Even longer odds can be found. FanDuel in Pennsylvania is offering 40,000\/1.<\/p>\n
\nThere’s nothing you can do. You just make high numbers,” the SuperBook’s Ed Salmons said. “We wanted to offer fair odds on a team that is not trying to win.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
While “not trying to win” might seem like an unfair comment, it’s not. Dolphins GM Chris Grier basically admitted the team isn’t focused on this season.<\/p>\n
“No one likes losing. We’ve talked about building a team that’s going to win and compete for championships for a long time instead of being in this one year, and then you fall back for two or three,” Grier said this week.<\/p>\n
0-16 Odds<\/b><\/h2>\n
Sportsbooks are taking bets on the chances that the Miami Dolphins go an imperfect 0-16. The 2017 Cleveland Browns and the 2008 Detroit Lions are the only two winless teams in a 16-game schedule, but others playing fewer games also have gone winless in an entire NFL regular season.<\/p>\n
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FanDuel has 0-16 odds at Yes +400, No -600. The line implies there’s hope for a Dolphins win, as winning at least a game remains the favorite. That will, of course, change should Miami continue their losing ways.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
One bettor got in on the winless action early. After FanDuel opened the line following the Dolphins’ week one loss, a gambler wagered $3,400 on 30\/1 (+3000) that the team would go 0-16. The bet would net $102,000.<\/p>\n
The sportsbook drastically shortened the line following the bet and Dolphins’ week two shame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Miami Dolphins are bad. Every National Football League (NFL) fan knows that, and oddsmakers in Las Vegas and across the country say setting point spreads on the Fins is tough because the team isn’t even trying to win. Miami opened the season at home, losing to the Baltimore Ravens, 59-10. The lopsided loss delivered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":115372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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