NFL Week 3 Where did the Money Go?

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Week 3 Where did the Money Go?

Week 3 is almost in the books and the Win Daily Sports Family has been smashing again in betting and DFS! It was a fun week that had a lot of questionable decisions by sports bettors that lost them a LOT of money. There were also some great decisions, like taking the Colts -12, that made people look very smart, considering how bad the Jets look. Curious where did the money go in week 3? We have you covered.

Week 3 Where did the Money Go: Totals

Texans at Steelers OVER 46.5

This one wasn’t quite in question, but it took a bit longer to get there than expected. The Steelers end up taking down the Texans who are now 0-3 on the season after playing what is probably the most difficult schedule so far.

The over finally hit with 6:24 left on the clock when James Conner rumbled his way in from 12 yards out. This play made the public very happy. With over 81% of the bets and 97% of the handle on the OVER, there was absolutely a collective sigh of relief.

This was a game that was bet around a bit. The line moved very quickly from the Steelers -6.5 to -4 and the total moved from 45 up to 46.5. Steelers covered and the over hit, but I’d be the first to say I didn’t think there would be that much action on this game.

With the Steelers defense looking the way it did, and the Texans offense looking like they could use a number one receiver, I found it interesting so much and so many people were on this game. Thankfully for the public, it all worked out.

Bengals at Eagles UNDER 47

Man oh man, what a bad beat! With the Eagles down 7 in the last 30 seconds of the game, Carson Wentz scrambles and dives for a touchdown tying it up 23 all. How perfect, all that needed to happen was for someone to score in OT and the OVER hits!

Over 87% of the Bets and 91% of the handle on the over were able to help drive this game from 45.5 to 47, a number that felt like it should hit. The Bengals offense has been looking good so far, their defense has not, and the Eagles defense hasn’t been much better.

After trading punts in the overtime session, the Eagles looked like they were going to lineup for a 55+ yard field goal to try and take the game, and hit the over, but instead had an offensive penalty. Then another. And punted the ball away to essentially end the game with 19 seconds left. YIKES! A lot of people didn’t get to cash their tickets because of this one.

Week 3 Where did the Money Go: Spreads

Jets at Colts (-12)

I guess unsurprisingly the number of bets placed on this game was about the same, 42% to the Jets and 58% to the Colts, each to cover. But the money on the Colts was significantly higher, with 86% favoring the Phillip Rivers led team. Now, this game did start -7 to the Colts before quickly moving to -11 and then ending at -12. So if you placed a bet on the Jets, I’m assuming you thought they were good enough to keep it within 10, or at least score at the end for a backdoor cover.

Nope. Not at all. Darnold threw two Pick Sixes, and the Jets offense racked up a total of 260 yards on their way to looking like probably the worst team in the league. I say probably for a reason though… The Jets offense looks bad and so does their defense, especially after trading away their best player in Jamal Adams, but I get now why he wanted to leave.

This game had the most money on one side, and that side was the clear winner and it wasn’t really ever in question. But even with as bad as the Jets were, there’s another New York Football team doing their best to lose people money, but we’ll get there in a second.

Bears at Falcons (-2.5)

To be a Falcons fan in 2020… my goodness. After last weeks debacle, how could it get any worse right? And man, these Bears just love taking it to the very end. One team can’t win, one team can’t lose. Why did we think the Falcons could cover this game?

The line opened at -3.5 to the Falcons and many people jumped on it there. This number started to come DOWN though with over 70% of the bets and 70% of the handle on the Falcons. That normally doesn’t happen, unless some very sharp money is coming in.

After being up 26-10 in the 4th quarter, Nick Foles led the Bears back from the dead for a 30-26 victory, covering the spread in the process. Sincerely, can it get any worse for the Falcons? Bears move to 3-0 and the Falcons to 0-3. To everyone who thought the Falcons could cover while being the favorite, sorry for your loss.

49ers (-3) at Giants

This was a smash spot for the Giants to get their first win of the year. The 49ers lost their top 2 running backs, quarterback, half their defensive line, and were already down a few more defensive and offensive starters. So naturally Nick Mullens threw for almost 350 yards and the 49ers held the Giants to under 250 total yards.

The line opened at -6.5 to the 49ers, which was still covered, but moved down to -3 as the week went on. The number of bets were split 50/50, but over 75% of the money was on the Giants to cover. And at 36-9, that clearly did not cover.

Sportsbooks were hoping the 49ers could cover with a second string team and that happened very quickly with the Giants not even able to score a touchdown. As I said with the Jets before, the Giants are also probably one of the worst teams in the league.

It was another fun day of football outside of the New York/Philadelphia area and we had money swing in both directions. Hopefully you enjoyed Week 3 Where did the money go? We’ll be crossing our fingers that the money will go more to the public next week! Make sure to check out the Win Daily Sports Betting Membership so you can be in the green every week and follow me on Twitter at @MichaelRasile1!