How much was Antonio Brown worth to the Patriots? According to the bookmakers in Las Vegas, not that much.
“I think Brown is worth only a half a point,” said Nick Bogdanovich, William Hill’s director of trading. “He was a distraction, and New England wins with [Tom] Brady, defense and [Bill] Belichick.”
As of Friday evening, the Patriots were 22-point favorites at William Hill for Sunday’s game against the Jets in Foxborough, Mass. Bodganovich dropped the line a half point early Friday morning, then another half point on the news the Patriots had released Brown.
The mega-spread had grown as high as 23 ¹/u2082 points Wednesday, and Bogdanovich said he can still see it getting back to that neighborhood before kickoff because of expected heavy public action on the Patriots.