With Sunday’s Week 14 matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Carolina Panthers now in the books, one bettor can exhale after sweating out the fourth quarter. This week, a bettor in Kentucky made a seismic wager, backing the Eagles on the moneyline to defeat Carolina. Circa Sports, who took the wager, told ESPN that the bettor placed a total of $3.1 million on the Eagles to win, making it one of the largest bets ever reported for an NFL regular-season game.
To the bettor’s delight, Philadelphia fended off Carolina after being put on upset alert heading into the fourth quarter. As the game turned to the fourth, the Panthers led 16-14. The Eagles would quickly retake the lead in the early stages of the fourth quarter, however, thanks to a Jalen Hurts touchdown to tight end Grant Calcaterra, but the Panthers did not go down quietly.
Down by six, Carolina got the ball at their own 3-yard line with just under three minutes left in regulation. Despite the poor field position, Bryce Young brought his team nearly the length of the field, reaching as far as the Philadelphia 32-yard line with hopes of pulling off the upset. He even had rookie wideout Xavier Legette open over the middle of the field for what would’ve been a go-ahead touchdown or close to it, but Legette couldn’t complete the catch…