The Biggest Threat to the 49ers in the NFC

The 49ers are still the clear-cut favorite.

Grant Cohn | Apr 5, 2024

Jan 28, 2024; Santa Clara, California, USA; (Left to right) San Francisco 49ers linebacker Fred / Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

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The 49ers still are the clear-cut favorite to win the NFC next season despite releasing Arik Armstead. They currently have +230 odds to win the conference.

Here are the biggest threats to the 49ers in NFC, according to BetUS.

1. The Detroit Lions: +550

They lost to the 49ers by just three points on the road in the NFC Championship Game, and they probably would have won if a couple bounces had gone their way. This offseason, they replaced Pro Bowl guard Jonah Jackson with Pro Bowl guard Kevin Zeitler, which probably is a wash. In addition, they added four starters to their defense: Marcus Davenport, D.J. Reader, Carlton Davis and Amik Robertson. Their defense should be much improved.

2. The Philadelphia Eagles: +650

They added Saquon Barkley, who should be much more effective on the Eagles than he was on the Giants, where it was him against the world. Philadelphia also added three starters to their defense: Bryce Huff, Devin White and C.J. Gardner-Johnson. They improved and got younger, but they're not as good as the team that went to the Super Bowl in 2023.

3. The Dallas Cowboys: +850

No one takes this team seriously, which is why Dallas is considering trading Dak Prescott. They know they're going nowhere with him. These odds are too high.

4. The Green Bay Packers: +900

The Packers are a dark horse to win the NFC. They have an extremely talented quarterback in Jordan Love who's entering just his second season as a starter and is still improving. In addition, they signed Josh Jacobs, who was the best running back in the league just a couple seasons ago. Don't be surprised if the 49ers meet Green Bay in the NFC Championship Game next season.

Published Apr 5, 2024

GRANT COHN

Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.