Monday was a day of recovery in the Tuley’s Takes home office after going full-tilt all weekend (no time off for yours truly except for a few hours to open presents and eat a big Christmas dinner with the family) and leading up to Monday Night Football to wrap up the NFL Week 16 schedule.
We recap MNF and its impact on Circa Survivor in a separate story on VSiN.com, though we have our regular condensed recaps below. Personally, we lost on the Colts +4.5 in their 20-3 loss to the Chargers to see our daily Best Bets drop to 37-21-2 ATS (63.8%) with our daily top play the last 60 days. Our plays that we give out each Sunday night on “The Greg Peterson Experience” have been even stronger, but the Colts’ misfire also dropped those to 31-17 ATS (64.6%) since the start of the football season and 18-8 ATS (69.2%) since the start of November. Let’s get to our usual daily recaps of Monday’s betting action, including Contest Corner with Circa Survivor as well as updated leaderboards in Circa Sports Million and the Westgate SuperContest, and then give my Best Bets for Tuesday as well as our early NFL Week 17 plays from “The Greg Peterson Experience.”Monday Recaps
NFL: Chargers beat Colts 20-3 on Monday Night Football to wrap up NFL Week 16, covering as 3.5-point road favorites (game stayed way Under betting total of 44.5 points). Faves went 10-6 SU on holiday weekend but split 8-8 ATS. Home/road teams split 8-8 SU and ATS. Unders led 10-6 and primetime Unders swept 4-0 (Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday nights).
More NFL: On the season, faves lead 152-82-2 SU with 4 pick-'ems while dogs still lead 125-104-7 ATS (54.6%). Home teams dipped to 128-104-2 SU with 6 neutral-site games and 116-112-6 ATS (50.9%). Unders improved to 132-106-2 (55.5%) with primetime Unders 31-19-1 (62%).CFB: New Mexico State beat Bowling Green State 24-19 in Quick Lane Bowl. NMSU did it as 3-point underdog (stayed Under betting total of 50.5 points). Overall in bowl season, faves dropped to 10-8 SU while dogs improved to 11-7 ATS. Unders improved to 10-7-1.
NBA: Faves went 4-3 SU and ATS on Monday with the upsets by the Rockets (+7 in 133-118 win at Bulls), Spurs (+4.5 in 126-122 win vs. Jazz) and Nets (+2 in 125-117 win at Cavaliers). The Clippers, Heat, Pelicans and Blazers covered as chalk; the Clippers’ cover as 5.5-point road faves was especially notable as they trailed by 14 with 3:34 left in regulation and rallied to force OT and then won 142-131 to deal Pistons backs a terrible #BadBeat. Home teams also went 4-3 SU and ATS. Overs led 5-2.