Thanks everyone for the advice. I've looked these over, and I have to tell you, I can't get away from the Bears.
One thing I wasn't clear about is that this is for a Fantasy League of sorts. You start with $10,000 in fake money at the beginning of the year and have to make bets each week. The top 15 teams at the end of the regular season keep betting all the way through the Super Bowl. The top 3 spots pay out very nicely when all is said and done (I forget how many spots get paid - but I need to make the 15 team playoffs before worrying about that).
Right now, I'm at a semi-pathetic $11,300, which puts me in 41st place. There were 104 people when we started, but quite a few have gone broke. 15th place has $35,200. The point is, I'm starting to feel the pressure and think it's time to make my move.
What I'm leaning towards now is $7300 on the Bears, $3000 on Oakland (Jordan is going to run all over the Jets), and I'm not sure what else. Probably $500 each on Indy and Cincy. We have to bet a minimum of 4 games.
The spreads this league uses are the ones in the FRIDAY USA Today. I thought the Sheridan ones reflected those, but it looks like they have moved, so I don't even know. Would feel a lot better if the Bears were getting 6.5 instead of 5.5 though.
GL me.
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