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Sports Info Solutions projects a surprising Saints win total

Sports Info Solutions projected a surprising Saints win total for 2024. A strong finish to 2023 and new offensive play caller could make a big difference:

There aren’t many outlets covering the NFL that are more widely-respected than Sports Info Solutions. The premium research and analytics service is known for its rigorous methods and consistent performance in studying pro football. And their model projects a surprising 2024 win total for the New Orleans Saints: 10.7, which is much higher than you’ll find at many sportsbooks.

Bryce Rossler, Alex Vigderman and James Weaver discussed the Saints and other teams their model favors on their “Off The Charts Football” podcast. SIS pointed to the Saints’ strong finish in 2023, having ranked among the league’s highest-scoring offenses and stingiest defenses through the last seven games. The arrival of Klint Kubiak as their new offensive coordinator could be big for them, too.

10 or 11 wins are certainly possible. The Saints have received the weakest strength of schedule in the NFL again this year, and they do enjoy the benefits of a weak NFC South. They tied the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 9-8 last season but lost out on tiebreakers for the division title. If Dennis Allen’s defense can remain consistent while Kubiak maintains the momentum they ended with in 2023, the Saints might surprise some people.

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Vegas win totals released for Wisconsin, every Big Ten team in 2024 football season

Surprised by Wisconsin’s 2024 win total?

Only 194 days separate us from the start of the 2024 college football season.

The year brings some continuity for the Wisconsin Badgers. Both head coach Luke Fickell and offensive coordinator Phil Longo are back for a second year leading the program. There are some differences for the Badgers, none bigger than Miami transfer Tyler Van Dyke starting under center.

The year brings a combination of promise for the Badgers paired with a brutal schedule.

For the Big Ten as a whole, there are significant changes. USC, UCLA Oregon and Washington enter a conference structure that no longer includes divisions. The interest in the conference should rise, along with the competition level for schools such as Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska.

We have already power-ranked every program in the Big Ten Conference and predicted the win-loss record of each team in 2024.

Here are FanDuel Sportsbook‘s newly released win totals for every Big Ten team entering 2024:

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Dak Prescott’s injury prompted a sportsbook to pay out Cowboys win total bets after Week 1

One sportsbook wasted no time writing off Dallas’ season.

Adding insult to injury, one sportsbook is already writing off this season as a lost cause for the Dallas Cowboys following news that quarterback Dak Prescott will miss several weeks with a thumb injury that requires surgery.

Prescott suffered the injury in Dallas’ season-opening loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night. Now a game in the hole and without its starting QB, Dallas’ fate is sealed as far as PointsBet Sportsbook is concerned.

PointsBet announced Monday that it will settle all Cowboys win total under bets as wins. Bettors who picked Dallas to finish with fewer than 10.5 wins will receive an early payout, which is is incredible and unprecedented because we’re only one week into the season. There’s still another 16 games left for Dallas to get to 11.

According to VSiN’s Ben Fawkes, about 70% of win total bets on the Cowboys were on the under. Depending on how many bets it received, PointsBet is potentially giving away a lot of money way sooner than it needs to — before even knowing if it needs to. There’s still a chance the book would’ve won.

Knowing sportsbooks are in this game to make money, there’s obviously an angle here for PointsBet. What exactly? Who knows. Maybe the book is hoping people put that money right back into other bets with better chances of resulting in losses.

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Broncos’ over/under win total for 2022 set at 10.5

Broncos’ over/under win total for 2022 has been set at 10.5, according to @Tipico Sportbook.

The oddsmakers have spoken.

The Denver Broncos have been given an over/under win total for the 2022 NFL season of 10.5, according to Tipico Sportsbook.

Last year, Denver’s over/under win total was set at 7.5 and the Broncos finished the season with a 7-10 record. A similar just-under finish this year would see Denver end the year with a 10-7 record.

Elsewhere in the AFC West, the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers were also given an over/under line of 10.5. The Las Vegas Raiders’ total has been set at 8.5.

The Broncos have the third-best odds (+260) to win the division this year, behind the Chiefs (+155) and Chargers (+240). The Raiders have the worst odds (+600) to win the ‘West.

Meanwhile, Denver has +750 odds to win the AFC Championship, tied with the Chargers for third-best behind the Chiefs (+500) and Buffalo Bills (+320).

The Broncos also have +1500 odds to win the Super Bowl, which now represents the sixth-best odds in the NFL, according to Tipico.

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Poll: How many games will the Jaguars win after the bye?

With one win under their belt, how many more can the Jaguars pull off after the bye?

After earning their first win of the season and snapping a 20-game losing streak against the Miami Dolphins in London last weekend, the Jacksonville Jaguars had the week off to celebrate and prepare for the remainder of the season.

That may prove to be extremely beneficial, as the next stretch of games has some tough tests for the young team quarterbacked by a rookie in Trevor Lawrence. Next weekend, Jacksonville heads to Seattle to take on a Seahawks team that is without quarterback Russell Wilson.

It certainly looks beatable with Geno Smith at the helm, but the Jags tend to not perform very well when playing on the west coast, at least historically. Following that game, they return home to face one of the league’s stronger teams in the Buffalo Bills.

The team also has difficult games in November and December against NFC West teams in San Francisco, who it faces in Jacksonville, and Los Angeles, who it faces at SoFi Stadium.

With the team sitting at just 1-5, it’s unlikely that the Jaguars find a way to compete for a playoff spot, even in a down AFC South. But with a handful of division games left (as well as matchups against the struggling Atlanta Falcons and New York Jets), this team could finish much stronger than it started.

Do you think the Jaguars will be able to close the season strong and win some games? Or was the Miami win more of an aberration? Let us know in the poll below (which has been set with an over/under of 4.5 wins).

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Chiefs’ 2020 season win totals, Super Bowl odds

Checking in on how Vegas is feeling about the Kansas City Chiefs this offseason.

Betting odds will be constantly changing leading up to the 2020 NFL season. The most recent update comes following the NFL schedule reveal. BetMGM has released updated over/under win totals for 2020, and the Kansas City Chiefs lead the way for the AFC West.

Below you can find the win totals and the betting lines for the entire AFC West.

Team  2020 Win Total Over Under
Chiefs 11.5 -130 +110
Broncos 7.5 -139 +115
Chargers 7.5 -164 +135
Raiders 7.5 -115 -105

The Chiefs have a strong money-line likely because they’re coming off of a Super Bowl LIV victory. In order to win significant money on the Chiefs’ season win total you’ll have risk a bit of your own money. Most people seem to expect the Chiefs to win 12-13 games this season. In the over scenario, you’d have to bet $130 of your own money in order to win $100.

In addition to 2020 season win totals, BetMGM recently updated the odds to win Super Bowl LV.

Team  Odds
Chiefs +650
Broncos +5000
Chargers +5000
Raiders +6000

As the reigning Super Bowl champions, Kansas City opens up as favorites to win Super Bowl LV. The Chiefs had 7/1 odds to win the Super Bowl this time last season and the season prior they opened with 40/1 odds. Now they’re looking at 6.5/1 odds to become the first repeat Super Bowl winners since the 2003-2004 New England Patriots.

As you can tell the Chiefs are favored to win the Super Bowl by a significant amount more than their AFC West rivals. The biggest drop is the Los Angeles Chargers, who finished last in the division in 2019. Last season, they were 16/1 with the second-best odds to Kansas City within the division.

We’ll see how this unique offseason impacts the betting odds moving forwards, but for the moment the Chiefs, are heavily favored heading into the 2020 regular season. The oddsmakers seem to like their chances of finding success in the postseason too.

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Browns have 3rd-easiest schedule based on projected win total odds

Browns have 3rd-easiest schedule based on projected win total odds

Most of the breakdowns of the 2020 NFL schedule have the Cleveland Browns playing a slate of games that is on the easier side but nearer to the middle of the pack. However, a forward-looking model from NFL analyst Warren Sharp projects the Browns to have one of the easiest schedules in 2020.

Sharp compiled the average win total odds from various sportsbooks and used those 2020 totals to shape his strength of schedule. It ignores the typical system of looking back at how the teams on the schedule performed in 2019, which is the standard way to calculate preseason strength of schedule.

In Sharp’s formula, the Browns wind up with the third-easiest schedule. Only the Indianapolis Colts and Tennessee Titans face softer slates in the win-total projection.

Cleveland’s projected win total ranges between 8 and 9.5 depending on the sportsbook.

Check out game-by-game score predictions from around the NFL Wires network:

Buf / Mia / NE / NYJ // Bal / Cin / Cle / Pit // Hou / Ind / Jax / Ten // Den / KC / LV / LAC //// Dal / NYG / Phi / Was // Chi / Det / GB / Min // Atl / Car / NO / TB // Ari / LAR / SF / Sea

Rams’ over/under win total set lower for 2020 season

The oddsmakers set the Rams’ win total for 2020 at just 8.5 games.

After reaching Super Bowl LIII and losing to the Patriots, expectations were extremely high for the Rams in 2019. That’s not necessarily the case for this team heading into the 2020 campaign, though.

Los Angeles went 9-7 last season, missing the playoffs for the first time under Sean McVay. Their projected win total for 2019 was set at 10.5, tied for second-highest in the NFL behind only the Chiefs. The oddsmakers have lowered their expectations for the Rams in 2020, setting their win total lower for the upcoming season.

At BetMGM, the Rams’ projected win total is only 8.5 games, two wins fewer than last year’s line. The over has a line of -106, meaning you’d have to bet $106 to win $100. The under is set at -115, so you’d have to bet $115 to win $100.

Simply finishing above .500 may not seem like a tall task for a team as talented as the Rams, but given all the losses they’ve suffered and the division they play in, it’s hardly a given.

Los Angeles still has a lot of talent on its roster – led by Aaron Donald, Jalen Ramsey, Jared Goff and Cooper Kupp – but there are also holes that need to be filled after countless free-agent departures.

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