The Philadelphia Eagles are the fifth favorite across all major sportsbooks to win the Super Bowl.

The Birds sit anywhere from +650 to +750, but the order of teams on the futures board is the same everywhere.

Detroit is the consensus title favorite with Kansas City, Baltimore, and Buffalo following in that order.

The Lions, Chiefs, Bills, Ravens, and Eagles are in a class of their own when it comes to these odds. Minnesota is sixth on the futures board, but the Vikings aren’t shorter than +1500 anywhere at Pennsylvania sports betting apps.

It’s not exactly surprising. Right?


If you watched the NFL throughout the regular season, you’d probably list those five teams in some order. Maybe Minnesota, or Green Bay at some point, would’ve creeped into the conversation as well, but the rest of the playoff field looks much weaker.

If you go by pure scheduling logic, the time to bet the Eagles to win the Super Bowl is before the divisional round.

The Bills and Ravens are on a collision course to face each other in the second weekend and the winner of that game likely faces the Chiefs.

The Eagles and Lions are the clear one-two in the NFC, and after what we saw the Lions do to the Vikings on Sunday night, it’s hard to imagine Minnesota could go back there and win in the divisional round.

That round also carries significance for when to bet the Eagles by because the Lions aren’t on the field in the wild card round. The futures odds will not fluctuate unless the Bills or Ravens are upset, which to be honest, doesn’t look like it’ll happen. It’ll  be hard for a rookie quarterback to go into Buffalo and win and the Steelers are in freefall mode and could lose big to Baltimore.

I don’t think you can build a serious case for any of the road teams playing on wild card weekend to make deep postseason runs. Potentially one road team to win? Sure, and it’ll probably be the Chargers, but I don’t anticipate much movement on the Super Bowl odds board until next week, when the true contenders are left.