With the proliferation of three-wide sets and spread offenses, there is something of a misconception that the majority of NFL offenses have been putting up video-game numbers over the last decade.
But opposing defenses dominated in 2022, as teams averaged 21.9 points per game on the season, representing only the second time in the last decade that the average dipped below 22.0. At DraftKings, the sportsbook’s universal trading team is treating last year's regression as an anomaly – and offering an outside-the-box wager for the start of the 2023 regular season.
In an offering similar to the “Grand Salami” in hockey, DraftKings is allowing bettors to wager on the exact number of points scored across the league over the course of the season. The Grand Salami enables customers to bet on the total number of NHL goals during any busy night on the ice. DraftKings’ NFL wager follows the same concept, but it applies it to the entire season.
DraftKings set the total for the number of NFL points this season at 12,495.5, with -110 on both sides.