NFL, CFB Weekend Betting Recap: 'It Was a Small Losing Day' Overall for Books

Normally, when a lot of NFL favorites win on Sunday, bookmakers get taken to the cleaners. 

Yet on Sunday, when favorites won 11 of 12 games, that wasn’t the case. 

It’s not that sportsbooks won the battle of NFL Week 6 odds, but they didn’t lose nearly as much as normal under such circumstances.

"It’s nice to have almost all the favorites win and us not get killed," said Casey Degnon, risk manager at The SuperBook. "It was a small losing day for the book, overall."

More on the weekend that was, as oddsmakers at sportsbooks across the country recap NFL and college football betting.

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Sunday Night Showdown

The NFL saved the best for last on Sunday, with the Detroit Lions visiting the Kansas City Chiefs in prime time. Detroit entered the game at 4-1 straight up (SU) and against the spread (ATS), while K.C. was 2-3 SU and ATS, trying to dodge a 2-4 start.

Further, Detroit has been a spread-covering machine since the middle of the 2022-23 season, going 39-13-1 ATS and an even better 41-12 SU.

But the Chiefs were up to the chore, posting a 30-17 victory as 2.5-point home favorites. That was a mixed-bag result for The SuperBook.

"The Chiefs covering and the Under was a very small loser for us," Degnon said, alluding to the two teams falling well short of the 51.5 total. "But the Chiefs, by double digits, at least killed the Lions teasers for us."

For those unfamiliar, teasers are somewhat like parlays, except the bettor either subtracts points from the favorite’s point spread or adds points to an underdog’s point spread.

Six-point teasers are