David PurdumJan 8, 2026, 07:00 AM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Chris Andrews, a veteran Las Vegas oddsmaker with more than 40 years of bookmaking experience, scrolled through his NFL numbers over the weekend and noticed something unusual. Entering Week 18, he had seven teams with Super Bowl odds shorter than 10-1. "That's way more than most years," Andrews, the sportsbook director at the South Point casino, said.

The finance expert, and radio host, hit out at sports betting, claiming it is destroying the next generation of men.

The Detroit Pistons kick off Wednesday night’s slate of games with a divisional matchup against the Chicago Bulls.

Ravens-Steelers provided a thrilling end to the regular-season battle between bookmakers and bettors. But much like the rest of the NFL Week 18 odds market, results were mixed. Multiple sportsbooks needed the Steelers on Sunday night and got them in wild fashion, as Pittsburgh won 26-24. However, Caesars Sports needed the Ravens. "The customers won big on the last game of the regular season, on the biggest game of the day," Caesars vice president of trading Craig Mucklow said.

Rams head coach Sean McVay said all week that his plan is to play the team’s starters against the Cardinals and that the result of Saturday’s Seahawks-49ers game was not going to factor into how he handled things on Sunday. Sportsbooks appeared to have some doubts that he’d follow through with that, however. The line for the game in Los Angeles had the Rams favored by -7.5 or -8.5 points for most of the week, but there’s been a significant change on Sunday.

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For Sunday's game, which kicks off at 1 p.m. ET on FOX, sportsbooks have issued player props on Evan Hull. Hull's New Orleans Saints (6-10) and the Atlanta