Recap (short and sweet): Did well last year's football season, college and pro, although did not win big. Bowl season and the NFL playoffs(especially the Super Bowl) won big. NBA playoffs also went very well. As for baseball, I really tanked at the end. Had too many large bets poorly researched. Hopefully you didn't follow. I'm still not done with baseball though.
This year, I'll try to simplify by playing units 1-5 instead of large, medium and small. That was admittedly ridiculous for even me to keep straight.
Seattle -7(-115). One unit. Game bet because Seattle has the depth and the huge home field advantage. The home crowd will be just as loud here as for a regular season game. This factor cannot be underestimated. The Chicago offense, starters and otherwise, will struggle with it. Although Seattle has some LB injuries, they have decent depth on D and a running game that is very strong. I also like all the Seattle QBs, and expect Russell Wilson to be even better this year. The Seattle secondary might give up some plays to the Bears receivers, but I think they'll welcome the challenge. Crowd factor should cause penalties and turnovers for Bears.
Green Bay -6 (-115) 1H. The Packers played impressively against a better D than this last week in St. Louis. They will likely play their best of the preseason in this 1st half here at home. The Raiders are still struggling with consistency with their starting squads. They have a lot of question marks offensively and a new QB that has yet to prove he's going to make a difference. The Raiders are possibly the worst team in the NFL, and I can't see them hanging in there for the 1st half. The only negative is that GB might play very vanilla offensively, running too much. Still… the Packers have to be looking at this game as important in their readiness for what they hope is a playoff season.
This year, I'll try to simplify by playing units 1-5 instead of large, medium and small. That was admittedly ridiculous for even me to keep straight.
Seattle -7(-115). One unit. Game bet because Seattle has the depth and the huge home field advantage. The home crowd will be just as loud here as for a regular season game. This factor cannot be underestimated. The Chicago offense, starters and otherwise, will struggle with it. Although Seattle has some LB injuries, they have decent depth on D and a running game that is very strong. I also like all the Seattle QBs, and expect Russell Wilson to be even better this year. The Seattle secondary might give up some plays to the Bears receivers, but I think they'll welcome the challenge. Crowd factor should cause penalties and turnovers for Bears.
Green Bay -6 (-115) 1H. The Packers played impressively against a better D than this last week in St. Louis. They will likely play their best of the preseason in this 1st half here at home. The Raiders are still struggling with consistency with their starting squads. They have a lot of question marks offensively and a new QB that has yet to prove he's going to make a difference. The Raiders are possibly the worst team in the NFL, and I can't see them hanging in there for the 1st half. The only negative is that GB might play very vanilla offensively, running too much. Still… the Packers have to be looking at this game as important in their readiness for what they hope is a playoff season.
