It’s been a funny start to the season for NFL underdogs.
The big betting headline is the success of sizable pups, with underdogs of +5.5 or higher going 13-1-1 against the spread.
What’s even more shocking is that those 15 teams are a combined 10-5 SU, earning more than +21 units for anyone ballsy enough to back those moneylines.
As for the smaller dogs, there hasn’t been much bark. Underdogs of less than a field goal (+2.5 to +0.5) are just 5-8 SU and ATS, covering at under 39% entering Week 4.
Plenty of points don’t always make the best underdog bets, however.
Last season, dogs of +5.5 or higher finished with a 49.5% cover rate, and going back over the past 10 years, those teams drawing piles of …