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San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl XLIX Betting Lines & 2014 NFL Preview

2014 San Francisco Predictions

The San Francisco 49ers enter the 2014 season as third betting choice to win the Super Bowl in February. And why not? The Niners have been to the NFC Championship game three straight years; they have 10+ wins in their last three seasons and are coming off a 12-4 campaign.

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Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl XLIX Betting Lines & 2014 NFL Preview

2014 Seattle Predictions

The reigning Super Bowl Champions begin the season in pursuit of a very difficult goal – a repeat Super Bowl performance. The Seahawks opted to mainly “stay the course” with their roster- to stick mostly with the players that saw their defense dominate and their offense do enough to get them to the top of the mountain.

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Tennessee Titans Super Bowl XLIX Betting Lines & 2014 NFL Preview

2014 Tennessee Predictions

In all likelihood, the Tennessee Titans are not going to be good in 2014. This is blatantly obvious when looking at their roster, but at least they have one reason to hold their heads high entering the new year: The only team in the NFL with worse odds to win the Super Bowl are in their own division—the Jacksonville Jaguars.

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Indianapolis Colts Super Bowl XLIX Betting Lines & 2014 NFL Preview

2014 Indianpolis Predictions

The Indianapolis Colts are the odds-on favorites to win the 2014 AFC South, and it’s easy to see why. They went 11-5 this past season—the best record in the division by a relative longshot—and with a guy like Andrew Luck leading the way, it’s tough to picture the Houston Texans, Tennessee Titans or Jacksonville Jaguars taking over as the team to beat.

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Houston Texans Super Bowl XLIX Betting Lines & 2014 NFL Preview

2014 Houston Predictions

The Houston Texans entered the 2013 NFL season with high hopes. They were thought to be contenders for a shot at a Super Bowl, but they ultimately flopped their way to an abysmal 2-14 record. Now it’s time to see if the offseason changes can get them back to where they were expected to be a year ago, which is far away from the basement of the league.

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Denver Broncos Super Bowl XLIX Betting Lines & 2014 NFL Preview

2014 Denver Predictions

The Denver Broncos came one win away from the Vince Lombardi trophy. Their high-powered offense was held in check, but that was not the sole point of their emphasis of improvement this offseason.

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Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl XLIX Betting Lines & 2014 NFL Preview

2014 Kansas City Predictions

The Kansas City Chiefs had a very impressive turnaround season under first year coach Andy Reid. They benefited from a very weak first half of the schedule and used that to get out of the gates rolling to an 11-5 record.

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Oakland Raiders Super Bowl XLIX Betting Lines & 2014 NFL Preview

2014 Oakland Predictions

The Oakland Raiders had a very tough year again. The fan base continues to support the players but the patience is beginning to run thin as expectations are for this team to no longer be at the bottom of the AFC.

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San Diego Chargers Super Bowl XLIX Betting Lines & 2014 NFL Preview

2014 San Diego Predictions

The San Diego Chargers endured a season in which their success was on the arm of their Pro Bowl quarterback Phillip Rivers. Ranking 4th in total passing yards at 270.5 yards per game, the aerial attack of the Chargers was in full effect and their addition of first year head coach Mike McCoy paid off.

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Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl XLIX Betting Lines & 2014 NFL Preview

2014 Philadelphia Predictions

It was a season of change in Philadelphia last year with a new head coach at the helm for the first time since 1999. Chip Kelly moved to ranks of the NFL after a very successful stint at the University of Oregon and quickly put his unique stamp on this team.

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Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl XLIX Betting Lines & 2014 NFL Preview

2014 Dallas Predictions

The Dallas Cowboys have been stuck in neutral for the past three seasons with a record of 24-24 and it has been five years since they last made an appearance in the postseason.

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New York Giants Super Bowl XLIX Betting Lines & 2014 NFL Preview

2014 N.Y. Predictions

Anytime you start a new season with six-straight losses, the prospect for turning things around becomes extremely bleak. Give credit to Giants’ head coach Tom Coughlin for circling the wagons with a 7-3 record down the stretch to end the 2013 campaign with a respectable record of 7-9.

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Washington Redskins Super Bowl XLIX Betting Lines & 2014 NFL Preview

2014 Washington Predictions

The Washington Redskins’ roller-coaster ride over the past three years from worst to first to worst leaves us with many more questions than answers heading into the 2014 season.

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New England Patriots Super Bowl XLIX Betting Lines & 2014 NFL Preview

2014 New England Predictions

New England has been the model franchise in the NFL for consistency and success under head coach Bill Belichick after posting 13 winning seasons following a 5-11 record in his first year at the helm.

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N.Y. Jets Super Bowl XLIX Betting Lines & 2014 NFL Preview

2014 New York Predictions

The Jets outperformed most of the experts’ expectations last season with a .500 record that kept them in the AFC playoff race well into December.

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Miami Dolphins Super Bowl XLIX Betting Lines & 2014 NFL Preview

2014 Miami Predictions

The Dolphins remained in the AFC playoff race deep into December last year, but back-to-back losses to Buffalo and the New York Jets in their final two games extended their current postseason drought to five seasons.