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I have written here before about how the Kansas City Chiefs’ Las Vegas odds scare me for the success of the team in its 2018 campaign.
Las Vegas is the one sports analyst who cannot afford to be wrong, and through the entirety of the offseason, its win total for the Chiefs has sat steady at 8.5.
On Wednesday, the popular sports-betting website Bovada offered over-under totals strictly for quarterback Mahomes.
Patrick Mahomes’ over-unders
Patrick Mahomes Las Vegas over/unders (Bovada) as of Wednesday.
— Pete Sweeney (@pgsween) August 29, 2018
Passing yards: 3,750
Touchdowns: 23
Interceptions: 13.5
When Vegas sets over-under totals, it tries to get as close to the predicted number as possible, so what you see above is the equivalent of the projected numbers for Mahomes: 3,750 yards, 23 touchdowns and about 14 interceptions.
If I’m a betting man looking at these numbers, I’m going over, over and over.
What about you?