Betting buzz: Sunday under-whelming for sportsbooks, bettors

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Purdum and Greenberg: Aside from the chalk, determination are fewer things the betting nationalist gravitates to much than overs successful the NFL. Week aft week, crippled aft game, sportsbooks study that the bulk of the wealth wagered connected totals is connected the over.

But this week, the betting nationalist bucked that inclination and zeroed successful connected an nether successful a prime crippled Sunday. More bets were placed and much wealth wagered connected nether 38.5 successful the Pittsburgh Steelers-New York Jets crippled than immoderate different full connected the committee astatine aggregate sportsbooks Sunday afternoon.

Despite having the lowest full of the week, it would crook retired to beryllium the lone crippled of the day that went implicit the total, and it did by the 3rd quarter, with the Steelers coming from down for a 36-34 win.

"That was the uncommon crippled wherever the implicit hitting wasn't atrocious for the book," a BetMGM spokesperson said. "The violative detonation was a invited result for the book," said Adrian Horton, elder manager of North American sports trading for ESPN BET.

All the different 11 games Sunday day went nether the total.

The grounds for astir unders connected a azygous time is 12. It has happened 3 times, according to ESPN Research (Dec. 7, 2008; Sept. 1, 1996; Sept. 15, 1991). The over/under successful the nighttime crippled betwixt the Baltimore Ravens and Buffalo Bills closed astatine 50.5, the highest of Week 1.

More connected NFL Week 1 betting

"Heading into Sunday Night Football, defenses dominated contiguous and points were hard to travel by -- making anytime touchdown scorer bets and different offensive-oriented props hard to currency successful for the public," Ethan Useloff, sports trader astatine Fanatics Sportsbook, told ESPN. "Missing touchdowns from Ja'Marr Chase, Christian McCaffrey, and Jahmyr Gibbs dismantled galore parlays, arsenic did quieter violative nights from Joe Burrow, C.J. Stroud and Bo Nix."

In summation to the slew of unders, Week 1 featured 8 games with constituent spreads of little than 3, the astir for an opening week successful the Super Bowl era, according to ESPN Research. Favorites were 11-3 straight-up and 7-7 against the spread, entering the Sunday nighttime game.

"The 2025 play has picked up close wherever 2024 near off, with favorites continuing their beardown run," said Craig Mucklow, vice president of trading for Caesars Sportsbook. "Every favourite won connected Sunday but for the Patriots, rein...