2017 NFL AFC South Odds & Expert Picks/Predictions – Forecasting the AFC South Division

2017 NFL AFC South Odds & Expert Picks/Predictions – Forecasting the AFC South Division: The odds makers at Bovada Sportsbook have released the odds to win the 2017 AFC South Division this upcoming 2017 NFL season and the upstart Tennessee Titans are listed as the +200 favorites. The Titans barely edged out the Houston Texans who have +218 odds and the Indianapolis Colts at +230 odds, while the Jacksonville Jaguars come in with the worst odds at +675. Take a look below at the AFC South predicted order finish from NSAwins.com’s expert handicapper Sonny LaFouchi(aka The LEGEND). The LEGEND is the #1 handicapper in the nation over the last 15 plus years picking winners against the NFL spreads and totals and you can get his 2017 NFL expert picks weekly on NSAwins.com plus more 2017 NFL predictions from 4 more top expert handicappers on NSAwins.com!

2017 AFC South Division Predictions and Odds to Win

1. Tennessee Titans(+200 odds to win AFC South at Bovada) – The Tennessee Titans made a helluva jump last season improving by 6 games to 9-7 after finishing 3-13 in 2015 and 2-14 in 2014. The Titans are definitely on the come up and if quarterback Marcus Mariotta can come back from his late season ending injury(broken right fibula) and regain his form than the Titans can make some serious noise in the AFC this season. The pieces are falling in place nicely for head coach Mike Mularkey as the Titans offense is on it’s way to being one of the most explosive in the NFL after finishing 11th overall in total offense and 14th in scoring last season at 23.8 points per game. The Titans general manager Jon Robinson gave Mularkey and Mariotta more pieces to work with as he used 3 of his first 4 picks in the NFL Draft on offensive weapons including first round pick Corey Davis, a big time wide receiver talent out of Western Michigan. The defense also got some help but primarily in free agency as the additions of veteran cornerback Logan Ryan from New England, defensive tackle Sylvester Williams from Denver and strong safety Johnathan Crypien from Jacksonville all appear to be starters in 2017.

2. Houston Texans(+218 odds to win AFC South at Bovada) – The Houston Texans have won the AFC South Division the last two season despite finishing just 9-7 in both seasons. The Texans haven’t been able to get to the next level primarily because they have had to endure mediocre quarterback play since they became an expansion franchise to be honest. The Texans failed experiment of signing Brock Osweiler has been rectified with the excellent draft pick of Clemson’s Deshaun Watson in the 1st round of the 2017 NFL Draft. Watson is definitely the future at the quarterback position in Houston even if Tom Savage begins the season as the starter. Watson is too talented to sit for long and we firmly expect him to be the starter by December and in the playoffs if the Texans get there for the 3rd season in a row. The Texans defense should be one of the NFL’s best again with the retun of J.J. Watt but the loss of cornerback A.J. Bouye to Jacksonville and potentially Vince Wilfork to retirement will be tough losses to overcome.

3. Jacksonville Jaguars(+675 odds to win AFC South at Bovada) – The Jagurs have a new sheriff in town as Tom Coughlin is the new Executive VP of Football Operations and he is already making great moves to turn this franchise around. Coughlin hired former Buffalo Bills head coach Dough Marrone to be the Jaguars new head coach and his strict disciplined approach is exactly what the young Jaguars roster needs. The Jaguars won only 3 games last year and have won only 17 games in the last 5 years but their roster has some nice young talent to build around including this year’s first round pick, running back Leonard Fournette out of LSU. Fournette has the talent to be a game changer and is big enough to be a workhorse. The Jaguars will beed improvement out of quarterback Blake Bortles but the offense should be much improved over last year’s unit that finished 25th in the NFL in scoring at just 19.9 ppg. On the other side of the ball the Jaguars already have a solid defense as they finished 6th overall in the NFL last season and should be better this season after some nice veteran free agent pickups including cornerback A.J. Bouye from Houston.

4. Indianapolis Colts(+230 odds to win AFC South at Bovada) – The Indianapolis Colts are supposed to be a legit challenger to win the AFC South according to the odds makers at Bovada but we simply don’t see it. In fact, we expect the Colts to be absolutely terrible on defense and be lucky to win more than 5 games. The Colts defense was atrocious last season finishing 30th in total defense and we don’t see them being much better at all in 2017. The defense is soft and not that talented. Other than cornerback Vontae Davis, we don’t see another player on defense that is much of a difference maker. Offensively, when is it time to call quarterback Andrew Luck overrated? This guy was the cat’s meow coming out of college and everyone(not us!) was forecasting him to be the next great thing but we are far from impressed. The guy is an interception machine and always seems to be hurt or nursing an injury the last two seasons. The odds makers apparently still feel he is a top shelf quarterback because there is simply no other reason to give the Colts +230 odds to win the AFC South. They are on the decline and will be a money burning machine for people foolish enough to be on these guys a lot this season.

2017 AFC South Prediction: Tennessee Titans to win at +200 odds.

Odds to Win the 2017 AFC South
Tennessee Titans +200
Houston Texans +218
Indianapolis Colts +230
Jacksonville Jaguars +675

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