This weekend's Wild Card Round marks the start of the NFL playoffs and the ultimate quest of winning Super Bowl LII on Sunday, Feb. 4. Six teams from the AFC and six from the NFC have earned a spot in this tournament and BetAnySports has released its NFL futures odds for each one's chances to win one of the most coveted titles in the world of sports.
New England is the No. 1 seed in the AFC and the defending Super Bowl Champion and the Patriots have the best odds in the field to successfully go all the way again this year. Pittsburgh is a crowd favorite coming out of the same conference as the No. 2 seed and Minnesota has the best odds of any team in the NFC to win its first Super Bowl title in franchise history the same season that the NFL's championship game will actually be played in the Vikings' home stadium.
Looking at the posted Super Bowl futures odds for the other nine teams in the field, the New Orleans Saints and the Los Angeles Rams have been popular picks at longer +1000 odds. Kansas City has the next best odds of the remaining four teams in the AFC at +1800 and Tennessee has the longest odds on the board at +10000.
The one caveat in this year's field is Philadelphia as the No. 1 seed in the NFC. The Eagles would have probably been second-favorites to the Patriots if Carson Wentz was still the team's starting quarterback, but a torn ACL turned the keys over to Nick Foles which in turn has sent Philly's betting stock right down the tube. With Foles in place, the Eagles' Super Bowl odds opened at +1000 and just a few days later they now stand at +1200. Home field advantage throughout the playoffs still counts for something and so does a team that can run the ball better than most on offense complementing a defense that is ranked inside the top five in both yards and points allowed.
After breaking down the entire playoff field in terms of each team's opening betting odds, the link below to my recent article for ScoresandStats.com spells out top-valued Super Bowl picks heading into the opening round of the playoffs.
LINK: NFL Super Bowl LII | Futures Odds
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