NFL, college football best bets: Las Vegas experts on 21

There’s a joke that it’s bad luck to be superstitious. But many gamblers believe in superstitions.

We don’t want to jinx the red-hot run of Review-Journal best bets compiled by our esteemed collection of pro sports bettors, handicappers and oddsmakers — on Halloween, no less — but we want to applaud them for going 7-1 against the spread in three consecutive weeks for a sizzling 21-3 stretch.

Pro sports bettor Chuck Edel is 8-1 on his RJ best bets after hitting the Cowboys-Broncos over last week in Denver’s 44-24 win. He’s banking on the Broncos-Texans under 40 this week.

“Two of the best defenses in the NFL,” said Edel (@chuckedel). “Denver will have a much tougher time scoring this week against a strong Houston defense. Houston’s banged-up offense will find points hard to come by.”

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