Chicago Bears quarterback Nick Foles is sacked by a group Los Angeles Rams players
during their Monday Night Football game, Oct. 26, 2020 in Los Angeles.
A stat correction that changed a sack to a tackle for loss in the Chicago Bears-Los Angeles Rams game [last] Monday caused a $997,000 fantasy football heartbreak for a 41-year-old insurance agent in St. Louis.
For 30 minutes after Monday's game ended, Rob Huntze thought he had won the $1 million first prize in a DraftKings contest.
Everything had worked out perfectly for Huntze down the stretch of the Rams' 24-10 win. One of Huntze's lineups that featured both the Bears' and Rams' defenses had scored 92.79 points, the most out of the 176,470 entries. His computer screen showed a $1 million first prize.
He texted with friends and called his parents to share the exciting news and took his dog Achilles for a quick walk.
When he returned, he wanted to refresh his computer screen again, "just to see myself on top," he said. "And, then, boom."
A sack that had been credited to the Bears' defense late in the fourth quarter was changed to a running play, a 3-yard loss by Rams quarterback Jared Goff. That 3-yard loss dropped Huntze into a tie for sixth place with 18 other entries, and his prize money dropped from $1 million to $3,078.94.
"Heartbreaking on many levels," a resigned Huntze told ESPN on Tuesday.
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