On the 8th day, he rested. Or at least he tried to. After being under the weather myself this past weekend, I was trying to catch up on some much-needed sleep on Monday, except my wife and I received the news that our son, Maddux, had strep throat and I spent half the day trying to get a prescription filled (I’ve already gone into more detail than anyone wants to hear, but suffice it to say I didn’t get any rest).
Anyway, we were hoping to feel better while watching Monday Night Football with our Cardinals +7.5/Under 50 teaser, but that was a losing proposition, too, as the Patriots beat the Cardinals 27-13 and we lost the +7.5. For more details on that, see my weekly “Monday Night Football” recap story at VSiN.com. Despite the loss we’re still 28-17-1 ATS (62.2%) with our daily top play here in these columns since Oct. 27 and 29-14 ATS (67.4%) since the start of the season with our plays given out on our regular appearance on “The Greg Peterson Experience” (12:15 a.m. ET/9:15 p.m. Sunday nights or 15 minutes into the archived version) and 16-5 ATS (76.2%) since the start of November.. Let’s recap the rest of Monday’s betting action – including a peek in Contest Corner with updates on Circa Survivor, Circa Sports Million and the Westgate SuperContest – and make our Best Bets for Tuesday, then update our early NFL Week 15 plays that we discussed with Peterson on Sunday night.Monday Recaps
NFL: Patriots beat Cardinals 27-13 on Monday Night Football and covered as 2-point road favorites. The game stayed Under the betting total of 44 points. Favorites went 8-5 SU in Week 14, but underdogs still led 8-5 against the spread as the Texans (+17 in 27-23 loss at Cowboys), Jets (+10 in 20-12 loss at Bills) and Broncos (+9 in 34-28 loss vs. Chiefs) covered in losses. Home teams went 7-6 SU and ATS. Overs went 7-6, but primetime Unders led 2-1 in the Thursday, Sunday and Monday night games.
More NFL: On the season, faves lead 130-72-2 SU with 4 games closing pick-'em, but dogs still lead 108-90-6 ATS (54.5%). Home teams lead 111-89-2 SU with 6 neutral-site games and 101-95-6 ATS (51.5%). Home dogs went 3-2 ATS to improve to 43-31-4 ATS (58.1%). Double-digit dogs went 2-0 ATS to improve to 13-7 (65%). Unders lead 114-92-2 (55.3%) and primetime Unders improved to 24-18-1 (57.1%).
NBA: Faves went 5-2 SU Monday but only 4-3 ATS as Thunder (+8.5) covered in 121-114 loss at Mavericks. The upsets were by the Spurs (+9.5 in 112-111 win vs. Cavaliers) and Clippers (+4 in 113-93 win vs. Celtics). Home teams went 5-2 SU and 4-3 ATS. Overs led 4-3.