NFL regular-season win totals
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New England Patriots 11 (Over -160) Philadelphia Eagles 10.5 (Under -130) Pittsburgh Steelers 10.5 (Under -125) Green Bay Packers 10 (Under -120) Minnesota Vikings 10 (Under -115) Los Angeles Rams 10 (Under -120) New Orleans Saints 9.5 (Over -130) Los Angeles Chargers 9.5 (Under -120) Atlanta Falcons 9.5 (Under -125) Carolina Panthers 9 (Under -130) Jacksonville Jaguars 9 (Over -130) San Francisco 49ers 8.5 (Under -140) Houston Texans 8.5 (Over -150) Dallas Cowboys 8.5 (Over -120) Kansas City Chiefs 8.5 Seattle Seahawks 8 (Under -130) Tennessee Titans 8 (Over -120) Baltimore Ravens 8 Oakland Raiders 8 (Over -120) Detroit Lions 7.5 (Over -130) Washington Redskins 7 (Under -120) Denver Broncos 7 (Over -140) New York Giants 7 (Over -135) Indianapolis Colts 7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6.5 (Under -130) Miami Dolphins 6.5 (Over -135) Cincinnati Bengals 6.5 (Over -150) Chicago Bears 6.5 (Over -150) Buffalo Bills 6 (Under -140) New York Jets 6 (Under -125) Arizona Cardinals 6 (Over -120) Cleveland Browns 5.5 (Over -180) Aqib Talib and Marcus Peters. But Salmons sees the Rams regressing.
“A lot of times when you have a new coach who’s never really been a head coach, he does things the league’s unfamiliar with,” he said. “But now there’s a whole year of tape of what the Rams did and teams will be much more prepared for how the Rams play.”
Six other teams have seen their totals increase by a half-game: the Cardinals (5½ to 6), Dolphins (6 to 6½), Giants (6½ to 7), Colts (6½ to 7), Falcons (9 to 9½) and Chargers (9 to 9½).
Browns, over 5½ wins
Cleveland has been an embarrassment under coach Hue Jackson, finishing 0-16 last season and going 1-31 the last two seasons. But Salmons expects the Browns to surpass their Nfl-low win total of 5½ in spite of Jackson returning for a third season.
“Talent is not the reason they won’t win this year. If they don’t win, look at the coaches because this is a team that should realistically be .500. I think they’re that good,” Salmons said. “Most people can’t comprehend the Cleveland Browns and good in the same sentence, but they’re the same as Jacksonville was last year, with a lot of young talent.”
Cleveland added veterans such as Taylor and Jarvis Landry to complement a young core led by defensive end Myles Garrett and Salmons expects the Browns to drastically improve on last season’s league-worst turnover differential of minus 28.
“Common sense says they’re not going to be minus 28 this year,” he said. “If the Browns don’t win six games, it should be a complete embarrassment. I think that’s the best bet on the board.”
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