It was a winning weekend for bettors, as sportsbooks suffered one of their worst NFL Sundays of the season.

The most damaging result of the day at multiple sportsbooks was the Green Bay Packers beating the Houston Texans, 35-20, as three-point favorites. More than 87 percent of the bets and money were on Green Bay across the market, and BetRivers sportsbooks reported its worst loss of the early games off of the Packers win. Books were helped a bit by the game staying a hair under the closing total of 55.5.

“Green Bay was the most popular bet this week by some [margin],” FanDuel sportsbook director John Sheeran said in an email. “The game staying Under was the only respite there.”

The Pittsburgh Steelers (+1) beating the Tennessee Titans, 27-24, also was a big loss for multiple books in the early window. More than 70 percent of the bets at BetRivers and SugarHouse sportsbooks were on the Steelers.

There were two wild finishes in the early games, with Todd Gurley accidentally scoring a touchdown to put the Atlanta Falcons (-1.5) up six points (after a successful two-point conversion) on the Detroit Lions, only for Matthew Stafford to throw a touchdown pass as time expired and the Lions to win 23-22.

The scene was reminiscent of Gurley sliding short of the end zone in 2018 as a member of the Los Angeles Rams to win a game against the Packers by 2 (Rams were 7.5-point favorites). One BetMGM bettor won a $110,000 bet on the Lions +1 and a $110,000 bet on the Lions pick ’em.

The other crazy finish involved a Baker Mayfield touchdown pass with 11 seconds remaining to put the Cleveland Browns (-3.5) up 37-34 over the Cincinnati Bengals. Cody Parkey then missed the extra point, which was a mixed result for books. PointsBet ended up refunding all Browns -3.5 or -4 tickets, while it helped stem William Hill losses “a little.”

“We ended up on the wrong end, as we needed the Browns in that one,” Borgata sportsbook director Thomas Gable said. “That last missed extra point was costly for us.”

The New York Jets (+10) getting their first cover of the season in an 18-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills was the best result of the early window for multiple sportsbooks. More than 90 percent of the bets at BetRivers books and 89 percent at PointsBet were on the Bills, and it was the third-highest bet game of the day at PointsBet.

“It’s the first week all season that I can say we made money on a Jets game,” Gable said. “We won the first half, second half and full game.”

The Dallas Cowboys losing 25-3 to the Washington Football Team as 1-point underdogs was another good result for sportsbooks Nearly 80 percent of bets at FanDuel and William Hill sportsbooks were on Dallas. The Cowboys are now 0-7 ATS, the first team since the 2006 Miami Dolphins to achieve that distinction.

The San Francisco 49ers dismantled the New England Patriots 33-6 as 3-point underdogs, in the best game of the afternoon for sportsbooks, although one bettor at the Borgata in Atlantic City won a $200,000 wager on the 49ers +3.5 in the second half, and a $105,000 bet on the second half Under.

The other late-afternoon games were a bettors’ paradise. The Los Angeles Chargers (-7.5), Kansas City Chiefs (-7) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-4) all covered the spread, and all three games went over the total. Teasers, straight bets and moneyline parlays all cashed, along with anything tied to those Overs.