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NFL Power Rankings Week 16: 2016-17 Conference Standings and Super Bowl Odds
- Updated: December 19, 2016
A mere few weeks separate NFL bettors and picks enthusiasts from the playoffs.
With any luck, bettors were able to capitalize on favorites such as the Atlanta Falcons taking down the San Francisco 49ers in Week 15 and upsets such as the rolling Tennessee Titans upending the Kansas City Chiefs on the road.
Even for bettors who haven’t played lines all season, the wealth of information attained over 15 weeks should be enough to make informed decisions in crunch time as the playoffs near.
Below, let’s update power rankings after Week 15 results before Monday and take a look at how oddsmakers shifted lines to protect the house.
Week 16 NFL Power Rankings and Super Bowl Odds
Odds courtesy of Odds Shark.
Conference Standings
Invest Now: Tennessee Titans (75-1)
A photo posted by Tennessee Titans (@titans) on Dec 18, 2016 at 12:33pm PST
Sooner or later the betting world was going to wake up to the secret that is the Tennessee Titans.
Going into Week 15, the Titans had won three of their prior four, including triumphs against contending teams such as the Green Bay Packers and Denver Broncos.
Given the trend, it wasn’t too much of a shock to see Marcus Mariota and his crew go into Kansas City and beat the Chiefs, 19-17. It was a game the Chiefs were built to win, hence Mariota not throwing a score but his stable of backs rushing for 148 yards and two touchdowns on a 5.1 per-carry average.
A gritty ground game and strong defense has been Tennessee’s calling card all year and has the Titans in the race for first in the AFC South. It’s merely a major bonus the team has Mariota under center sitting on 25 touchdowns to nine interceptions.
It should be clear by now, but Cory Curtis of WKRN-TV Nashville hits it on the head when he brings up the stellar competition the Titans have defeated:
I keep hearing about when “the Titans play real teams”… They’ve beaten 10-4 Chiefs, 8-6 Broncos, 8-6 Packers, 9-5 Lions, 9-5 Dolphins.
— Cory Curtis (@CoryCurtis2) December 19, 2016
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