For the first 59 minutes and 59 seconds of Thursday Night Football, the initial total of 40.5 appeared to be all but guaranteed to go under.
Then on the final play of the game, the winning bet vanished into thin air.
Mitchell Trubisky completed an 8-yard pass to Diontae Johnson, who lateraled it to Chase Claypool and then got it into the hands of Najee Harris. Harris lost possession of the ball at Pittsburgh's 2-yard line, leading to a touchdown with no time left on the clock by Denzel Ward and the Browns' defense.
.@Browns score on the final play of the game! pic.twitter.com/ZGoGTzrv7c
— NFL (@NFL) September 23, 2022
While the closing line for tonight's matchup ended up at 38, the game's initial opening number for the over/under was at 40.5, setting up for one of the worst bad beats we may see this entire NFL season.
Twitter Reacts to the Steelers-Browns Bad Beat, Chase Claypool Prop
In addition to total bettors going bananas, several bettors were quick to point out another brutal beat that took place on the final play.
Steelers receiver Chase Claypool was at 41 receiving yards, but on the final possession, he was credited with a six-yard loss on his lateral to Najee Harris, bringing his total down to 35.
Claypool's closing number was set to 35.5 receiving yards.
Chase Claypool prop: 35.5 rec yds
— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) September 23, 2022
Before this play: 41 rec yds
Ends game with: 35 rec yds
What a brutal beat 😭 😭pic.twitter.com/ojH2UtS71n
As for the game itself, The Steelers were a popular teaser bet tonight, moving the line from +4.5 up to +10.5. Many bettors teased Pittsburgh with the total tonight, like Dave.
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 pic.twitter.com/V93qDEMr6I
— Dave Farra (@DaveFarra) September 23, 2022
If you were brave enough to include this game into your same game parlays, our thoughts and prayers are with you.
THAT IS AN ALL TIME BAD BEAT. IM DEAD INSIDE under 28.5😑😑😑😑😑😑😑 pic.twitter.com/rY2pJlImeZ
— Kingpin (@deibsama) September 23, 2022
Mitchell Trubisky sticks it to me one last time. pic.twitter.com/Y7gewFMnki
— Funky Cold Luda (@lcm1986) September 23, 2022
Cleveland moves to 2-1 on the season, as well as 2-1-0 against the spread. The Steelers drop to 1-2 and 1-2-0 ATS.