Patrick Mahomes' goal-line slide shifts millions at sportsbooks.?

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes slid down at the New York Jets' 2-yard line, sealing a 23-20 win over the Jets on Sunday night, a decision that shifted tens of millions of dollars at sportsbooks around the nation.

The Chiefs closed as 8-point favorites over the Jets and received overwhelming support from the betting public at sportsbooks. An hour before kickoff, 91% of the bets and 84% of the money wagered on the game's point spread were on Kansas City at Caesars Sportsbook. BetMGM and DraftKings also reported heavy action on the Chiefs.
A Mahomes touchdown and extra point would've put the Chiefs up 10, enough to cover the spread with less than two minutes to play. He instead made the heady play to give himself up, allowing the Chiefs to kneel, run out the final seconds and secure the win.
Bookmakers knew early last week that they'd need the Jets for a big decision in the Sunday night game. All week, money from the betting public had poured in on the Chiefs, who opened as 9.5-point road favorites over the Jets. Yet some big bets from sharp bettors caused the line to move in favor of the Jets in the hours ahead of kickoff.
Caesars reported taking a $350,000 bet and a $240,556 bet on the Jets +8.5 on Sunday -- yet still had lopsided action on the Chiefs.
"The sharp money came in on the Jets, but we're still rooting for them," Adam Pullen, assistant director of Caesars Sportsbook, said Sunday shortly after the game kicked off.
The Chiefs jumped out to a 17-0 lead but found themselves clinging to a three-point lead late in the fourth quarter of the heavily bet game.
The singled-out prime-time games almost always generate the most betting handle and the biggest decisions for sportsbooks due to parlay liability that builds up throughout the day. Kansas City was included on more parlays than any other team at some sportsbooks.
Pullen said the Chiefs covering the spread would've resulted in the best Sunday of the season so far for the betting public. A smart play by Mahomes prevented that from happening.
At the SuperBook at Westgate Las Vegas, supervisor Nico Sfanos said sportsbook customers went "nuts" when Mahomes decided to slide.
"Lots of profanity coming from the guests that always bet the favorites in prime-time games," Sfanos told ESPN.
" sent all the writers home early," Sfanos joked, "because there were no [Jets] tickets to cash."
 

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Million in the DFS market as well...glad I didnt see it live.

Can you imagine Zach Wilson actually outscoring Mahomes.
 

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Million in the DFS market as well...glad I didnt see it live.

Can you imagine Zach Wilson actually outscoring Mahomes.


Anyone who did see .. it was just a jab step left and walk into score.

Only takes one play player in this situation to change final score! Let's add in interceptions and thrown passes some 5-10 yards short and seeing this, my take is if this game wasn't scripted.... None are.... ?
 

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He was supposed to throw a TD to 87 with 13 seconds left but they ditched the script last second
 

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I mean it was the 100% correct thing to do
 

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I mean it was the 100% correct thing to do


I remember a FG with no meaning with seconds remaining few weeks back and the talk was points scored go into playoff calculations.

This may come into play at playoff time....

If you saw? There was one Jet within 5 yards of Brittany and she slid. I believe on the side she was taped up last SB? Safe ...?️
 

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Forgot to figure the under two minute slide into my handicapping. Dummy me.

Everything had to be perfect for that finish. The time on the clock, the timeouts, and the position on the field. Even if the last series started on the 9.9 instead of the 13, he scores since he can't get the first down to kill the clock

When they got a first down at the 13, I saw the writing on the wall


PS: Looks like that 17-0 start was too easy. They took their foot off the pedal and couldn't restart
 

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