Opening week was not all we degenerate gamblers had hoped for. I personally went in the hole 8,000 jermajesties. And I wasn’t alone. It turns out some people actually bet real money on these games. Vegas cleaned up. Jay Kornegay, vice president of race and sports at the Westgate SuperBook, told ESPN it was the best Sunday of his 20-year-plus bookmaking career. So now we know who to mug on his way out of this Saturday’s 10 p.m. showing of the Blue Man Group.

The good news is, it’s Thirsty Thursday. We diehards are thirsty for a win, as probably the greatest rivalry in all of football (not counting Colin Kaepernick versus his weird facial hair) continues tonight, at historic M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. Here’s how I see some props shaking out …

Steelers (+1.5) in the first half

I might’ve loved this bet even if the Ravens weren’t completely distracted by the Ray Rice nonsense. (Sorry — should’ve said spoiler alert). It’s going to be difficult for Baltimore to come out of the gate focused. The Ravens appear to be a slow-start team as it is, and if last week is any indication, the Steelers do their best work in the first 30 minutes of the game. All bets are off if Le’Veon Bell and LeGarrette Blount decide to drive to the game together. 5,000 jermajesties

First player to score: Antonio Brown (+750), Markus Wheaton (14/1), Heath Miller (15/1)

Remember when you laughed at me for picking three Seahawks receivers to score the first touchdown in last Thursday night’s game? And? What happened? Well, I lost when Packers fullback John Kuhn stumbled in with the inaugural TD from two yards out. But I’m going to keep trying with Pittsburgh’s three biggest pass catchers. Last week, they had 14 grabs between them. This week they have the burden of knowing I’ve placed a wager on them to succeed. Good luck to us all. 2,000 jermajesties each

Steelers by 1-3 points (+725), Steelers by 4-6 points (11/1)

Baltimore by 1-3 points (+650), Baltimore by 4-6 points (+950)

The last five games between these teams have been decided by exactly 14 points. I like when people feel they need to stress the “exactly” part of this trend. As if when you merely say “decided by 14 points,” the rest of us will assume there’s a margin of error. Anyway, I expect this trend to continue — so much so that I’m risking “exactly” 2,000 jermajesties on each of these to prove it.

Fake But Fun Props

Inspired by last week’s opener in Dallas, where a reported half of AT&T Stadium was filled with 49ers fans: Over/under 17.5 months before Jerry Jones buys the 49ers and moves them to the Lone Star State

Jerry Jones proves his genius once again. He’s not able to put a winning team on the football field. So he does the next best thing. He puts winning fans in the crowd. Fans of the visiting team. Because, really, the main objective is to make sure the paying spectators leave happy, right? Who cares if they’re not yours, and from thousands of miles away? Nice job, Jerry. And an even better job by his rhinoplasty surgeon for making it so we would never be able to tell if J.J. was upset by the 49ers-fan invasion.

Speaking of plastic surgery …

Over/under $43.79 million spent by Kenny Rogers reconfiguring his face during the last decade

If you watched any 15-minute stretch of pro football on any of the networks last week, you were treated to a new Geico ad where Kenny Rogers sang a snippet of his classic song “The Gambler.” But it’s a new and improved Kenny Rogers — unlike the new and disturbing version we’ve become accustomed to, this millennium. You have to see the transformation. It’s almost like instead of having everything pulled up, he had it shifted down. He now looks more human than the Geico lizard, which was enough of a reason for the company to pay him to push their product. The dealin’s done, Kenny. Please stick with this current variant of your face.

Over/under 3.5 seconds after I picked Larry Fitzgerald in my second consecutive fantasy football draft that I realized it was a horrible idea

That 11 different players caught a Carson Palmer pass on Monday night makes me certain it was the wrong move. We are currently witnessing The Wreck of the Larry Fitzgerald. I just Chris Berman’d myself. Actually felt pretty good.

Over/under 1.6 ounces of busboy saliva that ends up on LeSean McCoy’s next jumbo beef burger order

This receipt shows the Eagles running back left a 20 … yes 20-cent tip on a $61 tab.

Best-case scenario, Shady McCoy misunderstood the whole suggested “20 cents on a dollar” tip guideline. Either way, the Eagles should make things right by allowing poor Rob to keep the coin after next week’s pregame toss.

Tweet Battle of the Week

Yes, Chris, you and 30,000 other people corrected me for this podcast blunder. I totally spaced. Oh, and you’re in luck. I took a picture of the stupid look on my face when I first realized the Vikings don’t play in a dome. Here it is.

(-165) over

Sigh.

Over/under 17.5 months before the welts I incurred at the wrath of my Aunt Chippy at the tail end of my latest hidden-camera prank on Jimmy Kimmel at her ceramics class fully heal.

Do yourself a huge favor and look up my partner in crime on YouTube. His name is Judo Gene LeBell. He’s a sweet yet terrifying man, who many believe invented mixed martial arts. Also, he has choked me unconscious in front of a group of people, and if I embarrass myself with lackluster NFL picks during my SportsCenter debut this Friday morning (airing throughout the weekend), I’m going to have him do it again.

That’s that. Enjoy Week 2.