TLDR: Josh Allen threw and ran for 5 touchdowns as the Bills routed the Lions 41-31 in Highmark Stadium's debut, sending Barstool's Cave Bets crew through a full night of sweat.
None of that was good news for the DraftKings-sponsored Cave Bets crew, who had a whiteboard full of player props riding on the game and a running sweat that went past just Allen's stat line. Their board had Jameson Williams' yardage prop as a coin-flip late, with one voice on the couch pleading for the extra cushion and getting razzed for the math.
Barstool Gambling@stoolgamblingAll-time cave sweat on Jamo yards tonight “We need 17 yards” - @Jerrythekid21 “We’d only need 7 if you followed the rules” - @BarstoolBigCat
By the fourth quarter, with Detroit's furious rally cutting it to 34-24, the room had gone quiet in the way only a bet that's slipping can do to a group of grown men. The energy in the Cave Bets studio flipped from celebration to something closer to dread as the Lions kept chipping away.
Barstool Gambling@stoolgamblingThe cave is going through the 5 stages of grief
Buffalo held on for the 41-31 final, and the props mostly followed the script: both Big Cat and Jerrythekid21 cashed the over on 54.5, and anytime-touchdown bets on Cook, Gibbs and Amon-Ra all hit. Jamo's anytime touchdown was the one leg that didn't come through. Add in Allen now sitting at 9 total touchdowns in 5 days of football, and a Lions defense that's off to one of the worst starts in franchise history through 2 weeks, and it's easy to see why the Cave Bets couch spent all 4 quarters on edge even in a game Buffalo controlled from the jump.
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