Packers among six biggest Super Bowl favorites

New England and Kansas City remain at the head of the class in the eyes of bettors.
Packers among six biggest Super Bowl favorites
Packers among six biggest Super Bowl favorites /

One-fourth the way through the season, nothing has changed for the Green Bay Packers from a betting perspective.

While the Packers are off to a 3-1 start, they remain 16-1 to win the Super Bowl, according to SportsBetting.ag. The Packers were 16-1 at the start of the season and following their season-opening win at Chicago, before climbing to 12-1 following wins over Minnesota and Denver. Last week’s loss to Philadelphia pushed the Packers back to 16-1.

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New England and Kansas City remain the favorites to hoist the Lombardi Trophy. The Patriots were 7-1 to start the season and are 7-2 following a 4-0 start. The Chiefs have improved from 8-1 to start the season to 5-1. The Saints are third at 10-1, the Cowboys and Eagles are 12-1, and the Bears, Rams and Packers are 16-1.

The two interesting teams in the NFC are New Orleans and Dallas. The Saints were 8-1 to start the season but Drew Brees’ injury sent them crashing to 20-1. However, with the defense leading the way in quality victories over Seattle and Dallas, the Saints are back to 10-1. The Cowboys were 22-1 to start the season but have improved to 12-1 in their 3-1 start.

Cincinnati and Washington have gone from 150-1 to 1,000-1 and Miami has gone from 150-1 to 2,000 to 1. Pittsburgh (16-1 to 50-1), Houston (16-1 to 40-1) and Atlanta (28-1 to 66-1) are among the big fallers from teams who were expected to push for playoff spots.

In the NFC North, the Packers and Bears are 16-1 (12-1 to start the season but 20-1 after losing to Green Bay), Minnesota is 33-1 (16-1 after a Week 4 rout of Oakland) and Detroit is 40-1 (100-1 after a Week 1 tie vs. Arizona).


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BILL HUBER

Bill Huber, who has covered the Green Bay Packers since 2008, is the publisher of Packers On SI, a Sports Illustrated channel. E-mail: packwriter2002@yahoo.com History: Huber took over Packer Central in August 2019. Twitter: https://twitter.com/BillHuberNFL Background: Huber graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he played on the football team, in 1995. He worked in newspapers in Reedsburg, Wisconsin Dells and Shawano before working at The Green Bay News-Chronicle and Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1998 through 2008. With The News-Chronicle, he won several awards for his commentaries and page design. In 2008, he took over as editor of Packer Report Magazine, which was founded by Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Nitschke, and PackerReport.com. In 2019, he took over the new Sports Illustrated site Packer Central, which he has grown into one of the largest sites in the Sports Illustrated Media Group.