NFL Week 8 was dominated by favorites and overs, which is normally a recipe for success for the betting public.

But sportsbooks still managed to salvage a small winning day Sunday thanks to outright upsets by the Dolphins (+7, beat Falcons 34-10) and Jets (+5½, beat Bengals 39-38).

“I think it speaks to just how popular money-line parlays are nowadays,” Westgate vice president of race and sports John Murray said. “The reason we’re up right now is because Miami beat Atlanta and the Jets beat the Bengals.

“Some of these Sundays, you get a lot of these underdogs to cover but not win, and that’s the recipe that hurts us. But this week we did get two of the really big underdogs to win outright. It’s not going to be a banner day but we are a winner for the day, probably more of one than peopl

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