Long shots entering the 2025 season Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl LX will enter the playoffs with the best chances of winning.
Seahawks are +350 favorites to win the Super Bowl, after finishing second Los Angeles Rams At +425, according to DraftKings lines. AFC has the top seed denver broncos Come back next time with the AFC East at +650 buffalo bill And new England Patriots Rounding out the top five at +950.
Seattle entered the campaign with +6000 odds to win this season’s championship and if the Hawks win it all, they would have the longest preseason odds for a champion since the 2001 Patriots. According to ESPN Research via SportsOddsHistory.com, Seattle and Los Angeles both represent the NFC West, marking the first time in the last 50 seasons that the top two Super Bowl favorites are entering the postseason from the same division.
Circa Sports head NFL oddsmaker Jamie Pileggi told ESPN that the sportsbook placed “high-limit” Super Bowl bets on Seattle at 50-1 versus 75-1 before the season, making the Seahawks one of the book’s biggest liabilities. “Obviously, it turned out to be a great bet,” Pileggi said.
Pileggi also noted the high liability on houston texans (+1300) A big bet was placed on them after the team’s 0-3 start, bumping them up to 100-1 Super Bowl odds. Texas has similar championship chances jacksonville jaguars (+1300) even though the latter won the AFC South.
BetMGM reported that the Bills and Broncos represent its two biggest liabilities for both the Super Bowl and the AFC Championship, while DraftKings Sportsbook director Johnny Avello said the Patriots have “money everywhere.” Joey Feazell, head of football at Caesars Sportsbook, said: san francisco 49ers (+2800) is the biggest winner for bookmakers in their book.
“We have been at a lower level than them all year long given the simplified schedule that has put them in their current position, but we have a strong base of customers in Nevada who enjoy betting on them to win the Super Bowl throughout the offseason and throughout the season,” Fazel said over email.
On the other hand, Baltimore Ravens Became the first preseason Super Bowl favorite to miss the playoffs since 2008 and one of four teams with preseason odds of +2000 or less to miss the postseason. Baltimore had the fourth-largest liability, just behind BetMGM. detroit lionsAnother team with low preseason championship odds.
The Rams are the top team in the power ratings from Feasel and other bookmakers, and they expect L.A. to draw a lot of handles even as potential double-digit favorites in their first playoff game against them. carolina panthersRAM has been fluctuating between -9.5 and -10.5 since the open on Sunday evening.
philadelphia eagles Started as 3-point favorites over the 49ers before moving up to -3.5, while the Texans started at -2.5 and quickly moved up to -3 and then -3.5 for their matchup. pittsburgh steelers,
Opening wild-card weekend spread (per DraftKings odds at open)
• Los Angeles Rams at Carolina Panthers -9.5
, green Bay Packers -1.5 pm Chicago Bears
• Buffalo Bills at Jacksonville Jaguars -1.5
• San Francisco 49ers at Philadelphia Eagles -3
, los angeles chargers New England Patriots at -3.5
• Houston Texans at Pittsburgh Steelers -2.5
ESPN’s David Purdum contributed to this report.
