The NFL turned sportsbooks into a block party Sunday, when four blocked field goals, including two returned for touchdowns, impacted the outcomes of three early games.
Crowds erupted with the loadest roar of the season so far at the end of the Eagles-Rams matchup as Philadelphia bettors got a miracle cover and Los Angeles bettors were dealt a bad beat for the ages.
“The Rams’ beat is as brutal as you can get,” Boomer’s Sportsbook director of trading Nick Bogdanovich said. “Absolutely beyond brutal. We actually needed the Rams so that one did us no favors.”
The Rams trailed 27-26 after blowing a 26-7 fourth-quarter lead but were still covering as 3½-point underdogs and had a chance to win on a last-second 44-yard field goal try by Joshua Karty. But Philadelphia’s 6-foot-6-inch, 336-pound