The sportsbooks continue to update their NFL season win totals with the preseason schedule set to get underway, and the Chicago Bears are one of the teams attracting the interest of football bettors right now.
According to Kevin Bradley, the Sportsbook Manager at Sportsbook.lv, "NFL win totals continues to take more money than any other future market we have up right now for the NFL and a few teams are really standing out as popular bets. The Chicago Bears over 8.5 has taken over 95% of the money but we are comfortable holding the number at 8.5, especially in a pretty competitive division."
Last season the Bears went 8-8, putting them behind the 8-7-1 Green Bay Packers in the NFC North and one game ahead of the 7-9 Detroit Lions. Green Bay has a wins OVER/UNDER of 10.5 for the 2014 season at Sportsbook right now, with Detroit at 8.5 on that props list.
The Dallas Cowboys, meanwhile, are slipping on the wins OVER/UNDER at Sportsbook. According to Bradley "the two teams who have caught my eye taking quite a bit of under money is the Dallas Cowboys dropping from 8 to 7.5 wins and the Carolina Panthers with 80% of the public expecting them to regress from their surprising year in 2013."
Dallas went 8-8 last season, which put them two games behind the 10-6 Philadelphia Eagles and one game ahead of the 7-9 New York Giants in the NFC East. The Eagles have a wins OVER/UNDER of 9 at Sportsbook right now, with the Giants at 8 on those NFL betting lines at the sportsbook.
2014 NFL Win Totals at Sportsbook as of July 28:
Arizona Cardinals - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 7½ (-150)
Under 7½ (+120)
Atlanta Falcons - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 8½ (-105)
Under 8½ (-125)
Baltimore Ravens - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 8½ (-125)
Under 8½ (-105)
Buffalo Bills - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 6½ (-155)
Under 6½ (+125)
Carolina Panthers - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 8½ (+135)
Under 8½ (-165)
Chicago Bears - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 8½ (-165)
Under 8½ (+135)
Cincinnati Bengals - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 9 (-115)
Under 9 (-115)
Cleveland Browns - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 6½ (-135)
Under 6½ (+105)
Dallas Cowboys - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 7½ (EVEN)
Under 7½ (-130)
Denver Broncos - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 11½ (-105)
Under 11½ (-125)
Detroit Lions - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 8½ (-105)
Under 8½ (-125)
Green Bay Packers - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 10½ (-115)
Under 10½ (-115)
Houston Texans - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 7½ (-150)
Under 7½ (+120)
Indianapolis Colts - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 9½ (-125)
Under 9½ (-105)
Jacksonville Jaguars - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 5 (-135)
Under 5 (+105)
Kansas City Chiefs - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 8 (-105)
Under 8 (-125)
Miami Dolphins - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 7½ (-105)
Under 7½ (-125)
Minnesota Vikings - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 6 (-140)
Under 6 (+110)
New England Patriots - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 11 (-115)
Under 11 (-115)
New Orleans Saints - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 10 (-125)
Under 10 (-105)
New York Giants - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 8 (-130)
Under 8 (EVEN)
New York Jets - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 7 (-135)
Under 7 (+105)
Oakland Raiders - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 5 (-130)
Under 5 (EVEN)
Philadelphia Eagles - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 9 (-140)
Under 9 (+110)
Pittsburgh Steelers - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 8½ (-150)
Under 8½ (+120)
San Diego Chargers - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 8 (-150)
Under 8 (+120)
San Francisco 49ers - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 10½ (-130)
Under 10½ (EVEN)
Seattle Seahawks - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 11 (-115)
Under 11 (-115)
St. Louis Rams - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 7½ (-150)
Under 7½ (+120)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 7 (-135)
Under 7 (+105)
Tennessee Titans - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 7 (-105)
Under 7 (-125)
Washington Redskins - 2014 Regular Season Win Total
Over 7½ (-125)
Under 7½ (-105)
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Oakland and Jacksonville get the least love from sportsbooks heading into the 2014 NFL season. Denver gets the most love.
Online shop Sportsbook went to market Wednesday with NFL season win total props and Denver, at 11.5 wins, had the highest total of any team. Right behind them are Seattle, with a win total prop set at 11.
And tied for third betting choice, with 10.5 wins, sit the New England Patriots and their perennially weak division. Green Bay and San Francisco are at 10.5 as well.
The aforementioned Jaguars and Raiders sit at 4.5 wins.
Interestingly, last-place Houston was priced at 7.5 wins, an acknowledgement from Sportsbook that injuries and bad luck slowed the Texans in 2013. However, with Jadeveon Clowney paired with J.J. Watt, oddsmakers believe the Texans can bounce back.
2014 NFL Win Totals at Sportsbook:
Arizona Cardinals
o7.5 (-150)
u7.5 (+120)
Atlanta Falcons
o8.5 (-115)
u8.5 (-115)
Baltimore Ravens
o8.5 (-145)
u8.5 (+115)
Buffalo Bills
o6.5 (-165)
u6.5 (+130)
Carolina Panthers
o8.5 (+110)
u8.5 (-140)
Chicago Bears
o8.5 (-115)
u8.5 (-115)
Cincinnati Bengals
o9 (-140)
u9 (+110)
Cleveland Browns
o6.5 (-165)
u6.5 (+130)
Dallas Cowboys
o8 (-115)
u8 (-115)
Denver Broncos
o11.5 (even)
u11.5 (-130)
Detroit Lions
o8.5 (-115)
u8.5 (-115)
Green Bay Packers
o10.5 (-115)
u10.5 (-115)
Houston Texans
o7.5 (-150)
u7.5 (+120)
Indianapolis Colts
o9.5 (+110)
u9.5 (-140)
Jacksonville Jaguars
o4.5 (-175)
u4.5 (+145)
Kansas City Chiefs
o8.5 (even)
u8.5 (-130)
Miami Dolphins
o8 (even)
u8 (-130)
Minnesota Vikings
o6 (-115)
u6 (-115)
New England Patriots
o10.5 (-160)
u10.5 (+130)
New Orleans Saints
o9.5 (-175)
u9.5 (+145)
New York Giants
o8 (-130)
u8 (even)
New York Jets
o7 (-145)
u7 (+115)
Oakland Raiders
o4.5 (-130)
u4.5 (even)
Philadelphia Eagles
o9 (even)
u9 (-130)
Pittsburgh Steelers
o8.5 (-140)
u8.5 (+110)
San Diego Chargers
o8 (-130)
u8 (even)
San Francisco 49ers
o10.5 (-140)
u10.5 (+110)
Seattle Seahawks
o11 (-130)
u11 (even)
St Louis Rams
o7.5 (-115)
u7.5 (-115)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
o7 (-110)
u7 (-120)
Tennessee Titans
o7 (-130)
u7 (even)
Washington Redskins
o7.5 (+110)
u7.5 (-140)
