Monday was a day full of recovering from a non-stop holiday weekend and handicapping the rest of next weekend’s NFL Week 13 card and the college football conference championship games.
And of course, Monday’s always center around MNF. We do a weekly recap for VSiN.com, so here’s my Monday Night Football recap as we give the betting perspective of the Steelers’ 24-17 upset of the Colts and wrap up our Week 13 betting stats and update our season-long stats (which can also be found below). As for my personal bets, we won our Best Bet on our posted 2-team, 6-point teaser on the Steelers +8.5/Over 33 (along with other teasers from Sunday’s games for those who followed us on those earlier in the week with the Panthers +8.5, Titans +7.5 and Eagles -0.5). Monday’s win improved our daily Best Bets to 19-9 ATS (67.9%) the first 28 days of November, including 15-6 ATS (71.4%) the last 21 days. As for BetsGiving, I was DQ’d because my prop bet on “Colts score 1st/Win Game” was ruled by the Betsgiving commissioner to be a parlay and not a prop (even though it was on the DraftKings app on the props list). Anyway, as I Tweeted earlier in the evening, I was more concerned with winning my teasers with the Steelers for me and my faithful followers, so I can live with the result (and the prop lost anyway). Let’s get to the recaps of the rest of Monday’s actual betting action, then look for a Best Bet on Tuesday, plus update our NFL Week 13 plays that we gave out on our weekly appearance on “The Greg Peterson Experience” at 12:15 a.m. ET/9:15 p.m. PT Sunday nights and which also appear in these daily columns along with the VSiN daily newsletter.Sunday’s Recaps
NFL: Steelers (2.5-point road dog) upset Colts 24-17 on MNF to wrap up NFL Week 12 (went Over total of 39.5 points). Faves went 10-4 SU and 7-7 ATS in Week 12 with 2 pick-’ems (DEN-CAR & CIN-TEN). Home teams dominated at 11-5 SU and 12-4 ATS. Over/Unders split 8-8 while primetime Overs swept 3-0 in the Thursday, Sunday and Monday night games this weekend.
More NFL: On the season, faves lead 109-66-1 SU with 4 PKs, but dogs improved to 95-75-6 ATS (55.9%). Home teams dipped to 96-77-1 SU with 6 neutral-site games but dipped to 86-82-6 ATS (51.2%). Unders lead 100-78-2 (56.2%) while primetime Unders dipped to 19-17-1 (52.8%) after starting 13-6 through the first 6 weeks of the season.
NBA: Faves went 7-2 SU on Monday but only 5-4 ATS with Suns-Kings closing pick-'em. The upsets were by the Bulls (+2 at Jazz) and Pacers (+3.5 at Lakers). The Magic (+12 at Nets) and Thunder (+5.5 at Pelicans) covered in SU losses. Home teams went 7-3 SU and 5-5 ATS. Unders 6-4.