NFL fans and bettors react to Commanders Miracle Hail Mary TD for 18-15 win over Bears

Another WOW moment in the NFL had fans and sports bettors going crazy on Sunday. The late afternoon game in the nation's capital ended wildly after the Chicago Bears scored a touchdown in the final minute to take a 15-12 lead. But Washington QB Jayden Daniels had the final answer. From midfield, the rookie rolled to the right on the final play of the game and circled back to the left before firing a 65-yard air ball that was bounced by the Bears defenders at the goal line back into the arms of Commanders WR Noah Brown.

Landing. Ball game. Washington wins.

The surprising Washington Commanders are 6-2 in first place in the NFC East and tied for the second-best record in the NFL just before the halfway point of the regular season.

In a battle between the two award-winning rookie quarterbacks and top-two picks in the 2024 NFL Draft, Jayden Daniels increased his odds and position ahead of Caleb Williams for NFL Rookie of the Year.

Daniels finished the game completing 21 of 38 passes for 326 yards and 1 TD plus 52 yards rushing. Williams was 10 of 24 for 131 yards plus 41 yards rushing.

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I don't want Bears defenseman Tyrique Stevenson to be in a film session with his coaches and teammates on Monday. He may not have been on the team flight back to Chicago, as sports talk radio host and college basketball coach Doug Gottlieb suggested he get on the bus and Take the greyhound home. Stevenson is the idiot who taunted the Commanders fans when the final play was abandoned and then was the player who passed the ball to Noah Brown.

Pandemonium.

Football fans and sports bettors in sportsbooks, homes and sports bars loved the Commanders Hail, Mary The prayer was answered.

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The result changed millions of dollars as the Commanders were small underdogs (+2.5 points to 3) until it was announced on game day that Jayden Daniels would start and play despite a rib injury. The Commanders were already a popular underdog on the money line, but money poured in on game day in Washington, moving the line from +2.5 to pick 'em and -1, then to -1.5 points as favorites at kickoff increased.

But the Cleveland Browns' 29-24 win and upset (+8.5) against the Baltimore Ravens was a huge result and the biggest winner for the leading online sportsbooks and costly for more bettors betting on the big favorite and get the Ravens involved in spreads and moneylines. Parlays and teasers.

Brown's direct, simply put: “Parlay killer” BetMGM reported. “The Ravens ran a lot of parlays, spreads and/or moneylines.”

While the money flowed to the Commanders before the game, the final TV and radio talk and fan reaction will reverberate for days and weeks into the playoffs, as the Commanders will be in position to compete in the postseason after it ends before one Last place season.

The Commanders' odds to win Super Bowl LVI on November 9, 2025 are now +2500, or 25/1. Washington's Super Bowl odds before the 2024 season were 150/1.

Ahead of the Monday Night Football games between the New York Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers, the Week 8 NFL teams are the betting favorites at 9-6 straight up (SU) and 6-9 against the spread (ATS), with the Commanders be classified as outsiders.

The Commanders are no longer huge underdogs, and millions of fans and bettors reacted similarly to Commanders head coach Dan Quinn in his moment of joy and even disbelief when the Hail Mary was answered in Washington.

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The NFL Week 9 preview lines were released ahead of the Week 8 games and betting odds and props, and now sportsbooks are releasing the current spreads, totals and moneylines. Washington is a -3.5-point away favorite when the Commanders and Giants meet for the second time this season at MetLife Stadium on November 3 – just two days before the US presidential election, where the odds change quickly and enormously Election bets are made.

But the coming week will be an emotional high point for the commanders and fans after the stunning victory Hail, Mary Moment to remember.

You can bet on that.

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