NFL Football Betting–Super Bowl Futures and NFL Conference Championship Props
–The New England Patriots are favored to win Super Bowl LI
– Without a dominant team in either conference the Super Bowl matchup and result is wide open
– The lower seeded playoff teams realistically don’t have a chance
The NFL Regular season is over and the playoffs will get underway on Saturday, January 7 culminating with Super bowl LI on Sunday, February 5 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. Making this year’s playoffs all the more interesting is the fact that neither the defending Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos nor the ‘runner up’ Carolina Panthers are back in the playoffs this year. For that matter, only one of the four teams that competed in last year’s NFC and AFC Championship games are back in the playoffs this season–the New England Patriots are back for another shot at the title while last year’s NFC title game loser Arizona is watching this year’s playoffs at home. All told, six of this year’s playoff aspirants made the championship game last year. Only three teams in this year’s playoff field have never won the Super Bowl previously–the Houston Texans, Detroit Lions and Atlanta Falcons.
In the conference championships, the New England Patriots are expected to come out of the AFC with a challenge from the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers’ biggest issue this season was inconsistency so they can go either way in the postseason. If they play well, they could be Super Bowl bound. They’ll have to get past the New England Patriots who have very quietly been winning with defense this year–or at least as quietly as a team can go 14-2. The Patriots still have a potent offense that finished the regular season ranked #4 in yards per game (386.3) and #3 in points per game (27.6). On defense, however, they were #8 in yards per game allowed (326.4) and #1 in points per game against (15.6).
Over in the NFC, the trendy choices to come out of the conference are the Atlanta Falcons and Green Bay Packers. The Falcons have the most potent scoring offense in football (33.8 PPG) though Green Bay is not far behind in 4th (27 PPG). Both could be vulnerable on defense where Green Bay has the #21 scoring defense (24.3 PPG) and Atlanta the #27 scoring defense (25.4 PPG). For whatever reason, there’s not much ‘wise guy’ interest in Dallas which is downright silly. All the Cowboys have done this year is win football games behind their rookie offensive tandem of Ezekiel Elliot and Dak Prescott. The Cowboys are also very sturdy on the defensive side of the ball with the #5 scoring defense in the NFL (19.1 PPG).
NFL PLAYOFF AND SUPER BOWL LI PROPOSITION BET ODDS
Team To Win Super Bowl LI
New England Patriots: +210
Dallas Cowboys: +350
Green Bay Packers: +905
Kansas City Chiefs: +910
Pittsburgh Steelers: +910
Atlanta Falcons: +950
Seattle Seahawks: +1150
New York Giants: +2210
Houston Texans: +7000
Oakland Raiders: +8550
Detroit Lions: +9000
Miami Dolphins: +9500
Conference To Win Super Bowl LI
NFC: -110
AFC: -110
Division To Win Super Bowl LI
AFC East: +150
NFC East: +350
AFC North: +800
NFC South: +800
AFC West: +850
NFC North: +850
NFC West: +1100
AFC South: +5000
Team To Win The AFC Conference Championship
New England Patriots: -150
Pittsburgh Steelers: +350
Kansas City Chiefs: +400
Houston Texans: +3500
Miami Dolphins: +3500
Oakland Raiders: +4000
Team To Win The NFC Conference Championship
Dallas Cowboys: +125
Atlanta Falcons: +375
Green Bay Packers: +450
Seattle Seahawks: +525
New York Giants: +1600
Detroit Lions: +4500
Super Bowl LI Exact Matchup
New England Patriots vs Dallas Cowboys: +325
New England Patriots vs Atlanta Falcons: +750
New England Patriots vs Green Bay Packers: +850
New England Patriots vs Seattle Seahawks: +925
Kansas City Chiefs vs Dallas Cowboys: +1125
Pittsburgh Steelers vs Dallas Cowboys: +1145
Kansas City Chiefs vs Atlanta Falcons: +2100
Pittsburgh Steelers vs Atlanta Falcons: +2400
Pittsburgh Steelers vs Green Bay Packers: +2450
Kansas City Chiefs vs Green Bay Packers: +2575
Pittsburgh Steelers vs Seattle Seahawks: +2800
New England Patriots vs New York Giants: +2850
Kansas City Chiefs vs Seattle Seahawks: +2950
Pittsburgh Steelers vs New York Giants: +6000
Kansas City Chiefs vs New York Giants: +8500
New England Patriots vs Detroit Lions: +8500
Houston Texans vs Dallas Cowboys: +8750
Oakland Raiders vs Dallas Cowboys: +9900
Miami Dolphins vs Dallas Cowboys: +11500
Houston Texans vs Atlanta Falcons: +15000
Pittsburgh Steelers vs Detroit Lions: +16500
Houston Texans vs Green Bay Packers: +18500
Oakland Raiders vs Green Bay Packers: +21000
Houston Texans vs Seattle Seahawks: +22500
Miami Dolphins vs Atlanta Falcons: +22500
Oakland Raiders vs Seattle Seahawks: +24500
Kansas City Chiefs vs Detroit Lions: +25000
Miami Dolphins vs Green Bay Packers: +26000
Miami Dolphins vs Seattle Seahawks: +30000
Oakland Raiders vs New York Giants: +50000
Houston Texans vs New York Giants: +60000
Miami Dolphins vs New York Giants: +81000
Oakland Raiders vs Detroit Lions: +125000
Houston Texans vs Detroit Lions: +175000
Miami Dolphins vs Detroit Lions: +275000