The confetti and dust is barely settled on the Kansas City Chiefs 31-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. The offseason hasn’t quite yet started for those two organizations after the great display of football they put on in Miami on Sunday night. For the rest of the NFL, though, the offseason already arrived.
With that, the betting world is not at all far behind, setting the latest odds for who will be the next champion of the NFL. The Chiefs are favored to repeat, but just barely and the Dallas Cowboys are of course in the mix.
With a new head coach, and a myriad of free agent questions from the most important position (quarterback) to the least thought about (long snapper) Dallas has a lot of question marks up and down their roster. There is also a lot of known talent for Mike McCarthy to organize and as such, the Cowboys find themselves rounding out the top 10 when it comes to odds to with Super Bowl LV, coming in at +2000.
For the gambling uninitiated, Bet MGM’s line means that for every $100 bet, the bettor would win $2000 if things worked out. Not a bad investment if one believes 2020 will finally be the year.
Here’s a list of the top teams:
Chiefs: +650
Ravens: +700
49ers: +1000
Patriots: +1100
Saints: +1200
Eagles: +1400
Packers: +1600
Steelers: +1800
Seahawks: +1900
Cowboys: +2000
Rams: +2000
Vikings: +2000
This could also be looked at as who Vegas sees as the favorites to make the playoffs. They have the 49ers, Saints, Eagles and Packers as likely NFC division winners, the Seahawks as the favorite for the wild card and the Cowboys, Rams and Vikings duking it out for the final NFC berth.
How will the team actually fare? Well first they’ll have to get their quarterback in the fold and navigate their way through 30 players who are now out of contract. Then, the focus will centralize and land squarely on draft season. It will be interesting to continue to track the odds as the team develops.
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