Get ready for a sports betting nightmare fuel. Among gamblers in the Tennessee titans bee Miami Dolphins NFL Week 4 Monday Night Football game got one of the nastiest bad beats you’ll ever see. (Of course, this also means that Over bettors got a lucky win).

The Over/Under was 37 and the Titans defeated the Dolphins 31-12. At first glance, exceeding the total by 5.5 points doesn’t seem that bad. However, how it happened. The story is about the total. It doesn’t matter that twelve points were scored in the first half in this game.

Gambling or fantasy football implications are the only reasons to watch this abortion of a sporting event. In fact, I turned the game off until fellow OutKick writer and degenerate gambler Dan Zaksheske texted me something along the lines of, “If the Under loses in this Titans-Dolphins game, I’m going on ‘suicide watch'”.

At the time, I was watching my own losers, like the other game in the Week 4 Monday Night Football doubleheader, the Seattle Seahawks vs. Detroit Lions. But because misery loves company, I wanted to experience some schadenfreude. So I turned on the Titans-Dolphins Toilet Bowl and man, it did not disappoint.

The worst part of this beat is the “blue balls” that Under bettors got as Miami almost kept Tennessee out of the end zone to prevent the Over from conceding. The Titans had the ball because they were up 12 points and the Dolphins had no timeouts after the two-minute warning.

Tennessee ran the ball all the way up the middle three times and Miami’s defense held the Titans to just two yards, leading to a fourth-and-goal at the 4-yard line. With the field goal not mattering, Tennessee opted to put it on fourth down, giving Under bettors a chance. But hopes of cashing in on Under died when Titans RB Tony Pollard rushed to a meaningless score.

Certainly, “Tennessee +2.5” was never in doubt. But millions of dollars changed hands because of the nonsense in the last two minutes. This makes the NFL the best product on TV. Even though this game sucked, the betting implications kept people watching.

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