Pete Carroll has a haunted history with the Patriots, who fired him as coach in 2000 and dealt him and the Seahawks arguably the most crushing Super Bowl loss ever in 2015.

Sharp bettors and the betting public are banking on Carroll and the Raiders — who have their own checkered past with New England — to exorcise some of their demons in Sunday’s season opener.

The Patriots opened as 3½-point home favorites in May, but money on the Raiders has caused the consensus line to drop to 2½.

“We had a very respected player that took 3½ with the Raiders,” Westgate vice president of race and sports John Murray said. “That took us down to +3.”

The South Point was one of the last sportsbooks to move the line off the key number of 3 after taking a bevy of sharp bets on the underdog.

“We’ve got a p

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