Monday was a rather enjoyable day in the Tuley’s Takes home office after having such a successful NFL Sunday.
I took a nap to catch up on some sleep from burning the proverbial midnight oil all weekend long and got to work on handicapping next weekend’s games for our big Wednesday column when I give my “takes” on the full NFL card. I also had to vacuum and shock the pool and catch up on some other chores around the house that fall through the cracks on football weekends. And we also ended this past “weekend” (I still consider Monday to be the real end to each NFL week and each betting weekend because of Monday Night Football) on a winning note as we won our Best Bet on the Cowboys + 1 at the Giants with their 23-16 victory. In addition, out of my MLB 1st 5 bets in which I was fading the Yankees and Red Sox coming off of having to play on Sunday Night Baseball, I won with the Orioles 1st 5 + 105 at the Red Sox with the O’s leading 8-5 after the first 5 innings and pushed on the Blue Jays 1st 5 -120 as they were tied 2-2 with the Yankees after 5. Let’s recap the rest of the (full-game) betting results from Monday, update our season-long betting stats in the NFL and MLB, take a peak in Contest Corner including the leaders of the Circa Sports Million and the Westgate SuperContest, then look for Best Bets for Tuesday. In addition, I gave out a couple of early NFL Week 4 plays on “The Greg Peterson Experience” show on VSiN on Sunday night and in this column on Monday, so I have updates on those. Monday’s RecapsNFL: Cowboys beat Giants 23-16 on Monday Night Football to wrap up NFL Week 3. The Cowboys closed as 1.5-point road underdogs and the game went Over the closing total of 38.5 points for our official record-keeping vs. consensus closing lines, though earlier Under bettors at 40 and 39.5 also cashed.
More NFL: In Week 3, dogs went 9-7 SU and 10-5-1 ATS. Home/road teams split 8-8 SU while road teams led 9-6-1 ATS. Over/Unders split 8-8. ON SEASON, faves lead 26-20-1 SU with 1 pick-'em (Commanders-Lions in Week 2), but dogs lead 27-18-2 ATS (60 percent). Home teams lead 25-22-1 SU but are tied at 23-23-2 ATS. Unders lead 29-18-1 (61.7 percent) while primetime Unders dipped to 7-3.
MLB: Faves went 3-1 on the short Monday card with the lone upset by the Orioles (+ 105 in 14-8 win at Red Sox). Winning a chalk were the Braves (-250 at Nationals), Pirates (-158 vs. Reds) and Blue Jays (-115 vs. Yankees in 10 innings, snapping Yankees’ 7-game winning streak). Home/road teams split 2-2. Over/Unders also split 2-2.