The times they are a changing for the NFL and so are the odds on who will be the eventual winner of Super Bowl XLVIII aka the ‘Freezer Bowl’ which will be played outdoors way up north in MetLife Stadium located in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Sunday afternoon February 4th probably in the cold and snow.
Now that the pre-season contests are about to get underway, the odds posted by the big sportsbooks out in Las Vegas are starting to shift around leaving some teams that were not receiving a lot of love just a couple of months ago finding themselves right in the middle of the discussion about who will stand a chance to make it to East Rutherford in February.
Take for example the New Orleans Saints who were just a little better than terrible last year without head coach Sean Payton. Well, Payton is back and Rob Ryan has been imported to fix the defense and all of a sudden all we are hearing from the Saints training camp is ‘look out world, here comes Mr. Who ‘Dat!’
The Saints are now listed in a 3 way tie for 7th place in the favorites standings along with the Falcons and the Steelers at 18-1.
The Steelers and the Bengals have also seen a noticeable change in their projected fortunes for the upcoming season but the biggest move, by far, has to go to the Jets who started out a few weeks ago at 100-1 and now find themselves as only 60-1 to win Super Bowl XLVIII.
Here is a roundup of what the rest of the field looks like.
| BRONCOS 5-1 | PANTHERS 40-1 |
| PATRIOTS 7-1 | DOLPHINS 40-1 |
| 49ERS 7-1 | VIKINGS 50-1 |
| PACKERS 8-1 | RAMS 50-1 |
| SEAHAWKS 8-1 (7-1) | BUCS 50-1 |
| TEXANS 12-1 | CHARGERS 60-1 |
| FALCONS 18-1 | LIONS 60-1 |
| STEELERS 18-1 (20-1) | JETS 60-1 |
| SAINTS 18-1 (20-1) | EAGLES 60-1 |
| GIANTS 20-1 | BROWNS 60-1 |
| REDSKINS 20-1 | CHIEFS 60-1 |
| BENGALS 20-1 (25-1) | TITANS 100-1 |
| RAVENS 30-1 (25-1) | BILLS 100-1 |
| BEARS 30-1 | RAIDERS 200-1 |
| COLTS 30-1 | CARDINALS 300-1 |
| COWBOYS 35-1 | JAGUARS 300-1 |
| ODDS TO WIN NFC | ODDS TO WIN AFC |
| 49ERS 7-2 | BRONCOS 11-5 (2-1) |
| PACKERS 4-1 | PATRIOTS 3-1 |
| SEAHAWKS 4-1 (7-2) | TEXANS 5-1 |
| FALCONS 9-1 | STEELERS 8-1 |
| SAINTS 9-1 (10-1) | BENGALS 9-1 (11-1) |
| GIANTS 10-1 | RAVENS 13-1 (11-1) |
| REDSKINS 10-1 | COLTS 13-1 |
| BEARS 15-1 | DOLPHINS 18-1 |
| COWBOYS 17-1 | CHARGERS 25-1 |
| PANTHERS 20-1 | JETS 25-1 |
| VIKINGS 25-1 | BROWNS 25-1 |
| RAMS 25-1 | CHIEFS 25-1 |
| BUCS 25-1 | TITANS 45-1 |
| LIONS 30-1 | BILLS 45-1 |
| EAGLES 30-1 | RAIDERS 90-1 |
| CARDINALS 150-1 | JAGUARS 135-1 |
