The Washington Football Team found new life in 2020 under new head coach Ron Rivera, winning the NFC East and making the playoffs for the first time since 2015. Washington was only 7-9, though, and took advantage of a dreadful division. Below, we look at the Washington Football Team’s 2022 Super Bowl 56 odds, with NFL futures picks and predictions.
Washington Football Team Super Bowl 56 odds and 2021 NFL futures
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Friday, May 7, at 1:55 p.m. ET.
Odds to win Super Bowl 56: +6500 (bet $100 to win $6,500)
Odds to win XFC: +3000 (bet $100 to win $3,000)
Odds to win NFC East: +300 (bet $100 to win $300)
Win total: 8 (Over: -140 | Under: +115)
Will Washington make the playoffs? Yes: +135 | No: -165
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Washington’s offseason recap
QB Alex Smith stole the show in 2020, going 5-1 in six starts after taking over for the ineffective Dwayne Haskins and winning NFL Comeback Player of the Year honors.
Still, it proved to be a swan song as Smith and the franchise parted ways following the season and Smith announced his retirement soon after.
Enter another respected and gritty veteran quarterback, though, in Ryan Fitzpatrick. He and free-agent WR Curtis Samuel will be charged with revving up an offense that finished 25th in the league in scoring last season at 20.9 points per game.
Defensively, Washington added free agent CB William Jackson III and first-round rookie LB Jamin Davis to a unit that allowed the league’s fourth-fewest points per game in 2020 (20.6) behind Defensive Rookie of the Year DE Chase Young and the rest of a young and talented defensive front.
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Washington Football Team Super Bowl 56 and 2021 NFL futures picks
Aside from a healthy Dak Prescott returning to the Dallas Cowboys, the rest of the NFC Least doesn’t figure to be all that formidable again, making Washington’s plus-payoff division title and playoff odds worthwhile considerations.
Washington has won as many as nine games only once (9-7 in 2015) in the last eight seasons, but getting something down on the team’s 2021 OVER 8 wins (-140) also is advisable given the Football Team’s manageable “first-place” schedule.
Other than the above, though, there are still too many question marks to seriously consider meaningful long-shot wagers on Washington’s Super Bowl or NFC futures.
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