Originally Posted by
SBR Drew
A pair of last-play bad beats benefited the betting public for a change on another wild NFL Sunday.
The Eagles who were 6.5-point favorites over Washington, took a four-point lead with 26 seconds to play and then returned a fumble 47 yards for a touchdown that covered the spread as time expired.
Later in the afternoon, the underdog Falcons scored two touchdowns in the final eight seconds of an upset win over San Francisco. After taking a 23-22 lead with two seconds to play, Atlanta recovered a fumble on a multilateral kickoff return by San Francisco and scored a touchdown that pushed the game over the 49.5-point over/under total in the Falcons' win.
The endings in Washington and San Francisco were especially dramatic for a bettor in Las Vegas, who placed a $200, nine-leg parlay that included the Eagles and was capped by the over in the Falcons-49ers game. The bettor, who placed the parlay at the CG Technology sportsbook at The Cosmopolitan, won $75,000.