VSiN By The Books | September 9, 2026 | Hour 1

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

This is VSiN By The Books on VSiN, the eSports betting network.

Dave Ross (0:17)

Good Wednesday morning, everybody. Dave Ross right here at the Mid-Gaming Hall, Franklin, Kentucky. There's our closer Jensen Lewis back home in Cleveland, Ohio.

I know you're ready, but are we really ready? We wait all spring, summer.

We get through the draft, we get through pre-agency, we get through camps, and then we're here, Jensen Lewis, tonight in Seattle. It begins in earnest.

Jensen Lewis (0:39)

Yeah. I got the legs stretched a little bit, staying up late last night. You know, again, my circadian rhythm has been ready for this moment for probably a week or so. And so as any good elite athlete does, you train for this kind of moment. You get yourself mentally and physically ready.

I have my bottle of Brunello ready to rock and roll for the pregame for a little dinner.

We are feeling great. By the way, I believe some of the Rams have us tuned in on their ride. They are about six hours into their flight down under. So appreciate a lot of the Rams personnel having us tuned in this morning. A lot to talk about was a big developing situation there for that game tomorrow. But you're right, buddy. We made it. Good to see it. Happy Hump Day. Let's get it rocking and rolling.

Dave Ross (1:33)

And now the marathon begins. We can't wait. It does feel like more of a sprint in the NFL season. As we say every year, it goes by fast. Jonathan Von Tobel, JVT is going to join the program here a little bit later on in this very hour. Talk much more about opening night in the NFL and the great West Reynolds Wednesdays with West Hall College Football NFL, of course, with West coming up later on in the program today. But it is upon us. We cannot wait. We're going to bet it. We're going to watch it. We're very excited for it. The beginning of the NFL season kicks off our highlights and headlines.

SPEAKER_1 (2:03)

Help your bottom line with today's highlights and headlines.

Dave Ross (2:12)

As I walk into our studio here at the Mint Gaming Hall and I look behind me at Circus Sports and I see the big numbers there, there are still three and a half, forty four and a half out there in the marketplace. Jensen, I have seen that the juice is starting to go to the Seahawks a little bit at minus an hour twenty where the Patriots even money plus the threes. So you're seeing those halves and those hooks starting to go away. Some threes, there are three and a half out there. But man, that ever so slightly, we're starting to see these numbers change. Maybe they got your memo on the Patriots to get that hook off.

Jensen Lewis (2:46)

They certainly did. Starting to tighten and we absolutely love that. We did it a couple of days ago, putting the Patriots money line in plus a dollar sixty seven down to plus a dollar fifty five at circuit this morning. Dave updated numbers for you on the spread. As you mentioned, a lot of threes populating still some three to halves seeing bet MGM has a three and a half out there and fan duel and hard rock from what I can see right off the top. So if you're looking for the hook on the Patriot side, still readily available in some shops. But more importantly, we're looking at about fifty three percent of bets, fifty eight percent of money on the Pats, forty seven percent of bets, forty two percent of money on the minus three on the Seahawks total. As you said, you know, pretty much here, forty four and a half consensus across the board, a boatload on the under seventy three percent of that sixty three percent of money. Great to see it.

Good to be looking back at some live changing numbers here on game day.

Dave Ross (3:46)

Trevion Henderson has been ruled out for tonight's game. I don't think this is a massive surprise. We hadn't seen him practice in a couple of weeks here. We kind of felt like the writing would be on the wall there.

But outside of that Jensen, I mean, it's still confidence in New England getting that three. But again, you got the better number three and a half. I know you got a better money line price. That money line price, by the way, has cascaded. You got it at plus a dollar seventy. I'm seeing plus a dollar forty-two today. So New England is getting some financial backing out there.