Depending on who you put your money on yesterday, you either enjoyed a Christmas miracle or tragedy. Making it through the Eagles/Raiders dumpster fire of a game was punishment enough, but for some NFL fans and gamblers, it turned out to be a money suck too.
With 3 seconds left in the game and the Eagles up 13-10, Philadelphia’s Derek Barnett gobbled up a Raiders fumble after an array of failed laterals, extending the Eagles lead to 19-10 with the time expired.
How good is the @Eagles' defense?
They end games with TDs. #FlyEaglesFly#OAKvsPHI https://t.co/ejpaDurex3
— NFL (@NFL) December 26, 2017
Here’s where things get sticky. With the spread for many gamblers ranging from Eagles -9.5 to -10, all the birds had to do was kick a damn extra point to cover the spread. But Doug Pederson decided to play nice guy and kneel, leaving many people sobbing over a Christmas ham.
Those people include, but aren’t limited to, the below Twitter users:
I had Eagles -9.5. That extra point kneel down killed all of my excitement
— Talor (@TalorMeyer) December 26, 2017
WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU KNEEL ON THE XP @Eagles THE LINE WAS 10, YOU WERE UP 9 AND YOU RUINED MY CHRISTMAS GAMBLING.
— Khalil Farah (@Khalil904) December 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/Paul_Roller/status/945516899944816640
When the line is -9.5 and the eagles knee it instead of kicking the extra point pic.twitter.com/X3vj8jCYrw
— Kevin Zataveski (@Kzat67) December 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/AndrewWagner30/status/945516735658160128
Eagles Doug Pederson with nice christmas present to gamblers who took Raiders +9.5
— Ben Maller (@benmaller) December 26, 2017
Hey, but on the bright side, shout out to these dudes who pulled off an unlikely upset to win their fantasy leagues.
I hate fantasy football pic.twitter.com/48rewQnVk2
— Nic Weller (@nwellerXLV) December 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/EaglesJoker/status/945519113857896449
@NFLfantasy @MarcasG @Michael_Fabiano just won my fantasy championship on Derek Barnett’s fumble recovery for a TD!!! Cant make that up. pic.twitter.com/X5uxeNvQmL
— Ron Schiltz (@RonSchiltz) December 26, 2017
Moral of the story: invest your money in something that will never let you down: like Bitcoin or stock in Radio Shack.
[h/t Total Pro Sports]