One of the most popular props to bet on during the Super Bowl was Tom Brady’s total running yards and that was because Over / Under was set at half a yard. If you bet on Over and Brady runs only ONE yard, you win the bet.
It is difficult to say how much players pay attention to these things, but apparently, not only was Brady aware of the prop’s existence, but he really came up with a diabolical plan to win almost $ 2 million by betting on it. Buccaneers quarterback coach Clyde Christensen revealed the plan during an interview on Monday at “The Pat McAfee Show. “
“I’m going to tell you a funny story from our last quarterback meeting [before the Super Bowl]”Said Christensen.” We went in and Brady said, ‘Hey, I got an idea. There’s a half yard up / down for me, running half a yard in the Super Bowl. Here’s what I’m saying: we all put in $ 1 million and the first time they’re in two out of three techniques, I’m going to win six and we’re going to sit on that thing and protect it the rest of the way and we’re going to finance our off season. ‘”
If you’re wondering why Brady is rich, it’s definitely because he has ideas like that.
A technique of three means that the defensive line players would be aligned on the offensive players’ outer shoulder, which would leave the middle of the field open for Brady. In addition, Brady clearly thought a lot about the support, because he mentioned that he would need to run for 6 yards to make sure the support hit. The reason 6 yards is crucial is because it means that Brady would still finish with more than 1 yard, even if he was forced to kneel the ball at the end of the game.
The Over at Brady rushing prop was paying up to +180 on most sportsbooks, meaning that if Brady and the other quarterbacks had placed the bet and won, they would have made a huge $ 1.8 million on their $ 1 million bet. Sports betting is probably not very excited to know that conversations like this are going on, because if a player continues with this, the book could lose millions.
Of course, this plan was fun and entertaining, because NFL players are not allowed to bet on the NFL and Christensen made sure to warn everyone if they were not aware of the rule.
“I say, ‘You can’t.’ He says: ‘I promise you that if we have a million in it, I won’t be fired. We will not lose the money, “said Christensen.” We did not do this, for your information, for the IRS and NFL registration. It was just a joke. He was funny because he knew someone had said to him, ‘Hey, there’s an Over / Under for you running halfway through the Super Bowl. ‘All the defenders talked about it,’ Hey, we can all throw some money in there and see if we can pay for a good vacation or something. ‘ “
There may be a good vacation in Brady’s future, but it won’t be because he won $ 1.8 million by betting on his own Super Bowl prop. Even if players could bet on the NFL, that plan probably wouldn’t have worked, but only because most sportsbooks don’t accept a $ 1 million bet on an accessory.
If you bet Over on the prop, you probably already know that, but you lost and that’s because Brady ended up running four times for less-2 yards with three of those runs coming on QB’s knees. If Brady had managed the 6-yard run that was part of his plan, the Over would have been right.
It is a good thing that the Buccaneers’ quarterbacks did not bet on the value, because the NFL does NOT take the game lightly. The last player to be caught betting on the NFL was former Cardinal defender Josh Shaw, who was suspended for 21 games in November 2019. Shaw will finally be able to return from this suspension this year.