Dave Tuley, ESPN Staff Writer 8y

Five NFL season win total bets that I like

NFL, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Texans

LAS VEGAS -- Season win totals continue to grow in popularity in every sport, but nothing compares to the betting public's love for NFL over/unders.

For years, these bets wouldn't be posted until after the schedule was released and the draft had happened, and they were mostly aimed at Nevada summertime tourists to bet on their favorite teams and have a ticket to take back home and cheer for throughout the season. But wiseguys love the bets just as much because, unlike traditional futures like Super Bowl odds where a team has to win the title, a bet on a team just needs to have the team exceed its win total. In addition, you have the chance to bet against a team and hope it underachieves.

And the sportsbooks have reacted by offering these bets earlier and earlier.

In 2013, the Atlantis in Reno posted its over/unders on May 9. In 2014, the CG Technology books beat that by two months by releasing their numbers on March 7 and then beat that in 2015 by coming out on Feb. 13, less than two weeks after the Super Bowl. This year, CG Technology slacked off and opened its numbers on Feb. 24.

With the schedules now out and the draft coming up, we're going to be seeing more books posting their over/under season win totals, so it's a good time to check in on CG Technology's numbers to see which teams offer the best betting value at this time (with an eye toward jumping on better numbers if they become available).

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