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NFL team win totals: 5 over bets to make for 2020

A look at BetMGM’s NFL team win totals for 2020 and which Over bets you should make.

Win totals are out for all NFL teams the 2020 season. Every year, teams exceed those expectations, but the hard part is to know which teams will. Here we give you five teams on which you should take the Over and why.

2020 win totals

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Sunday, April 12 at 11:30 a.m. ET.

These are the win totals for all 32 NFL teams.

  • Arizona Cardinals: Over 7 -115, Under 7 -105
  • Atlanta Falcons: Over 7.5 -110, Under 7.5 -110
  • Baltimore Ravens: Over 11 -105, Under 11 -115
  • Buffalo Bills: Over 8.5 -189, Under 8.5 +155
  • Carolina Panthers: Over 5.5 -120, Under 5.5 +100
  • Chicago Bears: Over 8.5 +105, Under 8.5 -125
  • Cleveland Browns: Over 8.5 +110, Under 8.5 -130
  • Dallas Cowboys: Over 9.5 -115, Under 9.5 -105
  • Denver Broncos: Over 7.5 -105, Under 7.5 -115
  • Detroit Lions: Over 6.5 -125, Under 6.5 +105
  • Green Bay Packers: Over 9 -120, Under 9 +100
  • Houston Texans: Over 7.5 -150, Under 7.5 +125
  • Indianapolis Colts: Over 8.5 -154, Under 8.5 +130
  • Jacksonville Jaguars: Over 5.5 +115, Under 5.5 -139
  • Kansas City Chiefs: Over 11.5 -139, Under 11.5 +115
  • Las Vegas Raiders: Over 7.5 -105, Under 7.5 -115
  • Los Angeles Chargers: Over 7.5 -120, Under 7.5 +100
  • Los Angeles Rams: Over 8.5 -139, Under 8.5 +115
  • Miami Dolphins: Over 6 -110, Under 6 -110
  • Minnesota Vikings: Over 8.5 -159, Under 8.5 +130
  • New England Patriots: Over 9.5 +110, Under 9.5 -130
  • New Orleans Saints: Over 10.5 -110, Under 10.5 -110
  • New York Giants: Over 6.5 +105, Under 6.5 -105
  • New York Jets: Over 6.5 -115, Under 6.5 -105
  • Philadelphia Eagles: Over 9.5 +105, Under 9.5 -125
  • Pittsburgh Steelers: Over 9 -110, Under 9 -110
  • San Francisco 49ers: Over 10.5 -145, Under 10.5 +120
  • Seattle Seahawks: Over 9.5 +125, Under 9.5 -150
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Over 9 -139, Under 9 +115
  • Tennessee Titans: Over 8.5 -115, Under 8.5 -105
  • Washington Redskins: Over 5 -115, Under 5 -105

5 Over bets to make

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 (-139)

The Bucs won seven games a year ago with QB Jameis Winston throwing 30 interceptions and with a defense that was awful most of the year. They replaced Winston with QB Tom Brady. The offensive weapons are still there and defensive coordinator Todd Bowles’ defense will be better from Week 1 as he has a track record of very good defenses.

Arizona Cardinals 7 (-115)

The Cards’ potent offense in 2019 will be even better. QB Kyler Murray enters his second year after an Offensive Rookie of the Year performance in 2019. RB Kenyan Drake will be there the whole season and they added WR DeAndre Hopkins. In free agency, they upgraded three starting spots. If the defense, which was almost the worst in the league in 2019, is only okay, they should still win more than seven games.

Detroit Lions 6.5 (-125)

The Lions won only three games last season but that can be attributed to QB Matthew Stafford being injured. They won three of eight games when he played. The defense improved in the offseason. They are good for a 7-9 or 8-8 season.

Houston Texans 7.5 (-150)

Despite what you think about head coach Bill O’Brien, Houston has had double-digit wins each of the last two seasons. That has more to do with QB Deshaun Watson than O’Brien. They did lose Hopkins to the Cardinals in a trade but he now has RB David Johnson, WR Randall Cobb and WR Brandin Cooks. They will still be relevant in the AFC South.

Indianapolis Colts 8.5 (-154)

The Colts won seven games in 2019 with Jacoby Brissett at quarterback. Now they have an aging Philip Rivers but there is no doubt he is better than Brissett. The offensive weapons are still there and the defense is still talented.

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2020 NFL team win totals: 5 Under bets to make

Looking at 2020 NFL team win totals and picking 5 Under bets to make.

The Over/Under win totals for every NFL team are posted at BetMGM, and while a lot of teams seem poised to go Over their projected number, it’s difficult to predict which ones will come in Under the projection in a disappointing 2020 campaign.

We’ve picked out five Under bets to make this year, expecting all five of these teams to come up short in 2020. The New York Giants and Cleveland Browns have been disappointments for years with little hope of turning around, while the Las Vegas Raiders, Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears have quarterback questions to answer.

New York Giants: 6.5 (-125)

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Saturday, April 11 at 9:15 a.m. ET.

The Giants have averaged only four wins per season over the last three years and it’s not as if they’ve improved during that span, either. Last season, they went 4-12 with an abysmal minus-110 point differential. QB Daniel Jones and RB Saquon Barkley carry promise on offense, but there are durability concerns with Barkley, TE Evan Engram, WR Sterling Shepard and the offensive line has yet to be fixed. It’s hard to feel confident in the Giants winning at least seven games, which they’ve done just once since 2014.

Las Vegas Raiders: 7.5 (-115)

The Raiders are still rebuilding and don’t know exactly who their quarterback will be. They’ve won more than seven games only once since 2012 and have numerous holes on their roster needing to be filled – primarily at wide receiver and in the secondary. Whether it’s Derek Carr or Marcus Mariota running the show under center, the Raiders won’t be a .500 team. Take the Under and lock them in with a losing record in 2020.

Chicago Bears: 8.5 (-125)

Like the Raiders, the Bears have a quarterback controversy on their hands. Mitchell Trubisky will have to fend off Nick Foles this offseason, though neither QB is a very good option in Chicago. The Bears have plenty of talent on defense with Khalil Mack, Akiem Hicks, Roquan Smith and Eddie Jackson, but the offense doesn’t look like a unit that will strike fear in many opponents. They won’t win more than eight games next season.

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Cleveland Browns: 8.5 (-130)

Until the Browns actually prove they’re not the same sub-.500 team they’ve been each year since 2007, I refuse to believe they’ve turned the corner. Cleveland was one of the most-hyped teams in the NFL before last season and all the Browns did was go 6-10 to finish third in the AFC North. QB Baker Mayfield, RB Nick Chubb, WR Odell Beckham Jr. and WR Jarvis Landry are all big-name players, but they must play up to expectations. Last season, they absolutely did not, and the defense wasn’t nearly good enough either. With another new head coach, there could be an adjustment period, too.

Indianapolis Colts: 8.5 (+130)

Say what you will about Philip Rivers, but it’s hard to watch his tape from recent years and think he can lead the Colts to the playoffs. The Over/Under of 8.5 wins is fairly high and I’m not ready to call Indianapolis a winning team, even with Rivers under center. They went 7-9 last season and 4-12 in the other season Andrew Luck missed (2017), so they’ve had very little success without the former franchise QB. Darius Leonard, Malik Hooker and T.Y. Hilton are reasons for optimism, as is the offensive line led by Quenton Nelson, but Rivers’ shaky play will be their undoing.

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6 2020 NFL teams that could end up on the 2019 Browns hype train

It seems like every year there’s a hot team. Two years ago a lot of people thought the Niners would make their way into the playoff conversation. Anyone who picked San Francisco was just one year off – not bad really. Last year, the hot team was the …

It seems like every year there’s a hot team. Two years ago a lot of people thought the Niners would make their way into the playoff conversation. Anyone who picked San Francisco was just one year off — not bad really. Last year, the hot team was the Browns. They had just picked up Odell Beckham Jr. They finished the year on a nice little run in 2018. Baker Mayfield was going to build on his last year. Freddie Kitchens did well as offensive coordinator. Of course, we all know how that went. Maybe we were all one year too early with the Browns as well. That’s the point of all of this. Some teams will get hyped past their ability and their season will be disappointing because so much was expected. So who is this year’s 2017 Niners or 2018 Browns? Here are a few thoughts:

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Good news from the NFL combine: we won’t have to deal with the Jalen Hurts QB question

Jalen Hurts fielded questions about his position, but NFL teams seem to only want him in one spot: quarterback.

You’d think at this point everyone would have learned their lesson. After all, we have had to deal with multiple quarterbacks being asked if they were going to play quarterback after being a quarterback for their entire career. There was a chance we would have to go through it again with Jalen Hurts. The same Jalen Hurts who put the following stats in college:

The response says it all. People were still asking if Hurts was going to focus on being a quarterback in the NFL. It looked like Hurts was being disrespected as many before him have been treated in the same manner. We’ve done this dance before and it’s time for that dance to stop. Thankfully, it looks like that’s happening.

If NFL teams don’t want to work Hurts out at another position then the conversation can stop there. It’s not like former players didn’t already know that Hurts should be looked at as a signal-caller and as that only.

We had to deal with questions if Kyler Murray was tall enough to play quarterback in the NFL. He won the Heisman, brought Oklahoma to the College Football Playoffs, and is a freak athlete. All he did was win the rookie of the year.

We had to deal with Lamar Jackson being asked if he was OK moving to wide receiver. He also won a Heisman and brought Louisville to heights it had never seen before. All he did was win the 2020 NFL MVP.

Now, Jalen Hurts isn’t as good of a quarterback prospect as Murray or Jackson. He has some holes in his game. His arm strength isn’t great and his accuracy isn’t as good as Tua Tagovailoa or Joe Burrow. He’s not going to be a first-day draft pick. He’s still a good quarterback, a great locker room presence, and a winner.

Hurts will be a perfectly capable backup and could end up being a good starter if put in the right situation. The good news is that Hurts’ leadership skills are unquestionable. He always makes sure to note he is a team player. For everything he can’t do, he can do a lot of things better than other quarterbacks in this draft. He’s a threat as a runner. He rarely makes mistakes with the football. He has experience in the spread offense.

That could be his biggest selling point. As professional teams take more concepts from the college game, Hurts is as plug and play there as it gets. He learned under Lincoln Riley who coached the past two No. 1 picks in the 2018 and 2019 draft respectively. Before Riley, he played in a spread style offense in Alabama. He knows what he’s doing as a quarterback in an open offensive gameplan.

It’s plain and simple. Hurts has won consistently as a starter. He’s played with big-play receivers and knows how to get them the football. He’ll sacrifice for the betterment of the team. He’s a quarterback. NFL teams seem to think he’s a quarterback. Everyone else should figure that out as well.