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Favorites Dominate In Mediocre Week 15 For SuperContest Players

Brett Smiley by Brett Smiley
December 20, 2017
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Westgate Las Vegas SuperContest Week 15 Sees Average Scoring, in Part Due to Pushes in Popular Games And Crazy Finishes
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Regression has not yet arrived as NFL’s Week 15 betting slate produced only an average 2.5 points per player in the Westgate Las Vegas SuperContest. That’s a downtick from Week 14’s 2.63 per player and further drop from the 2.91 the week prior.

Big reason for the dip in scoring? Some absolutely wild finishes resulting in pushes for popular sides in the 49ers-Titans, Patriots-Steelers and Cowboys-Raiders. (In the SuperContest a push is not a loss; players collect one-half point on both sides.)

Here’s the against-the-spread record (and other records) for NFL Week 15 and year-to-date, courtesy OddsShark (referencing non-static lines as in theSuperContest). Then we’ll get to the SuperContest selections and look closer at the results:

  • Underdogs vs Favorites (ATS): 4-10-2 (95-114-10)
  • Home vs Away (ATS): 8-6-2 (108-102-9)
  • Over/Under record: 7-9 (108-112-4)
  • Straight up underdog wins: 0 (64)

Westgate Las Vegas SuperContest Week 15 Sees Average Scoring, in Part Due to Pushes in Popular Games And Crazy Finishes

Here’s a snapshot of the most popular Week 15 Β picks among the field of 2,748 in the $1,500 per-entry contest that will pay over $1 million to the winner (courtesy FantasySuperContest):

  • San Francisco 49ers (-2) vs. Tennessee Titans (765 picks; 28.5%) (Push)
  • Kansas City Chiefs (PK) vs. Los Angeles Chargers (750 picks; 28%) (Win)
  • Los Angeles Chargers (PK) at Kansas City Chiefs (719 picks; 27%) (Loss)
  • New England Patriots (-3) at Pittsburgh Steelers (670 picks; 25%) (Push)
  • Los Angeles Rams (+2) at Seattle Seahawks (621 picks; 23.5%) (Win)

The Cowboys (-3) and Steelers (+3) followed right after the top five, both pushes, against the Raiders and Patriots, respectively.

The Niners’ Jimmy Garoppolo joyride continued on Sunday as late-season acquisition from New England authored two late field goal drives of seven plays apiece, culminating with a 45-yard Robbie Gould game-winning field goal as time expired.

Two of the high-profile pushes — Pats-Steelers and Cowboys-Raiders — both turned on scrutinized but properly called plays… according to the convoluted NFL rulebook. Of course you’re aware that the Patriots game saw a would-be game winning touchdown reception by Pittsburgh’s Jesse James whose catch was overturned because the ball did not β€œsurvive the ground.” The loss of control while crossing the goal line resulted in an incomplete pass.

Raiders-Cowboys was decided when Oakland QB Derek Carr fumbled a would-be rushing touchdown out of the end zone with about 1:20 remaining in the game, resulting in a Dallas touchback. We’ll see if the Competition Committee can come up with a rational result in those cases, perhaps moving the ball back to the 20 for the offense.

One note on the straight-up Week 15 result: Favorites turned in an absurd 14-0 showing (two were pushes based on closing lines). As noted by ESPN Chalk’s David Purdum, referencing ESPN Stats and Information, favorites won every game straight up during an NFL week only twice since the 1970 merger: In Week 9 of the 2005 season and Week 5 of the 2006 season.

Going forward, perhaps bettors should just blindly fade the Browns and back the favorites on the moneyline…

All five players at the top of the SuperContest leaderboard remained there with a small bit of shuffling as THE VILLE dropped to 5th (1-1-3) from third, and BIOSOFT GLOBAL (3-1-1) and HOWDOIPLAY XX (3-1-1) moving up into third and fourth. The leader and silver medalist remain GRANNYS BOY (2-1-2) and SCHEMATIC ADVANTAGE (3-1-1), who are picking at 71.4% and 68.5% on the season. GRANNYS BOY holds a 1.5 advantage over SCHEMATIC. No pressure.

The grind is on for Week 16 with lines coming this afternoon and just two weeks of the regular season remain. Giddyup!


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Brett Smiley is editor-in-chief and co-founder of Sports Handle, which joined forces with the US Bets team in November 2018. He focuses on the sports betting industry and legislation. He's a recreational sports bettor and DFS player himself, focusing on the NFL. In a past life, Smiley practiced commercial litigation in New York City and previously wrote for FOX Sports and SI.com. He lives in New Jersey with his family.

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