The San Francisco 49ers will open the 2010 season as a 21-1 choice at online sportsbooks to win the Super Bowl with an over/under win total of 9 UNDER (-130) in NFL Vegas predictions. After an 8-8 straight up season in NFL betting odds last year in the first full season of Mike Singletary as head coach and in a division that looks weak and ripe to be picked it’s easy to understand why the 49ers are such a popular choice in football betting and gaining respect in the NFL and with sports handicappers. San Francisco was one of the most profitable teams on the board last year with a mark of 9-4-3 against the spread in NFL betting odds.

The Kansas City Chiefs have reached rock bottom with NFL betting win totals of 4, 2, and 4 in the past 3 seasons after limping into the 2006 playoffs as a wild card team. The Carl Peterson/Herm Edwards regime was cleaned out after 2008 and last year was the first in a massive transition for the entire franchise who will play at refurbished Arrowhead Stadium this year. Scott Pioli arrived from New England to run the Chiefs and he hired Todd Haley as head coach after he was the successful offensive coordinator for the Super Bowl losing Arizona Cardinals. The 2010 Kansas City Chiefs have opened in NFL predictions at online sportsbooks as a 90-1 longshot to win in NFL Super Bowl odds with an over/under regular season win total of 6.5 OVER (-140).

It took an 0-6 start to the 2009 season for the Tennessee Titans to solve their quarterbacking problems and finish with 8 wins in their final 10 games to avoid a losing season in NFL picks and enter the 2010 campaign with plenty of momentum. Vince Young took over for Kerry Collins at the bye week last year by order of owner Bud Adams and enters NFL odds for the 2010 season as the starter of whom much is expected. If Young can deliver the Titans may end up as a surprise division winner, at the least. Tennessee opened at online sportsbooks as a 27-1 betting choice in NFL predictions to win the Super Bowl with an over/under win total of 8 OVER (-125).

With the firing of Jon Gruden after the 2008 season in which they collapsed down the stretch after looking like a sure thing for the playoffs in NFL predictions, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers went with a youth movement that started with the surprising and controversial hire of 33-year old Raheem Morris and continued with an overhaul of the roster that continued this past off season. NFL betting at online sportsbooks have the Bucs as a 150-1 longshot in 2011 Super Bowl odds with an over/under regular season win total of 5.5 OVER (-135).

The St. Louis Rams had a rough debut season at online sportsbooks under rookie head coach Steve Spagnuolo as they finished 1-15 straight up and 7-9 against the NFL betting spread with just 6 games going over the total. Spagnuolo was hardly to blame, however, as this is a team that has been for sale for a couple of years and was left barren by the previous regime. With the worst record in the NFL, the Rams got the first draft pick and selected 2008 Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford from Oklahoma. The quarterback missed last season after being injured in OU’s opener but has all the tools that the NFL scouts love.

Fresh off a 12-4 straight up season in NFL betting picks in which quarterback Brett Favre had one of his greatest seasons ever the 2010 Minnesota Vikings have opened at online sportsbooks in NFL predictions as a 12-1 choice to win the Super Bowl with an over/under win total of 9.5 OVER (-140). The Vikings season ended in disappointment and with the ultimate “what if” as they were driving for the winning field goal at the end of regulation at New Orleans in the NFC Championship Game only for Favre to revert back to his old wild gun slinging ways as he threw a horrible interception that led to an overtime defeat.

Despite taking something of a step back last year, although still making the playoffs, the Baltimore Ravens look primed to be the team to beat in NFL predictions for the AFC North. Baltimore opened at online sportsbooks as a 10-1 choice to win in Super Bowl odds with an over/under regular season win total of 10 UNDER (-130). If quarterback Joe Flacco returns to the form of his rookie season those both look like attainable good values. Baltimore finished 9-7 straight up last year while going 8-7-1 against the spread in NFL odds. The Ravens went over the total just 6 times in 2009. Flacco struggled last year as the passing attack finished 18th overall in the NFL although he lacked quality receivers to throw to.

After a horrible 2008 season the Jacksonville Jaguars cleaned house and went with a youth movement that included 17 new players that had them standing at 7-5 in NFL picks and in playoff position at the three quarter pole of the 2009 NFL race. The young Jaguars tired out and fell flat down the stretch however, losing their final 4 games to finish 7-9 and with just 5 payouts in NFL betting odds for the 2009 campaign. The 2010 Jacksonville Jaguars enter as a 75-1 longshot in NFL predictions at online sportsbooks to win the Super Bowl with an over/under win total of 7 UNDER (-125) and plenty of optimism about their chances to improve and make the playoffs this season.

Matt Leinart entered Vegas NFL predictions as a top draft pick in 2006 and the anointed savior of the Arizona Cardinals. Leinart proved to be ill-prepared to start as a rookie and his career went quickly downhill from there as Kurt Warner rose from the ashes to lead the Cardinals to the Super Bowl in the 2008 season. Warner has now retired and Leinart will get the chance to rise from the ashes and salvage not only his career but also the Cardinals chances to win the NFC West Division in NFL odds for the third consecutive year. Online sportsbooks opened with the Cardinals as a 40-1 pick to win in Super Bowl odds with an over/under regular season win total of 7.5 (-115) in Vegas NFL predictions.

Online sportsbooks continue to reflect the respect of the gambling public towards the 2010 New England Patriots, who are a perennial championship contender from the AFC East. Sportsbooks have opened with New England as a 10-1 choice in Super Bowl odds. New England’s over/under win total for the 2010 season in NFL predictions is set at 9.5 OVER (-125). The Patriots were again the AFC East Division champions for 2009 as they finished 10-6 straight up and 8-7-1 against the spread in NFL betting odds with just 5 of those games going over the total.