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After victory over Falcons, Andy Reid now has more wins with Chiefs than Eagles

After defeating the Atlanta #Falcons in Week 3, Andy Reid has more wins with the Kansas City #Chiefs than he had with the Philadelphia #Eagles

Patrick Mahomes wasn’t the only member of the Kansas City Chiefs to reach an impressive milestone in the defending champions’ win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday Night Football in Week 3.

After defeating Atlanta, Andy Reid reached 131 career wins as the Chiefs’ head coach, surpassing his win total of 130 with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Reid, who entered his 12th season with Kansas City in 2024, coached in Philadelphia for 14 seasons. He reached the 131-win mark with the Chiefs in 42 fewer games, having only coached 182 total in Kansas City compared to 224 with the Eagles.

Reid has also won three Super Bowls with the Chiefs, a task he was never able to accomplish in Philadelphia.

Affectionately known as “Big Red,” Reid is the winningest coach in Kansas City’s history, both in terms of win percentage and total games won.

Reid will have a chance to earn his 132nd victory when the Chiefs travel to face the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 4.

Despite uncertainty, Cowboys HC Mike McCarthy continues to climb all-time wins list

From @ToddBrock24f7: McCarthy should overtake five hallowed names this fall and land just outside the top 10, but it may not be enough to save his job in Dallas.

For scores of Cowboys fans hungry for success beyond the regular season, head coach Mike McCarthy is the problem. And the front office hasn’t done much to dispel that notion, letting the 60-year-old and his entire coaching staff head into the 2024 regular season on the final year of their contracts.

Even after three straight 12-win campaigns, it’s do-or-die time for McCarthy in Dallas. According to the reading of some tea leaves, the succession plan is already in place, whether it’s current defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer, the curiously-unemployed Bill Belichick, or some back-pocket candidate to be named later.

But maybe cutting McCarthy loose- even if the Cowboys don’t make it to Super Bowl LVIII- shouldn’t be the knee-jerk reaction. Head coaches who are on the league’s all-time top-20 winningest list don’t come along every day.

That’s exactly where McCarthy ranks right now… and he looks to climb a few historic rungs this season.

McCarthy currently stands at 167 regular-season victories. That’s 17th place among all NFL coaches ever, but it shouldn’t take him long to surpass a handful of hallowed names this fall.

With just four more wins, McCarthy will overtake Mike Shanahan, Tom Coughlin, and Pete Carroll for sole possession of 14th place. That could happen as early as Sept. 26, with the Cowboys’ Thursday night matchup against the Giants (who were once coached by Coughlin).

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Six wins would move McCarthy past the legendary Bill Parcells, who got his final 34 wins with the Cowboys from 2003 to 2006. That would make McCarthy the franchise’s second-winningest coach in total victories.

Seven wins gets McCarthy to 174 and pushes him pass Jeff Fisher. There’s a very good chance that will happen before Thanksgiving and be good enough for sole possession of 12th place. (Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin is also tied with Fisher for the moment but will have 11th place all to himself with the Steelers’ first win of 2024.)

Rk Coach W L T Pct.
1 Don Shula 328 156 6 .677
2 George Halas 318 148 31 .682
3 Bill Belichick 302 165 0 .647
4 Andy Reid 258 144 1 .641
5 Tom Landry 250 162 6 .607
6 Curly Lambeau 226 132 22 .631
7 Marty Schottenheimer 200 126 1 .613
8 Chuck Noll 193 148 1 .566
9 Dan Reeves 190 165 2 .535
10 Chuck Knox 186 147 1 .558
T11 Jeff Fisher 173 165 1 .512
T11 Mike Tomlin 173 100 2 .633
13 Bill Parcells 172 130 1 .569
T14 Pete Carroll 170 120 1 .586
T14 Tom Coughlin 170 150 0 .531
T14 Mike Shanahan 170 138 0 .552
17 Mike McCarthy 167 102 2 .620
18 Paul Brown 166 100 6 .624
19 Mike Holmgren 161 111 0 .592
T20 John Harbaugh 160 99 0 .618
T20 Sean Payton 160 98 0 .620

McCarthy passed Bud Grant, Mike Holmgren, and Paul Brown during the 2023 season and is entering very rarefied air for head coaches.

In all likelihood, the Cowboys will win more than seven games in 2024, and McCarthy will find himself on the doorstep of the all-time top 10 in NFL coaching wins.

Strange to think that it still may not be enough to save his job.

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POLL: How many games will the Broncos win in 2024?

The Broncos won eight games in 2023. Can they top that number in Sean Payton’s second season? Vote in our poll!

Oddsmakers don’t have much faith in the Denver Broncos going into the 2024 NFL season.

After going 8-9 and missing the playoffs last season, the Broncos now have an over/under win total line of 5.5 wins ahead of the 2024 campaign. Winning two fewer games than last year would be enough to hit the over on this year’s over/under line.

Most fans in Denver probably aren’t delusional enough to expect a Super Bowl run this fall, but many fans likely hope for improvement from last year. It would be a disappointment if the Broncos did not even match their record from coach Sean Payton’s first season.

A one-win improvement in 2024 would put Denver at 9-8, still not a great record, but a step in the right direction. Can they do it?

The quarterback competition is just getting started, but many fans and pundits expect rookie Bo Nix to win the job this summer. Will the Broncos be able to top eight wins if they have a rookie QB under center?

We want to hear your predictions! How many games will Denver win this season? Make your opinion heard by voting in the poll below:

For a refresher on Denver’s schedule, click here.

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Saints are third in the NFC South win total over/unders

The Atlanta Falcons are the new NFC South front-runners while the Saints find themselves at third in the division, according to the latest odds:

We have a better idea of where each NFL team stands going into 2024, and so do oddsmakers. DraftKings Sportsbook has released their lines for wins in the 2024 season. Similar to power rankings, it is still a very early prediction. Teams have yet to go through the NFL draft, and those selections often play a pivotal part in how teams are viewed heading into the season.

The New Orleans Saints are currently set at over/under 7.5 victories. There are only eight teams that have a lower win projection. Once again, this falls in line with power rankings that had the Saints in the bottom eight of the NFL.

So this means the Saints will likely be viewed like this going into next season unless they have a highly regarded draft class. They have to earn stronger expectations after underperforming in two years with Dennis Allen at head coach. Finishes at 7-10 and 9-7 haven’t been good enough to reach their stated goal: the playoffs.

New Orleans’ win projection ranks third in the division. The addition of Kirk Cousins has skyrocketed the view of the Atlanta Falcons. They are tied for the second-highest over/under in the NFC (10.5). Tampa Bay finds themselves slightly above New Orleans at 8.5. The slight difference between the two is reflective of how last year played out. The only team in the division the Saints are ahead of is the Carolina Panthers, whose over/under is set at 4.5.

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Predicting the 2023 NFL season results for each division

2023 NFL regular season final standings prediction for each division

The 2023 NFL season has arrived, and not a moment too soon. All 32 fan bases are ready to cheer their teams in meaningful football games in what looks like one of the most wide-open seasons the league has seen in some time.

This is my final preseason prognostication of how the season will play out for each team, broken down by division.

Division winners are noted with an X, while wild card teams get a *

PFF projects Lions to win less than the current odds total

The PFF simulations project the Lions to underachieve in 2023

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In another month, we’ll be getting ready for Detroit Lions football. That means we’re going to see overreactions from fans and analysts. But we’ll also see reality start to set in. Obviously, we know the preseason doesn’t count for anything other than what the depth chart looks like for the season.

When looking at the Lions depth chart, it’s safe to say that they’ve gotten better. So much so, that many NFL analysts believe that this team can win the NFC North and make a push into the playoffs.

Yes, some even believe they can win a Super Bowl.

I’ll hold off on that and just take a division championship or a playoff win at this point. Meanwhile, I’ll start preparing my bank account to put a mortgage payment on the Lions winning the NFC North. If you don’t feel as confident as winning a division championship as others, including myself, you could very well look at the Lions’ win total for the season.

This past week, that’s what Pro Football Focus did for all 32 teams in the NFL. They ran simulated win totals for each team and compared those totals to what DraftKings has for each team.

In the case of the Lions, DraftKings set the over/under at 9.5 wins. If you bet the over, the odds are set at -120; the under is +100. PFF, meanwhile, came up with a simulated win total for the Lions at 8.79 wins.

This would put them behind the Minnesota Vikings, who are projected at 8.89 wins. It’s essentially a toss-up between the two teams, and much of it could come down to the final three weeks of the season, when they have two matchups against each other. It’s predicted that those matchups could determine who walks away with the NFC North title.

If PFF’s simulated win totals do come to fruition, the Lions would pick 22nd overall in the 2024 NFL Draft. Also, they would have the No. 6 seed for the playoffs.

My question to Lions fans is very simple: Do you think the Lions can win the NFC North? If you don’t think they can, do you think they will make the playoffs this season?

Projected win totals for Jets and their opponents in 2023

Projected win totals for Jets and their opponents in 2023

Expectations are high for the New York Jets in 2023 with the expected arrival of quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Coming off a 7-10 season which saw the Jets finish on a six-game losing streak, the upgrade at quarterback along with one of the league’s best defenses has the Jets positioned to end the longest active playoff drought in sports in 2023.

Even just getting to ten wins would end a drought dating back to 2015, which was the last time the Jets had double-digit wins in a season (10-6). Based on the latest win totals from DraftKings Sportsbook, that is very possible for the Jets — some may even say the bare minimum for the team this season.

DraftKings currently has the over/under win total for the Jets set at 9.5. That 2015 season is also the only time the Jets have won at least nine games in a season, let alone ten, since their last playoff appearance in 2010 when they finished 11-5.

And on the note of some thinking that’s the bare minimum, the moneyline for the over is -130 while the under is +110.

Let’s also take a quick look at the win totals for the Jets’ opponents in 2023 to get a sense of what they are up against this season in their playoff push.

Saints win total for 2023 set at 9.5, best in the NFC South

The New Orleans Saints win total for 2023 has been set at 9.5, ranking best in the NFC South:

How many games do you see the New Orleans Saints winning in 2023? Draft Kings Sportsbook has set win totals for every NFL team, with the Saints over/under established at 9.5. So if you took the over at odds of +105, a $100 wager could turn into a $205 payout (a $105 profit), while the same bet on the under at odds of -125 returns $180 (a profit of $80).

The Saints are coming off of 7- and 9-win seasons the last two years, so it’s understandable that oddsmakers aren’t too bullish on them given the state of the team. Dennis Allen is still their head coach and Pete Carmichael is still running their offense, even if they both have more faith in Derek Carr at quarterback than the passers who have started games as of late.

But the Saints do have the best win total around the NFC South. The Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons are both set at 7.5, while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are just behind at 6.5. That illustrates the window the Saints currently have to run away with the division, but things may change if whichever quarterback Carolina drafts first overall hits the ground running.

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Jets and Seahawks become the surprising first teams to eclipse their win total over/unders

Who saw this coming at the start of the season?

Congratulations to anyone who bet on the New York Jets or Seattle Seahawks to win more than 5.5 games at the start of the season.

Your payout is on the way.

Just barely past the halfway mark of the season, and both teams have already eclipsed their preseason win totals at Tipico Sportsbook, the first teams in the NFL to do so. Week 9 wins continued surprising starts for both teams, as each improved to 6-3 on the season.

The Jets were the most improbable to get their sixth win this week as a double-digit underdog to the Super Bowl favorite Buffalo Bills. But they pulled off the miraculous upset, just as the Seahawks found a way to win as two-point underdogs against the Arizona Cardinals.

On one hand, it shouldn’t be surprising that teams with lower preseason win totals are the first to hit their overs. On the other hand, those numbers were small for a reason. Neither team was expected to be as good as they’ve turned out to be — just look at For The Win’s preseason over/under predictions.

The Atlanta Falcons are the next team with a chance to eclipse their preseason win total, which was set at 4.5 wins.

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Northwestern Wildcats total wins betting preview

Northwestern Wildcats @Tipico total wins betting preview

The 2022 college football season kicks off on Saturday and lucky for us week zero includes some intense and very important Big Ten conference play. Before the season is in full swing, I wanted to provide a somewhat in-depth preview of what we can expect from the Northwestern Wildcats

I am not looking at the Wildcats from a state of whether are they good or not, but can they make me any money? Our friends at Tipico have provided a plethora of betting options for this season and this includes the season win totals futures. The Northwestern total currently sits at 3.5 wins.