Monday was a bit different than usual in the Tuley’s Takes home office.
After going non-stop every weekend with wall-to-wall football on Saturdays and Sundays, my Mondays are usually spent catching up on some sleep and doing some errands/chores around the house and getting a head-start on my big Wednesday column (which used to run in “Point Spread Weekly,” but this season has been incorporated in these daily columns), but this Monday I had to put my nose to the proverbial grindstone even more intense than usual as I’m taking some family time on Tuesday. I’m going to the airport early in the morning and flying to Orange County to meet my wife and son, Maddux, as we’re going to the “Oogie Boogie Bash – A Disney Halloween Party” at Disney California Adventure. This is a Tuley family tradition as my wife has taken the kids to this trick-or-treat/nighttime event the past dozen years. I’ve only gone a few times over the years since it’s during football season, but figured I better do it this year as M addux, 13, isn’t getting any younger. Anyway, back to Monday, the day led up to the Monday Night Football game, which was a thriller as I wrote about in my “Monday night recap” on our VSiN.com website HERE. https://www.vsin.com/monday-night-recap-chiefs-fail-to-cover-in-wild-comeback-win-vs-raiders/ As I wrote about in Monday’s version of this column, I had 2-team, 6-point teasers live from Sunday’s games with the Vikings -1 and Browns + 8 to the Chiefs -1 but unfortunately those end up being just a refund on the push in the Chiefs’ 30-29 victory. I also pushed on Chiefs -1/Over 46 and also teasers leading to Week 6 games on the Buccaneers -1.5 at the Steelers and Seahawks + 8.5 vs. the Cardinals. The end result is we have a clean slate now heading into Week 6. Let’s recap the MNF result and update our NFL betting stats through the first 5 weeks of the season, plus take a peek into Contest Corner to update Circa Survivor and highlight the leaders in Circa Sports Million and the Westgate SuperContest before getting to our Best Bets for Tuesday and our early NFL Week 6 plays. Monday’s RecapsNFL: Chiefs rallied to win 30-29 shootout vs. Raiders on Monday Night Football, but they did NOT cover as 7-point home favorites (game went Over betting total of 51.5 points). Faves went 10-5 SU with 1 PK (Titans-Commanders) in Week 5, but dogs led 10-5 ATS. Home teams went 8-7 SU with 1 neutral-site game (Giants-Packers in London), but road teams led 10-5 ATS. Unders led 9-7.
More NFL: Faves lead 46-31-1 SU with 2 pick-'ems (WAS-DET in Week 2, TEN-WAS in Week 5), but dogs lead 45-30-3 ATS (60 percent). Home teams lead 41-36-1 SU with 2 neutral-site games (MIN-NO in Week 4, NYG-GB in Week 5), but road teams lead 40-35-3 ATS (53.3 percent). Unders lead 46-33-1 (58.2 percent), primetime Unders lead 11-5 (68.8 percent).
MLB (ICYMI): Underdogs finished 5-3 in the wild-card round with 1 pick-'em (Phillies-Cardinals Game 1). Road teams went 6-3 (as road teams won 3 of the 4 series). Unders went 5-4.