NFL, CFB Weekend Betting Recap: 'Texans-Steelers Will Decide Wild Card Weekend'

It was a give-and-take weekend between bettors and bookmakers in NFL wild-card odds, meaning Monday night’s finale between the Texans and Steelers will likely decide which side wins the battle this week.

"It was a good day Sunday and an OK weekend. The Bears kept it from being a great weekend," said Casey Degnon, risk manager at The SuperBook in Las Vegas.

More on the weekend that was, as multiple oddsmakers recap NFL Wild Card betting, along with the College Football Playoff semifinals.

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Bear Market

The Bears earned the NFC’s No. 2 seed, meaning they got to host the lowest seed on Wild Card Weekend, the No. 7 Packers. Yet Chicago was a 1.5-point underdog at kickoff.

And multiple oddsmakers, in Vegas and across the country, noted that sharp bettors were on Green Bay.

The first half seemed to indicate why, as the Bears trailed 21-3 after two quarters. Chicago was a huge long shot to come back and win, with in-game odds in the range of +1100 — meaning a $100 bet would win $1,100.

By the end of the third quarter, the Bears had barely made a dent, trailing 21-6. But Chicago exploded for 25 fourth-quarter points and stunningly won 31-27.

"There was a lot of support for the Bears," SuperBook vice president John Murray said. "We needed the Packers really big. It was tough to see them totally give that game away."

The Bears’ reward is another home game, vs. the fifth-seeded Rams. And Chicago is an even bigger underdog of 4 points in NFL divisional-round odds.

Popular Patriots

The public betting masses also did well to the Chargers-Patriots