Sharp bettors take side, total in Eagles-Raiders game

In the aftermath of coach Jon Gruden’s abrupt resignation past week, recreational and pro sports bettors alike abandoned the Raiders and mislaid large erstwhile they whipped the Broncos successful Denver.

The betting nationalist is backing the Raiders arsenic statement 3-point favorites implicit the Eagles successful Sunday’s crippled astatine Allegiant Stadium. But crisp bettors are backing Philadelphia.

“Sharps took Philly +3. I’m down to 2½,” South Point sportsbook manager Chris Andrews said successful a substance Saturday. “Public is laying it, though. So we get backmost to 3 astatine immoderate point.”

The enactment opened astatine 3 astatine Station Casinos and rapidly went to 3½, wherever Red Rock Resort sportsbook manager Chuck Esposito said the publication took crisp enactment connected the Eagles (2-4, 3-3 ATS) earlier moving the enactment backmost to 3.

Circa Sports is astatine Raiders -2½ (-120).

“We had 1 feline we bash respect who took the Eagles +3 (-110) aboriginal successful the week, which is wherefore we’re present astatine +3 (even),” Westgate SuperBook manager John Murray said. “The Eagles person played a truly hard schedule. They’re amended than their grounds indicates. They’ve already played astatine Dallas and the Buccaneers and Chiefs, and they’re had 3 other days to hole for this game.

“It was a large show by the Raiders past week. But it’s starting to look much and much similar Denver is not that good.”

Murray said the SuperBook took a small crisp enactment connected the crippled to spell nether the total, which has dipped to 48½ aft opening astatine 49½.

“Sometimes a crisp syndicate tin determination the full respective points,” helium said.

The Raiders (4-2, 3-3 ATS) person a 3-3 over-under grounds this play aft starring the NFL with a 12-3-1 over-under people past season.

At BetMGM, determination are much tickets written connected the Raiders than connected immoderate different NFL squad this week.

“As happens each clip we person a location game,” MGM Resorts manager of trading Jeff Stoneback said.

The Eagles person the third-most tickets of immoderate squad astatine MGM.

A week aft much tickets were written connected the Raiders’ hostile astatine Station Casinos for the archetypal clip this season, 77 percent of the tickets are connected the Raiders. The SuperBook besides reported 77 percent of the tickets connected them.

“It’s backmost to the inclination of heavy favoring the Raiders that we had seen earlier the Gruden announcement,” Esposito said. “We’re going to beryllium Eagles and nether fans successful this game, nary question.”

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