NFL Sports Betting - AFC South Team Total Interceptions

The AFC South features two starting quarterbacks that rarely throw interceptions and a third that is going to go down as one of the league’s greatest signal callers of all-time.

Needless to say, stopping the pass is crucial to winning in the high-powered AFC South, where Jacksonville’s David Garrard and Tennessee’s Kerry Collins have a serious aversion to throwing costly interceptions and Indy’s Peyton Manning, the game’s best pre-snap recognition quarterback in the league, all reside.

Heck, even Houston’s Matt Schaub is probably better than one-third of the starting quarterbacks in the league.

Now, heading into the 2009 NFL regular season, NFL sports betting enthusiasts everywhere can cash in on the entertaining season-long team interception props odds that the clever oddsmakers at BetUS.com have come up with in order to help avid NFL sports bettors increase their season NFL bankrolls in a big way.

This look at each team’s interception history, followed by my in-depth analysis and selection on each team’s respective wagering outcome, will give BetUS NFL sports bettors the impetus they need to make a season’s worth of winning wagers.

With the NFL’s opening weekend less than two weeks away, let me get started.

Tennessee Titans
Over 20 INTs -105
Under 20 INTs -135

Analysis: Under longtime head coach Jeff Fisher, the Tennessee Titans have generally been very good on defense. The Titans also have one of the best cornerbacks in all of football in fourth-year standout, Cortland Finnegan and are one of the best teams in all of football in picking off opposing quarterbacks. The Titans recorded 20 team interceptions lasts season, tying the Pittsburgh Steelers for this in the AFC and fourth in all of football. The Titans picked off 22 passes in 2007 and a solid 17 in 2006, showing uncanny consistency in this area. Having topped the 20-interception mark twice in the last three seasons, leads me to believe they will turn the trick once again in 2009.

NFL Pick: Tennessee Over 20 INTs

Indianapolis Colts
Over 18½ -120
Under 18½ -120
Analysis: While the Indianapolis Colts are better know for their high-powered offense under quarterback Peyton Manning, the Colts have been very solid in the interception department, recording 15 last season, 22 in 2007 and another 15 in 2006. However, Indianapolis will have to adjust to life without former head coach Tony Dungy as former assistant Jim Caldwell takes over. With Indianapolis having played Under their set O/U total for this wager in two of the last three seasons, I fully expect them to stay under 19 interceptions, making the Under cash in for astute NFL sports bettors on this season-long wager.

NFL Pick: Indianapolis Under 18½ INTs

Houston Texans
Over 13 INTs -120
Under 13 INTs -120

Analysis: The Houston Texans have tried to build a defense capable of handling the high-powered Indianapolis Colts and haven’t done too bad as they’ve recorded consecutive back-to-back 8-8 SU records. However, when it comes to the interception department, the Texans are clearly lacking. Houston racked up just 12 team interceptions last season and picked off 11 passes in both, 2007 and 2006. Three straight seasons of less than 13 interceptions tells me the Texans are a near lock to stay under their set Over/Under total here.