts on Monday night time.
In the event that they win out, the 49ers will get an unlikely first-round bye regardless of devastating accidents up-and-down their roster.
A rookie run
Talking of a darkish horse award candidate.
Saints quarterback Tyler Shough is making a late run for the Offensive Rookie of the Yr award along with his breakout since taking up the beginning job in New Orleans.
Shough is all the way in which as much as +370 to win the award, which trails solely Panthers extensive receiver Tetairoa McMillan, who’s -320.
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Sunday’s bathroom bowl battle
It’s a lifeless warmth for the NFL’s worst document.
And we’d all however have our reply this weekend.
Tied with the fewest wins in soccer, the Giants and Raiders will sq. off in Las Vegas in a recreation that neither franchise essentially needs to win.
As a slight underdog on Sunday, the Giants are at present the favorites to be the worst crew within the league and get the No. 1 decide (+145, DraftKings Sportsbook), though the Raiders aren’t far behind (+180).
The Jets have the third-best possibilities (+600) to land the highest decide, however they’d want some assist — and to lose out — to make it occur.
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Dylan Svoboda is a flexible author and analyst throughout many sports activities. He’s notably educated concerning the massive three — MLB, the NFL and the NBA.
