The Preseason Trends Everyone Posts in August

Graphic comparing preseason betting splits with outcomes. Shared splits include a Jaguars 6-1 record over seven games, Bears 13-3-1 over seventeen, and 49ers 12-5-2 over nineteen. ESPN counted 14 unbeaten preseason teams from 2011 to 2016: six made the playoffs and the other eight went 45-83.

Arizona and Carolina meet in Canton on Thursday night to open the preseason, and the NFL preseason betting trends are already making their annual rounds. Underdogs of one to three points covering at 60 percent since 2015. Road underdogs of 2.5 or less sitting at 75-38 against the spread over the last decade. Coach-by-coach ledgers … Read more