Football’s back! Well, not really, but talking about football is back! NFL players are reporting to practice this week. The annual Hall of Fame game in Canton will take place on August 3rd, just 9 days from now. The first regular season NFL game kicks off on September 7th, 44 days from now, when the Pats host the Chiefs in Foxborough.
Vegas has released their ‘win totals’ projections for the 2017-2018 NFL season, and they would really prefer for everyone to place their bets before all of the pre-seasons injuries start rolling in and the lines shift. As a Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan (8.5 wins), I’m stoked to see that Vegas is giving us more credit than New Orleans (8 wins), but I’m also baffled as to why Vegas seems to think that Carolina is an 8.5-win team this year as well. That seems way too generous for a team in crisis, but Vegas always seems to be right.
Let’s go ahead and all take a look at the win total projections for our teams and get pissed off together. Unless, of course, you’re a Pats fan. Then you can continue on being smug (via OddsShark):
ARIZONA CARDINALS
OVER 8.0 -140
UNDER 8.0 +110
ATLANTA FALCONS
OVER 9.5 -130
UNDER 9.5 EVEN
BALTIMORE RAVENS
OVER 9.0 EVEN
UNDER 9.0 -130
BUFFALO BILLS
OVER 6.0 -150
UNDER 6.0 +120
CAROLINA PANTHERS
OVER 8.5 -175
UNDER 8.5 +145
CHICAGO BEARS
OVER 5.5 +135
UNDER 5.5 -165
CINCINNATI BENGALS
OVER 8.5 -105
UNDER 8.5 -125
CLEVELAND BROWNS
OVER 4.5 -115
UNDER 4.5 -115
DALLAS COWBOYS
OVER 9.5 -125
UNDER 9.5 -105
DENVER BRONCOS
OVER 8.5 -105
UNDER 8.5 -125
DETROIT LIONS
OVER 8.0 +120
UNDER 8.0 -150
GREEN BAY PACKERS
OVER 10.0 -175
UNDER 10.0 +145
HOUSTON TEXANS
OVER 8.5 -125
UNDER 8.5 -105
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
OVER 9.0 +110
UNDER 9.0 -140
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS
OVER 6.0 -165
UNDER 6.0 +135
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
OVER 9.0 -130
UNDER 9.0 EVEN
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS
OVER 7.5 -125
UNDER 7.5 -105
LOS ANGELES RAMS
OVER 5.5 +110
UNDER 5.5 -140
MIAMI DOLPHINS
OVER 7.5 -125
UNDER 7.5 -105
MINNESOTA VIKINGS
OVER 8.5 -125
UNDER 8.5 -105
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
OVER 12.5 -130
UNDER 12.5 EVEN
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS
OVER 8.0 -125
UNDER 8.0 -105
NEW YORK GIANTS
OVER 9.0 -115
UNDER 9.0 -115
NEW YORK JETS
OVER 4.5 +160
UNDER 4.5 -200
OAKLAND RAIDERS
OVER 10.0 -105
UNDER 10.0 -125
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
OVER 8.0 -140
UNDER 8.0 +110
PITTSBURGH STEELERS
OVER 10.5 -115
UNDER 10.5 -115
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
OVER 4.5 -150
UNDER 4.5 +120
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS
OVER 10.5 -115
UNDER 10.5 -115
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
OVER 8.5 -130
UNDER 8.5 EVEN
TENNESSEE TITANS
OVER 8.5 -150
UNDER 8.5 +120
WASHINGTON REDSKINS
OVER 7.5 -130
UNDER 7.5 EVEN
Looks like it is going to be a loooonnnnnnnnnnngggggggggg season for Rams fans in Los Angeles. If there’s one thing L.A. doesn’t tolerate, it’s losing teams. So it’ll be interesting to see how cheap Rams tickets are by midway through the season. It also once again appears as if the Browns are positioning themselves to waste that #1 draft pick.