carolina

Las Vegas - As the GREAT James Taylor sang, "In my mind I'm gone to Carolina." Gonna call Sweet Baby James and let him know that I'm bringing my wallet along but going in the other direction. This is an instant rematch from week 5 in Atlanta. The Falcons closed as a -2 point favorite and wound up on the short end of a 23-16 score, and fired head coach Dan Quinn that night. The total closed at 53.5 and with only 39 points on the board, went WAY Under. Carolina opened at -3 and some early Atlanta money pushed the number down to -2.5. The O/U total is sitting at 50.5 or 51.0 depending on where you shop.

So, revenge is on the table, and sitting at the head of the table for the Falcons is new head coach Raheem Morris. Even with that disturbing 23-22 last second loss to the Lions last week, it seems as if the Falcs are all in for Morris. They crushed the Vikings in his first game, 40-23, and shoulda beat Detroit. One thing Atlanta does well is, cover on the road. They've been BIG money, covering six of the last seven away from the ATL, and Double J, Julio Jones is back. He was a no-go in the first game, but was a huge weapon for Matt Ryan last week, grabbing 8 balls for 97 yards. He was even better against Minny, snatching another 8 for 137 yards. So, two weeks, 16 catches for 234 yards. You can understand why Matty Ice and the offense is at a WHOLE other level with Jones. Todd Gurley rumbled for 121 yards in the game against the Panthers, and last week, the Saints gashed the Panthers for 138.

Leaning Tower of Pisa to the Falcons as long as Julio Jones plays. If he's out, we wash the wager. And if ALL-WOLRD RB Christian McCaffrey should reappear, the wallet is SHUT TIGHT!

Took Mrs. Ecks & all the little Bacons to Vegas back in 1987 because it was the only place that you could LEGALLY gamble on sports. Now, it's legal everywhere!!! Well, almost. And now New Jersey has taken over the TOP SPOT in my world, blowing away Nevada by $173 million and change in September. Anybody know of a two bedroom that's available in Jersey City??? Must have a view of NYC!!! Here are the top five sports gambling states...

1 - New Jersey: $748.5 million

2 - Nevada: $575 million

3 - Pennsylvania: $462.7 million

4 - Colorado: $207.6 million

5 - Indiana: $207.4 million

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