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By Max Meyer

One New York football team delivered the first outright win this season for any double-digit underdog yesterday. Do Caesars Sportsbook bettors think another New York squad can pull off the same result tonight?

The Giants head to Arrowhead Stadium to take on the Chiefs at 8:15 p.m ET/5:15 p.m. PT on ESPN to wrap up the NFL Week 8 slate. 

Both teams have losing records straight up (Chiefs 3-4, Giants 2-5) and against the spread (Giants 3-4, Chiefs 2-5) so far this season. Interestingly, the only two times Kansas City covered the spread this season came against NFC East foes after beating up on the Eagles and Washington. 

Kansas City’s Super Bowl odds are currently at 14/1 at Caesars Sportsbook, which is the highest they’ve been all season. After the Chiefs’ humiliating defeat to the Titans last weekend, they went from +750 to 13/1, and rose up slightly more to 14/1 after that. 

“Unless the Chiefs absolutely blow out the Giants, I can’t see there being that much of a reaction for their odds getting lowered,” said Craig Mucklow, Vice President of Trading at Caesars Sportsbook. “If it’s a close game and the Chiefs are struggling, that’s where you’ll see a bigger adjustment to their odds. If they lose, around 20/1 would be realistic. But after this, they’ve got the Packers, Raiders and Cowboys. Those are three tough games, so it may be even higher honestly.”

The Chiefs opened as 10-point home chalk over the Giants at Caesars Sportsbook, and resided at -9.5 and -10 throughout the past week. Today, though, Kansas City (-550 on the moneyline) was bumped up to -10.5 against New York (+400 ML) while the total is the same as its original number of 52.

Before the Jets (+11.5) stunned the Bengals as +425 ML underdogs yesterday, the Giants had owned the biggest upset of the season. They upended the Saints in New Orleans back in Week 4 when their closing ML price was +290. The Giants were 7-point underdogs in that game, which now ties them for the second-biggest spread underdog to win outright with the Chargers over the Chiefs in Week 3. 

The Chiefs have the edge in spread wagers thus far, as Kansas City has compiled 57% of the total number of tickets and 58% of the total dollars wagered. 

Each team, however, has drawn a noteworthy wager. One Nevada bettor put $520,000 on Chiefs -9.5 (-110) for total potential winnings of $472,727.25, while another Nevada bettor laid $330,000 on Giants +10 (-110) for total potential winnings of $300,000.

“We just don’t want the Chiefs to win this game by 10,” Mucklow said. “Other than that, we’re fine with whatever happens in this game. Bettors might be picking up on the fact that the Chiefs have dominated the NFC East so far this season when backing the big spread. Even with their struggles, the Chiefs are just flat-out better than the Giants too.”

The majority of Caesars Sportsbook bettors are actually backing the underdog on the moneyline, with the Giants grabbing 67% of the total number of tickets and 54% of the total dollars wagered.

Meanwhile, the over has brought in 53% of the total number of tickets and 62% of the total dollars wagered.

The two most popular player props at Caesars Sportsbook by total dollars wagered involve one of the quarterbacks under center tonight… and it’s not former MVP Patrick Mahomes. 

The over on completions for Giants signal-caller Daniel Jones leads the way in total dollars wagered, and it has moved upward from 20.5 to 21.5 in the process. But Jones can make an impact with his legs too, and the over on his rushing yards (16.5 opener to current standing of 24.5) ranks second. 

On the Kansas City side, the over on Travis Kelce receptions has also attracted noteworthy action. Kelce’s receptions prop was first posted at 5.5 and has increased to 6.5, which is tied for the highest number of any player in this showdown with Tyreek Hill. The tight end’s over is favored here at -135, while the under sits at +115. Kelce’s receiving yardage prop has shot up considerably as well, ascending from 61.5 to 78.5.

Check out Caesars Sportsbook’s latest odds and trends for tonight’s clash between the Giants and Chiefs below. 