If you had the under for the Washington Commanders-Detroit Lions game, all you could do was laugh. That ticket was drawing dead before halftime.
The Commanders and Lions had the highest scoring quarter in NFL playoff history in the second quarter, according to Fox. The teams combined for 42 points.
Considering the total for the game was 55.5 points at BetMGM before kickoff, there wasn’t much intrigue on what way that outcome was going. In the live betting market, the total got higher than 85 during the second-quarter scoring flurry. After Jared Goff threw an interception into the end zone right before the half, the live betting total settled at 83.5 at halftime. That’s more like a Big 12 game than an NFL playoff game.
The highest scoring playoff game in NFL history was a 51-45 win by the Arizona Cardinals over the Green Bay Packers in overtime of a wild-card game in the 2009 season.
The over officially hit with 6:57 left in the third quarter on a Jahmyr Gibbs touchdown, which cut Washington’s lead to 31-28.
Here was the scoring in a ridiculous second quarter: Brian Robinson scored a 2-yard touchdown run for the Commanders, Sam LaPorta answered with a one-handed touchdown catch in the end zone for the Lions, Terry McLaurin took a short screen pass 59 yards for a touchdown, Commanders safety Quan Martin had a 40-yard touchdown on an interception return, Jameson Williams scored on a 61-yard run off a reverse, then Jayden Daniels hit Zach Ertz for a 5-yard touchdown.
You can go some playoff weekends without seeing that many explosive plays. The Commanders and Lions did it in one quarter.
There wasn’t much excitement in the wild-card round of the NFL playoffs this postseason. The Commanders and Lions made up for it in a single quarter.
