What? What happened? This is going to require some context.
does a quick Google search
Oh, good God
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NFL Thread: 2025-26 Season
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does a quick Google search
Oh, good God
Cam Little with a 70 yard FG ... that looked like it would be good from 75-80
Rich Eisen crying like a proud father
Rich Eisen crying like a proud father
While I was trying to get myself to take another break from the Internet (it’s still not working, send help), I stumbled upon this last week.
(Snapshot taken from the ESPN mobile app)
Ignoring the hilarious statistic that is Ashton Jeanty having negative rushing yards- isn’t preseason football just the greatest?- this game is notable for two reasons. For one, Pete Carroll was out on the field having 2016 flashbacks at the end of the last game. Preseason doesn’t have overtime, so this and also the Dolphins/Bears game both ended in, and I quote, “ties”. But that’s not the funniest part.
The funny part at least to me is that the Raiders always seem to be getting into situations like this. Just a few years ago you had AFC West fans hoping the Chargers would tie their Week 18 regular season game so both teams would make the playoffs, which would have been the first time in NFL history a tie game would have done that. Mind you, the large majority of fans usually don’t want ties at all in this league. After this the Raiders would keep being among the teams with the most overtime games per season, getting as many as four of these in one season.
As luck would have it, the Raiders’ last preseason game last season also ended in a tie after regulation. Again, no overtime. But look who they’re just happening to play this week. Not only have the Raiders technically gone 0-0-2 in their past two preseason games, which is already wild to think about, but this team has a chance to do something really freaking funny and become the first team since 1973 to, technically, have multiple ties in the same season. To my knowledge, no team since the introduction of overtime in 1974 has done this- the Browns got really close in 2018 though- even with preseason games taken into account.
So my end question is. Is it possible to sports bet an NFL game to tie?
(Snapshot taken from the ESPN mobile app)
Ignoring the hilarious statistic that is Ashton Jeanty having negative rushing yards- isn’t preseason football just the greatest?- this game is notable for two reasons. For one, Pete Carroll was out on the field having 2016 flashbacks at the end of the last game. Preseason doesn’t have overtime, so this and also the Dolphins/Bears game both ended in, and I quote, “ties”. But that’s not the funniest part.
The funny part at least to me is that the Raiders always seem to be getting into situations like this. Just a few years ago you had AFC West fans hoping the Chargers would tie their Week 18 regular season game so both teams would make the playoffs, which would have been the first time in NFL history a tie game would have done that. Mind you, the large majority of fans usually don’t want ties at all in this league. After this the Raiders would keep being among the teams with the most overtime games per season, getting as many as four of these in one season.
As luck would have it, the Raiders’ last preseason game last season also ended in a tie after regulation. Again, no overtime. But look who they’re just happening to play this week. Not only have the Raiders technically gone 0-0-2 in their past two preseason games, which is already wild to think about, but this team has a chance to do something really freaking funny and become the first team since 1973 to, technically, have multiple ties in the same season. To my knowledge, no team since the introduction of overtime in 1974 has done this- the Browns got really close in 2018 though- even with preseason games taken into account.
So my end question is. Is it possible to sports bet an NFL game to tie?
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Dang. That sucks. We were a 59 yard field goal made as time expired away from seeing this actually happen. First it was that Week 18 game, then it was the 3-0 game from last year against the Vikings, and now this. What is it with the Raiders and field goals preventing history from being made? And they weren’t even the ones who kicked it this time!
Slight correction: That 3-0 game was in December 2023, not the 2024 season.