Predictions On NFL Win Futures
When you look at these numbers, you realize that the adage of how the oddsmakers know what they’re doing is really true…
When you look at these numbers, you realize that the adage of how the oddsmakers know what they’re doing is really true…
The New England Patriots have won the AFC East 10 times in the 12 years since the NFL realigned in 2002 to eight divisions of four teams apiece. That doesn’t even include the Patriots’ 2001 run to a Super Bowl title. The reign of head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady has to end sometime, doesn’t it? Is this the year?
Last season the NFC West produced the Super Bowl champ (Seattle Seahawks), the second-best team in the league (San Francisco 49ers), the best non-playoff team (Arizona Cardinals) and the most dangerous fourth-place team (St. Louis Rams). If the U.S. soccer team’s group of four was “The Group of Death” in the World Cup, what does that make the NFC West?
The regular season is in the books and it’s time to take a look at how each team fared against the NFL win futures posted in Las Vegas every summer. For those unfamiliar, it’s simple—we’re talking about an Over/Under betting number on how many games each team will win. It’s a black-and-white to tell exactly who the disappointments were and who the surprises were, and do it in a quantifiable way.
It seems like the Tennessee Titans were a lot worse than 6-10 in the 2012 NFL season. This was a team that did very little well, save for running the ball. But when you have a team that falls behind constantly, a power running game can’t be utilized all that often. Is there any hope things can turn back upward for 2013?
When TheSportsNotebook did its preseason previews in the NFL, a focal point was noting what Las Vegas pegged as each team’s Over/Under number on win totals. With one game to go, it’s time for a review of those numbers. The review serves a dual purpose—to see who were the biggest surprises and disappointments in the eyes of those who put their money behind their opinions—and to put TheSportsNoteook’s prognostication competence on the line, since these are the picks I take the most seriously. So it’s with anticipation and trepidation that we review the NFL win props.
Are you ready for some football? Las Vegas is, and here on Memorial Day we’ve got the Over/Unders on win totals released at a couple of the major sportsbooks. TheSportsNotebook takes a run through the opening expectations of the betting markets on all 32 NFL teams and offers some comments…