The NFL common season ended with the conclusion of Week 18, and the postseason begins this upcoming Saturday with Wild Card Weekend. The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs enter the postseason because the betting favourite to win the Tremendous Bowl LVII at +350 odds, forward of the Buffalo Payments (+400), San Francisco 49ers (+550), and Philadelphia Eagles (+550).
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce and quarterback Patrick Mahomes have fun a landing towards the Seattle Seahawks at Arrowhead Stadium on Christmas Eve. (Picture: AP)
Final yr’s runner-up, the Cincinnati Bengals, are +850 odds to win Tremendous Bowl LVII the yr after they made a visit to Tremendous Bowl LVI and misplaced to the Los Angeles Rams.
Playoff Staff
Tremendous Bowl Odds
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
+350
Buffalo Payments
+400
San Francisco 49ers
+550
Philadelphia Eagles
+550
Cincinnati Bengals
+850
Dallas Cowboys
+1200
Los Angeles Chargers
+2000
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
+2800
Baltimore Ravens
+3500
Minnesota Vikings
+3500
Jacksonville Jaguars
+4000
New York Giants
+5500
Miami Dolphins
+6000
Seattle Seahawks
+7000
The Chiefs secured the #1 seed within the AFC with a 14-3 document regardless of quite a few controversies surrounding the seeding in wake of final Monday night time’s cancellation of the Payments/Bengals sport in Week 17.
The Eagles locked up the #1 seed within the NFC and completed the common season with the most effective document of their convention at 14-3.
Chiefs (14-3) +350
The Chiefs started the season at +1000 odds to win the Tremendous Bowl, making them the third-highest group on DraftKings’ NFL futures board. They had been close to the highest of the board all season and had been co-favorites on the conclusion of Week 11 (+450), and outright favorites on the finish of Week 12 (+400).
The Chiefs are the consensus Tremendous Bowl favourite at +350 odds after posting the most effective document within the AFC with 14 wins. By securing the #1 seed within the AFC, the Chiefs had been rewarded a bye within the opening spherical of the playoffs.
Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs wish to declare their second championship within the final 4 seasons. They final received a title through the 2019 season with a victory in Tremendous Bowl LIV. They had been the runner-up in 2020 after they misplaced Tremendous Bowl LV towards Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Chiefs had been upset in final yr’s AFC Championship by the Bengals.
Payments (13-3) +400
The Payments had been a preferred choose to win the Tremendous Bowl within the preseason and had been the outright favourite at +550 odds. After shedding 4 straight Tremendous Bowls within the early Nineteen Nineties, the Payments have been ready over twenty years to return to the Large Recreation and declare their first championship. The Payments appeared like a group of future this season till quarterback Josh Allen suffered an elbow harm in Week 9. After shedding two consecutive video games with a banged-up Allen, the Payments received seven video games in a row to finish the common season.
The Payments earned the #2 seed within the AFC with a 13-3 document. The Payments may have a Hollywood ending to their tumultuous season by profitable the Tremendous Bowl in honor of their fallen teammate, security Damar Hamlin. Hamlin collapsed throughout a “Monday Evening Soccer” sport towards the Bengals in Week 17 and was rushed to the hospital. The sport was canceled, however the Payments and town of Buffalo rallied around Hamlin.
The Payments had been already on a mission this season to win their first-ever Tremendous Bowl, however now they’ve further incentive and inspiration to win the championship for Hamlin.
The Payments are the second-highest group on the futures board at +400 odds. They had been the betting favourite or co-favorite to win the Tremendous Bowl in each week this season, except Week 12 after they slipped to +450 odds after shedding consecutive video games.
49ers (13-4) +550
The San Francisco 49ers are the most popular group within the NFL after ending the common season with a 10-game profitable streak. They struggled at the start of the season with a 3-4 document. Alongside the best way, they misplaced their beginning quarterback (Trey Lance) and backup quarterback (Jimmy Garoppolo), and accomplished the season with a rookie quarterback and the final participant chosen within the 2022 NFL Draft (Brock Purdy).
With a 13-4 document, the 49ers secured the #2 seed within the NFC. There’s hypothesis that Garoppolo may return for the postseason after he sustained a foot harm in Week 13. Nonetheless, though Purdy is a rookie, he completed the season with a 5-0 document as a starter.
The 49ers started the season at +1600 odds to win the Tremendous Bowl and sunk as little as +2500 odds after their gradual begin. You’ll be able to again the 49ers at +550 odds to win their first championship for the reason that 1994 season with a victory in Tremendous Bowl XXIX.
Eagles (14-3) +550
The Eagles are the Rodney Dangerfield of the NFL this season and might’t get any respect. The Eagles had been the final group to stay undefeated after a formidable 8-0 begin. Nonetheless, they misplaced two video games late within the season after quarterback Jalen Hurts suffered a shoulder harm.
The Eagles completed the common season with a 14-3 document and locked up the #1 seed within the NFC. Though they’re the highest seed of their convention, oddsmakers and bettors don’t assume they’re a top-shelf squad.
The Eagles had been +2200 odds to win the Tremendous Bowl within the preseason. After profitable their first seven video games this season, oddsmakers lastly gave them a modicum of respect and up to date their championship odds at +500. The Eagles had been by no means an outright favourite to win the Tremendous Bowl through the common season. They got here shut on the finish of Week 14 at +425 odds, however that was earlier than Hurts’ harm.
Initially of the postseason, you’ll be able to again the Eagles at +550 odds to win Tremendous Bowl LVII, which is identical odds because the 49ers.
Bengals (12-4) +850
Because the defending AFC champions, the Bengals confronted a harder schedule this season. The Bengals suffered the proverbial Tremendous Bowl hangover after they stumbled out of the gate with an 0-2 begin. Some bettors believed the Bengals had been a “fluke” final postseason and only a fortunate group that bought scorching on the proper time. That’s why they started this season at a modest +2200 odds to win Tremendous Bowl LVII.
Though they withstood a mid-season harm to large receiver Ja’Marr Chase, the Bengals ended the season with an eight-game profitable streak. With a 12-4 document, the Bengals secured the #3 seed within the AFC and appear like a respectable Tremendous Bowl contender. The Bengals are solely +850 odds to win Tremendous Bowl LVII, which makes them a super worth guess.
If the Bengals need to win back-to-back AFC championships and return to the Tremendous Bowl, they’ll most likely must defeat the #2 Payments and #1 Chiefs. The Bengals sq. off towards the #6 Baltimore Ravens within the opening spherical of the playoffs when the 2 AFC North divisional rivals will slug it out throughout Wild Card Weekend. If the Bengals advance to the Divisional Spherical, they might meet the #2 Payments.
