POPULAR SEARCHES <br> BROWSE BY <br>Much like the overwhelming majority of the regular season, the public betting masses secured the biggest results on <a href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NFL</a> Wild Card Weekend odds.<br>Bettors loved the <a href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/baltimore-ravens-team" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Baltimore Ravens</a>, <a href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/buffalo-bills-team" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Buffalo Bills</a> and <a href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/philadelphia-eagles-team" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Philadelphia Eagles</a>. All three won and covered, and the last of those stung the most.<br>"We got killed by the Eagles covering," BetMGM Nevada’s Scott Shelton said.<br>But the bettors gave a little back over the weekend, as well. Oddsmakers at sportsbooks across the country recap the weekend that was in NFL wild-card betting.<br><strong>Philly Fanatics</strong><br>At BetMGM, the Eagles closed as 5.5-point home favorites vs. the <a href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/green-bay-packers-team" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Green Bay Packers</a>. Philly wasn’t exactly dominant on offense, but forced four turnovers en route to a 22-10 victory.<br>Customers at BetMGM’s Las Vegas sportsbooks were all over the favorite in the second of Sunday’s three games on the NFL wild-card oddsboard.<br>"There was way more money on the Eagles. Add that to the Bills’ cover, and it starts to snowball with parlays and teasers," Shelton said.<br>The Bills began Sunday with a 31-7 rout of the <a href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/denver-broncos-team" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Broncos</a>, outscoring Denver 21-0 in the second half to easily cover as 7.5-point home favorites.<br>Nationwide, the Bills and Eagles were Nos. 1-2, respectively, at BetMGM in point-spread tickets and money among wild-card teams. Likewise, DraftKings Sportsbook saw lopsided action on the Bills and Eagles.<br>Honestly, the Eagles just winning — not even covering — was a big boost for the public betting masses. That’s because Philadelphia was the final leg on a lot of moneyline parlays — particularly Ravens to Bills to Eagles. Baltimore dumped <a href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers-team" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pittsburgh</a> 28-14 on Saturday night.<br>Better still, many bettors linked <a href="https://www.foxsports.com/college-football/ohio-state-buckeyes-team" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ohio State</a> to Ravens/Bills/Eagles on moneyline parlays. The Buckeyes opened the weekend Friday night with a 28-14 win over <a href="https://www.foxsports.com/college-football/texas-longhorns-team" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a> in the College Football Playoff semifinals.<br>"A lot of moneyline parlays ended with the Eagles game," SuperBook vice president John Murray said.<br><strong>Deep In The Heart Of </strong><a href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/houston-texans-team" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Texans</strong></a><br>The only matchup that substantially boosted the books and beat the bettors: the <a href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/los-angeles-chargers-team" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles Chargers</a> vs. the Houston Texans, the opening game in the NFL wild-card odds market.<br>Public bettors were all over Jim Harbaugh and the Chargers as 2.5-point road favorites Saturday. But <a href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/cj-stroud-player" target="_blank" rel="noopener">C.J. Stroud</a> and the Texans rolled to a 32-12 victory.<br>"Everybody was betting the Chargers. It was one of our most lopsided games of the season. Roughly 90% of bets came in on the Chargers," BetMGM national trading manager Christian Cipollini.<br>On a smaller scale, it worked out well for BetMGM’s Vegas operations, too.<br>"That was a parlay-and-teaser buster. We just needed it to stay under the total for the clean sweep. But we don’t want to get greedy," Shelton said.<br>The Chargers-Texans total was 41.5. Houston running back <a href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/joe-mixon-player" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Mixon’s</a> 17-yard touchdown run with 3:42 to go accounted for the final score and clinched the Over.<br><strong>Command Performance</strong><br>Oddsmakers also got a break Sunday night, when the <a href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/washington-commanders-team" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Commanders</a> went on the road and knocked off the <a href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/tampa-bay-buccaneers-team" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a> 23-20 on a final-second field goal. <a href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/jayden-daniels-player" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jayden Daniels</a> & Co. were 3-point road underdogs.<br>"That is big. It’s still not a great day, but Washington winning helps," The SuperBook’s Murray said.<br>Added BetMGM Nevada’s Shelton: "We needed the Commanders’ parlay-buster outright win tonight."<br>Washington’s winning points weren’t without drama, as place-kicker <a href="https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/zane-gonzalez-player" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Zane Gonzalez</a> banked it off the right upright and through the goalposts.<br>"Maybe the Commanders had good karma from dumping Dan Snyder. That’s how it doinked in," South Point sportsbook director Chris Andrews said.<br><i>Patrick Everson is a sports betting analyst for FOX Sports and senior reporter for VegasInsider.com. He is a distinguished journalist in the national sports betting space. He’s based in Las Vegas, where he enjoys golfing in 110-degree heat. 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