The NFL announced that Tom Brady will be suspended for the first four NFL games of the 2015-16 season, and sports books immediately got to work setting a new line for their opening game.
According to SportsBook.com, they had the Patriots and Steelers game at a -6.5 (in favor of the Patriots) before the deflategate news, and it dropped to a pick’em after the news of the suspension.
Week 1 Pats/Steelers game reopened as a PICK'EM after news of Tom Brady's suspension. (Pats were -6.5 before deflategate news broke)
— Sportsbook.com ® (@Sportsbook_com) May 11, 2015
4 game suspension for Tom Brady a lot harsher than we thought
Slight adjustment on Patriots futures:
Super Bowl 9-1 to 10-1
AFC 7-2 to 4-1
— Sportsbook.com ® (@Sportsbook_com) May 11, 2015
If you were wondering about how valuable Tom Brady is to the Patriots, you have your answer.
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