The point spread in Christmas Night’s Raiders-Eagles game was, at almost every sports book, 10. On the last play of the game, Oakland tried a last-ditch lateral play while trailing by 3.
Eagles score last-second TD to come within 1 point of pushing the spread, then kneel on PAT
If you bet on Philly and the spread, sorry to hear that.
Because this blog posts exists, you can see where this is going:
The Raiders tried to lateral the ball around the field. They failed. The Eagles got a scoop-and-score touchdown from defensive end Derek Barnett.
If we do some quick napkin math, we can deduce 3+7=10.
So the Eagles’ three-point lead was set become 10 on this meaningless fumble return. Anyone who bet money on the Eagles, as a 10-point favorite, was in position to benefit greatly.
This would’ve been a push, leading to Eagles bettors recouping the money they put down but not winning or losing. It would’ve done the same for Oakland bettors, who were surely beside themselves with grief after their squad was set to stay within the 10-point spread.
Then the Eagles ruined Christmas for people who bet on them. They decided to kneel on their point-after attempt, rather than kick a routine extra point.
Eagles coach Doug Pederson probably didn’t know what the spread was in this game. But thousands of dollars (maybe more?) had their fates changed by his decision not to kick an extra point with zeroes on the clock and a nine-point lead.
The line opened on Dec. 17 as Eagles -8, before jumping to -10 and spending most of the week there. If you’re one of the people who bet on the Eagles when the spread was still 8, then this worked out fine for you. Otherwise, it’s a tough one.
The Eagles won 19-10, not 20-10.
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