WATCH: The K.C. Chiefs Covered the Point Spread Last Night in the Most Absurd Manner Possible

Never gamble.

Seriously. You might as well light your money on fire. Why would one ever risk their hard-earned cash on the madness that is NFL football?

The latest example of why wagering on football is a fool’s errand came Monday night in Kansas City. The Kansas City Chiefs were up 23-20 over the Washington Redskins with four seconds left. With time for just one play from their own 25 yard line, Washington quarterback Kirk Cousins dumped the ball in the flat to wideout Jamison Crowder. As soon as the Chiefs defense converged, Crowder tried to toss the ball back to Cousins — a desperate attempt to keep the game alive.

But Cousins couldn’t control the toss, and there was a scramble for the loose ball. Washington eventually came up with it, and tried another lateral. But that one wasn’t handled properly either, and this time, Kansas City’s Justin Houston picked it up. Houston then ran the ball into the end zone to salt away the Chiefs victory, 29-20.

“This might be meaningful to some,” said Monday Night Football announcer Sean McDonough — as Houston dashed in for the seemingly superfluous score.

What McDonough knew was that Washington was a seven point underdog in the game. For gambling neophytes, this means that all those who bet on Washington needed was for the Redskins to win the game, or lose.by less than seven points! A 23-20 loss would’ve been just fine for those who backed Washington. But a 29-20 defeat? Not so much.

And so those who wagered on Kansas City got a gift, while those who picked Washington got another reminder why betting on NFL football is the dumbest thing ever.

Watch this silliness above, via ESPN.

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