The New England Patriots have won 10 games or more every season for the last 12 years. With Tom Brady facing a four-game suspension to start the season, New England’s win total is one of the more interesting prop bets of the 2015 campaign at the sportsbooks.
NFL season win totals: Patriots, Broncos among highest at sportsbooks
The New England Patriots and Denver Broncos look to continue their dominance in the AFC this season and exceed their sportsbook win totals.
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New England’s season win total for 2015 is set at 10.5 victories at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com, with the OVER as a slight favorite at -125 over the UNDER at -105. The Patriots have exceeded 10.5 wins 10 times over the last 12 seasons and have won at least 12 games over each of the last five seasons.
Also, Patriots backers will point to the 2008 season when Brady missed all but one contest due a torn ACL injury and New England still won 11 games.
Will this be the season that a Peyton Manning-led team doesn’t get to double-digit wins? Denver’s win total is currently set at 10, with the OVER paying -130 and the UNDER paying +100. In his last 12 seasons under center between the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos, Manning has never failed to reach 10 wins and has actually led his teams to 10 12-win seasons over his last 11 seasons.
Despite back-to-back double-digit win seasons and an excellent season under head coach Bruce Arians last year, bettors still aren’t convinced that the Arizona Cardinals are the real deal. Arizona’s win total is set at 8.5 wins at the sportsbooks with the OVER a -130 favorite versus the UNDER at +100.
San Francisco is expected to have a down year in 2015, but the NFC West division will still be tough with Seattle and an up-and-coming St. Louis Rams team in the mix with the Cardinals.
Jameis Winston will take the reins in Tampa Bay and try to turn the Buccaneers around under head coach Lovie Smith this season. Tampa Bay’s season total is set at 6 wins, a total that the Bucs have failed to reach in three of the last four seasons.
In Tennessee, Marcus Mariota will be out to prove that he should have been the first overall pick over Winston. The Titans’ win total is set at 5.5 wins for the 2015 season after Tennessee had a 2-14 SU season last year.
