NFL BAD BEATS BLOG: Saints take early lead, favored over Bengals

Welcome to Week 6 of the NFL season.

Top matchups include the Baltimore Ravens at the New York Giants, the Buffalo Bills at the Kansas City Chiefs in a possible AFC championship game preview and the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles hosting the Dallas Cowboys in the Sunday night game. The Raiders have a bye.

Refresh this blog throughout the games to track bad beats, movement on the live betting line, halftime bets and more.

UPDATES

10:11 a.m.: The Saints are the first team on the board in the morning. Tre’Quan Smith hauled in the 18-yard touchdown pass from Andy Dalton. The Saints are -150 on the live line (Bengals +120), total 46½.

10:02 a.m.: The Packers closed -8.

9:45 a.m.: The total in the Buccaneers-Steelers game keeps climbing. It’s up to 47 now. Other movement:

— Bengals-Saints total from 42½ to 43

— Patriots-Browns total from 43 to 43½

— Jets-Packers total from 45 to 44½

— 49ers from -4 to -3½

9:34 a.m.: The public likes the Bengals, Jaguars and Patriots at FanDuel Sportsbook.

⚠️ 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧 ⚠️

• 81% of spread bets on Bengals
• 77% of ML bets on Jaguars
• 77% of ML bets on Patriots pic.twitter.com/F3HdsPaeah

— FanDuel Sportsbook (@FDSportsbook) October 16, 2022

9:28 a.m.: STN Sports outlook: Betting Trends

STN Sports Sunday Outlook: Betting Trends 📈

Bucs -points: 77.1%
Under: 57.2%
Bucs ML: 87.0%

Bengals -points: 70.1%
Over: 78.6%
Bengals ML: 64.6%

Colts -points: 50.4%
Under: 52.9%
Jaguars: ML 66.9%

Patriots +points: 53.6%
Over: 64.4%
Patriots ML: 61.2%

— Steven Money, baby. (@STNSportsApp) October 16, 2022

9:25 a.m.: From @CaesarsSports, a bettor from Arizona made two $110,000 bets for today:

Panthers +10 (-110)

Vikings-Dolphins U46 (-110)

The most bet on player prop by tickets?

Daniel Jones OVER 35.5 rushing yards 💨 pic.twitter.com/LC7s5C17Ns

— Caesars Sportsbook (@CaesarsSports) October 16, 2022

9:15 a.m.: Insights from BetMGM for today’s NFL games:

Most bet games (tickets)

– 49ers-Falcons

– Vikings-Dolphins

– Panthers-Rams

Most bet teams (tickets)

– Panthers +10

– Vikings -3

– 49ers -4½

Most bet teams (handle)

– Panthers +10

– Dolphins +3

– Vikings -3

Insights for today’s NFL slate 💡

Most bet games (tickets)
– 49ers-Falcons
– Vikings-Dolphins
– Panthers-Rams

Most bet teams (tickets)
– Panthers +10
– Vikings -3
– 49ers -4.5

Most bet teams (handle)
– Panthers +10
– Dolphins +3
– Vikings -3

— BetMGM 🦁 (@BetMGM) October 16, 2022

Public teams (+60% of bets) NFL Week 6 at @BetMGM

71% on Panthers +10
69% on Bengals -3
67% on Chargers -4.5
62% on Jets +7.5
62% on Vikings -3

— John Ewing 🦁 (@johnewing) October 16, 2022

8:47 a.m.: Notable line movement this morning:

Buccaneers-Steelers total from 46 to 46½

Dolphins from +140 to +150 ML

8:45 a.m.: Here is this morning’s schedule of games:

— Buccaneers (-9½, 46½, -450) at Steelers (+375), 10 a.m.

— Bengals (-3, 42½, -165) at Saints (+145), 10 a.m.

— Jaguars (+105) at Colts (-1½, 41, -125), 10 a.m.

— Patriots (+130) at Browns (-2½, 43, -150), 10 a.m.

— Jets (+300) at Packers (-7½, 45, -360), 10 a.m.

— Ravens (-5½, 45½, -250) at Giants (+210), 10 a.m.

— Vikings (-3, 45, -170) at Dolphins (+150), 10 a.m.

— 49ers (-4, 45½, -200) at Falcons (+175), 10 a.m.

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