One thing about betting is that people will put down any type of money to bring a profit back. One person clearly wanted to see some green but left with an egg on their face instead after Monday Night Football.
The Washington Commanders not only stunned the NFL world on Monday night after their upset win over the Philadelphia Eagles. They stunned the sportsbooks as well.
Entering Monday night, the Eagles were 11-point favorites, which caused one person to drop $331K on the NFC East leader to win. The person would’ve ccomeback with $60,181.82 if everything went correctly. It did not.
Talk about a bad break.
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The Washington Commanders handed the Eagles their first loss of the season, in a hard-fought 32-21 win on the road in Philadelphia. The Commanders improved to 5-5.
The Eagles had frankly owned Washington recently, having won three straight and nine of the last 11 in the series. The outcome of this game was truly shocking. The Commanders came in with a game plan as they owned the ball for 40:24, leaving the Eagles with the ball only 19:31. The Commanders ran 81 offensive plays to only 47 for the Eagles. In doing so, they may have gave the rest of the league the blueprint on how to beat them.
Hurts completed 17 of 26 passes for 175 yards, two touchdowns and one interception in Monday’s 32-21 loss to the Commanders.
Washington Commanders quarterback Taylor Heinicke completed 17-of-29 passes for 211 yards and an interception along with five carries for 10 yards and a lost fumble during Monday’s win over the Philadelphia Eagles. He wasn’t perfect but he did just enough.