Seattle Seahawks Won Super Bowl LX after entering the season with +6000 long shots. They’ll enter next season intent on winning Super Bowl LXI, but their relatively long odds suggest the field is unprecedentedly wide open.
Seattle is associated with Los Angeles Rams At +950 to win the NFL championship in 2027, then buffalo bill at +1100, and philadelphia eagles, Baltimore Ravens and afc champion new England Patriots The tie is at +1300, according to DraftKings odds.
If they hold up to the start of the season, the Seahawks and Rams likely will have the longest streak on record for preseason favorites since at least 1977, according to ESPN Research and SportsOddsHistory.com. Since 2015, +950 has been the second smallest odds on the odds board once and the fifth smallest odds on the board six times.
Longer odds on top mean there is more balance in the middle levels of the odds board. detroit lions (+1400), green Bay Packers (+1400) and los angeles chargers (+1500) There are a few perennial contenders at +2800 or lower – a group that ultimately includes half of the league’s teams.
DraftKings Sportsbook Director Johnny Avello Says Teams Like kansas city chiefs (+1500), whose dynastic ambitions are somewhat unstable, and denver broncos (+1800), who missed playing in this year’s Super Bowl, are probably getting lost more in a sea of contenders than in years past.
“When you have slightly higher-priced teams at the top of the futures book, it means you can’t have really high-priced teams in the middle,” Avello told ESPN. “I think there’s a lot of uncertainty right now with these teams and after what we’ve seen this year [New England and Seattle] Taking a big step forward, it shows you that maybe this is what football is like. “Maybe there’s equality in football now.”
Both the Pats and Seahawks entered the 2025 season at +6000 to win the Super Bowl, making Seattle the second-highest preseason long shot champion behind the 2001 Patriots team. Given these preseason postseason views on the title, BetMGM Media Insights Manager John Ewing called the early Super Bowl LXI odds “more or less a reflection of what we just saw.”
Some bettors are already planning their Super Bowl futures for next season. TheScoreBet reports that the Seahawks have taken 21.2% of bets and 33.8% of the Patriots and early betting. Chicago Bears (+2500) taking 13.9% and 10.3% of the money respectively.
Seattle’s NFC West rival in Los Angeles has also seen its fair share of action, taking 12.9% of bets at the sportsbook.
“The Rams had a dominant NFL season, and with minimal expected roster turnover and two first-round draft picks, they remain one of the strongest contenders in 2026,” Joey Feasel, head of football at Caesars Sportsbook, said over email. “with Matthew Stafford “Confirming his return, Los Angeles plans to enter the season with one of the league’s best rosters and the highest chances of making a deep postseason run.”
DraftKings reports it took “substantial” bets New York Giants In the early rounds, the book was forced to shorten from +8000 to +7000.
Arizona Cardinals And miami dolphins Super Bowl LXI sit at the bottom of the odds board, with everyone playing 250-1 odds to win it in 2027.
