Todd Gurley fires back at fantasy football and Vegas critics after he stopped short of goal line
By Keith Farner
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Former Georgia RB Todd Gurley drew the ire of fantasy football and Vegas critics after his decision on Sunday to stop short of the goal line instead of tacking on another touchdown in a 29-27 win for the Los Angeles Rams over the Green Bay Packers.
“Forget fantasy, and forget Vegas,” Gurley said. “We got the win, so that’s all that matters.”
Gurley could have easily scored, but turned inside and stopped at the 4-yard line, which meant the Rams could drain the clock.
But according to the Las Vegas Review Journal, the Rams were 7.5 point favorites after the line opened at 8.5. The over/under closed at 57, so bettors who took the over were also upset with him. That spread as an underdog was the largest of QB Aaron Rodgers’ career.
It led to a swing of more than $1 million in favor of bettors: mid-six figures at MGM Resorts and William Hill, six figures at the Westgate and just shy of six figures at Caesars Entertainment.
“The game closed all the way down to 7½ but I think everyone in the room had the Rams, because you could hear a holler when he went down,” The Mirage sports book director Jeff Stoneback said.
A similar scene played out at Caesars Palace.
“I haven’t heard such a mixed reaction in the book probably since the Super Bowl,” Caesars Entertainment sports book director Bill Sattler said. “There were a lot of moans and groans and cheers. That’s a bad beat for a lot of people.”
What Spread????♂️#RamsWin https://t.co/EncL6q9SqP
— Todd Gurley II (@TG3II) October 29, 2018
“Man, forget fantasy and forget Vegas today. We got the win so that’s all that matters.”
Let ’em know, @TG3II! pic.twitter.com/TidDPxDAHe
— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) October 29, 2018
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
