Did Rams head coach Sean McVay mean to influence everyone’s NFL bets Sunday?
While that kick had no effect on the game’s outcome, it swung plenty of bets.
The spread of the game coincidentally had the 49ers favored by 7.5 points, with 60 percent of the money on the Rams +7.5 on“Apparently, [vice president of communications] Artis [Twyman] told me there’s a lot of people in Vegas pissed off about that decision,”Bookies were likely fuming with the Rams coach, as the money was likely similar at most sportsbooks.
A late field goal as time expired gave the game its 30-23 final and secured a cover for those sharp Rams bettors.To say it looked fishy would be an understatement, especially with the NFL so involved with gambling these days — so much so that theBut McVay does have a credible habit of kicking potentially meaningless field goals at the end of games.
In the 2019 Super Bowl, the Rams were down 13-3 to the Patriots and within field goal range when they sent out their kicker with eight seconds remaining. That decision made sense, in theory, since the Rams had time to convert the kick and potentially score on the ensuing kickoff.Sean McVay sent kicker Greg Zuerlein out for a field goal down 10 points with seconds left for a seemingly meaningless field goal at the 2019 Super BowlSunday’s choice had gambling implications since the Rams were not going to get the ball back, and that field goal only mattered for the final score.
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