Latest gambling odds spell bad news for Titans
The recent gambling odds and statistics from BetMGM Sportsbook do not look promising for the Tennessee Titans. It’s nothing new for oddsmakers or national media members to disrespect the Titans. Every year, like clockwork, the Titans get underestimated by every except their own fans, and they have proved the doubters wrong each and every time. […]
The recent gambling odds and statistics from BetMGM Sportsbook do not look promising for the Tennessee Titans.
It’s nothing new for oddsmakers or national media members to disrespect the Titans. Every year, like clockwork, the Titans get underestimated by every except their own fans, and they have proved the doubters wrong each and every time.
Right on queue, recent statistics show that the Titans are not only being undervalued, but are being bet against at a wild rate.
BetMGM’s updated NFL future odds has the Titans as an underdog to win the AFC South title in 2022 at +135. The Indianapolis Colts currently sit as the favorite at –105.
This line is a quite the turnaround from the opening odds, in which the Titans were the favorite at even money, while the Colts sat at +140.
The Titans and Colts still have the narrowest margin between two teams favored to win the division, but that’s not stopping bettors from backing Indianapolis.
Recent stats show that 66.1 percent of the bets placed on the AFC South futures odds are taking the Colts to win the division. What’s even more shocking is that 79.8 percent of the handle is on the Colts as well.
That means almost 80 percent of all money being bet on the AFC South is being bet on Indy, not the Titans.
The only team and division with more skewed numbers is the defending Super Bowl Champion Los Angeles Rams to win the NFC West (currently listed as +130).
It’s pretty to say the AFC South is going to be a two horse race in 2022. While the Colts have made tremendous improvements to their defense, I think the popular narrative that Indianapolis was “a quarterback away” will prove to be false in the upcoming season.
Much like the Titans, the Colts have question marks in their receiving room outside of Michael Pittman Jr., and the play of Matt Ryan is not what it was even two or three years ago.
Tennessee, on the other hand, took a hit with the departure of AJ Brown, but will bring back a healthy Derrick Henry and have continuity in a defense that led them to the top seed in the AFC last season. Even if you believe in the Colts emergence as a contender, the Titans track record speaks for itself, and the difference is certainly slimmer than an 80% handle would suggest.
This one may be a toss up this season, but the AFC South still runs through Nashville until further notice. There may be a lot of unhappy bettors come January.
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