We all have our jobs to do.
If you were going to a dentist and the job you were expecting him to do was extract a diseased tooth you might not want him standing over you saying, “I just don’t know how to do this.”
Well, I’m no dentist. My job is to tell people who is going to win a football game to extract profits from the established point spreads. Tonight, the National Football League is in primetime with their opening Monday Night Football contest. It is a pair of storied franchises going at it in Las Vegas with the Raiders hosting the Baltimore Ravens.
The Raiders are currently a four point underdog.
Before you say it, I know what you are thinking, a home team underdog on Monday Night Football is solid gold.
If you think that you just might be old. Because there was a time long, long ago when you could show up at the window blindfolded and bet on a team getting points at home on Monday night and be almost certain to cash that ticket after the game. The Monday Night Football series began in 1970, and for the first decade the dogs in the primetime game had a point spread record that made wagering on a road favorite near folly.