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2022 NFL Futures Picks: AFC Predictions, Odds & Division Winners

Kevin Taylor Mon 7/11 5:42am PT
Our NFL betting analyst is backing the Buffalo Bills and the Tennessee Titans to win their AFC divisions in 2022.
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Sports betting expert Kevin Taylor takes a look at the landscape of the AFC futures market and best bets to take advantage of!

With the NFL season just around the corner now, it’s time to take a look at the NFL futures market. We have gone through and picked a winner from each division that we think has some good value on at the current odds.

Only one of these picks have negative juice on it, so take a look at the plus-money teams we think have a great shot at taking home their respective division titles!

Free NFL Futures Picks: American Football Conference Division Winners

AFC East: Buffalo Bills

This is the only “- money” bet you will see in these articles, and that is because we think the Bills will simply run away with this division.

This year, the goal for the Bills is not just to win the AFC East title, but to earn the #1 overall seed, in order to finally get the Chiefs to come to Buffalo in the playoffs.

The Bills have arguably the best offense and defense in the NFL this year, so simply put, the sky is the limit. This number should be closer to -300, so we will gladly pile on at this price of -225, led by the league favorite in the MVP race, Josh Allen, who is currently sitting at +700 odds. 

AFC North: Baltimore Ravens 

The Ravens are the favorite in the division, but are still getting + money, which goes to show you how competitive this division is expected to be. The Bengals are a prime candidate for a post Super Bowl hangover season, while the Browns have a brand new QB at the helm in Deshaun Watson, which should lead to a slow start as he gets accustomed to the new offense.

Enter the consistency of a John Harbaugh led team, with Lamar Jackson, who is hoping to earn a potential record-breaking contract extension if he has another MVP-worthy season. Bet on the birds here. 

AFC South: Tennessee Titans

Last year’s #1 overall seed in the conference, the Titans, are getting pretty disrespected by the market here. Yes, they did lose their top-two receivers on the roster last year – AJ Brown and Julio Jones – but they still have Derrick Henry, and the Titans have always been a run first offense that relies on their tough defense as well under Mike Vrabel.

That shouldn’t change this year, and it seems a bit silly that the Colts are the favorites in this division when they had to bring in the corpse of Matt Ryan to lead the helm after the Carson Wentz experiment failed miserably. Take the + money here. 

AFC West: Los Angeles Chargers

Arguably, no division is more intriguing this season than the AFC West after Russell Wilson was traded to the Broncos.

Denver was the only team from this divison that didn’t make the playoffs (or what was essentially a playoff play-in game last year between the Raiders and Chargers).

Justin Herbert is an absolute star in the making, and the Chargers showed how good they can be last year, if their defense remains healthy. It’s going to be a tall task, but with a stud QB still on his rookie contract, and a head coach that loves to push the envelope, we think this might finally be the year that the Chargers wrestle away the AFC West from the Kansas City Chiefs. 

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