Every week in NFLbettors, bookmakers or each complain of some type of unhealthy beat.
Whether it is a unfold choose, a moneyline guess, or a guess on whole factors scored, there’s at all times an occasion that impacts some bets.
In the Divisional Round sport between the Chiefs and Texans, it was the purpose distinction that brought about bettors some ache.
Let’s see the way it ended.
Intentional security ruins protection for KC unfold bettors
This was a really shut sport proper from the beginning, with no touchdowns scored till the second quarter. Kansas City led 6-3 after the primary quarter earlier than going up 13-6 on the finish of the second quarter.
With the two-time defending Super Bowl champions going through the Texans, a crew that entered the all-time matchup 0-5 within the Divisional Round, a number of bettors had the Chiefs masking the unfold, which closed at 9 ,5.
With a seven-point lead at half-time, cowl regarded achievable. But then CJ Stroud and the Texans engineered a 15-play drive that went 82 yards and ended with a 13-yard landing run by Joe Mixon. The rating was now 13-12, after Ka’imi Fairbairn missed the additional level.
Suddenly, it was a sweat.
The Chiefs wanted to attain shortly to have an opportunity to cowl, and so they did. Patrick Mahomes led a 13-play drive that lasted 81 yards, ending with a Travis Kelce landing. The rating was now 20-12, with 11:52 left within the fourth quarter. Two issues wanted to occur subsequent: the Chiefs wanted to get a cease after which they wanted at the very least a subject objective on the subsequent offensive possession.
And in basic Chiefs model, each issues occurred. They went up 23-12 with 4:38 left — the primary time all sport they have been masking the unfold. On the Texans’ subsequent drive, the protection miraculously blocked a subject objective, all however making certain the protection was blocked.
Until it wasn’t anymore.
With 1:46 left within the sport, the Chiefs ran a play for 4 yards earlier than kneeling twice to get 4th-and-15 on the KC 18-yard line with 11 seconds left within the sport. Kansas City lined up for the punt, however to play it protected and keep away from giving up a doable punt return, punter Matt Araiza ran out of the tip zone and deliberately took a security.
The ultimate rating was 23-14 and bettors on the Chiefs misplaced their bets in seconds. Truly an unthinkable unhealthy beat.
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