We’ve actually made it to August! But we still have a bit to go before the NFL regular season kicks off. To help speed ???? up the timeline, we have our daily NFL betting reports. We’ll be highlighting the betting action for individual teams in four Hustles per week, sorting them out by division.
We wrap up our NFC North week with the Lions.
SUPER BOWL
Odds: Opened +3300 (T-9th), currently +1800 (8th)
Action: 6.5% tickets (6th), 6.2% handle (7th)
WIN TOTAL
Odds: 9.5 (Over -130, Under +105)
Action: OVER 67% tickets, OVER 72% handle
DIVISION
Odds: Opened +160 (1st), currently +135 (1st)
Action: 34.0% tickets (1st), 40.0% handle (1st)
*The Lions have received the most money for division futures among all NFL teams
PERUSING THE PLAYERS
???? Aidan Hutchinson racked up 9.5 sacks in his rookie ???? season, and PointsBet bettors are expecting bigger things in Year 2. He opened at +3300 for Defensive Player of the Year, and is currently positioned at +2500. The former No. 2 pick has received the most tickets (13.2%) to win DPOY as well as the second-most handle (20.3%).
???? Dan Campbell is atop the Coach of the Year odds board at +700 after opening as a +1200 co-favorite with Sean Payton. Detroit’s third-year head man is the most popular bet for the award, leading the way with 40.5% of the tickets and 30.1% of the handle. Incredibly, NFC North head coaches make up nearly three-fourths of the handle for this market ???? (Campbell 30.1%, Matt Eberflus 29.4%, Matt LaFleur 15.1% and Kevin O’Connell 0.2%).