The NFL Regular Season drew to a close over New Year and we now know the eight wild-card teams who will compete for a place in the divisional play-offs.
Saturday 7 January: Oakland Raiders at Houston Texans; Detroit Lions at Seattle Seahawks.
Sunday 8 January: Miami Dolphins at Pittsburgh Steelers; New York Giants at Green Bay Packers.
It’s great to see the Dolphins make it through the regular season for once but for the Seahawks, the Steelers and the Packers a place in the wild-card draw will be regarded as comparative failure. They all have home advantage, however, so progress to the final play-off should be achievable. However, the odds are stacked against the franchises after that and that is reflected in the odds to win SuperBowl LI.
SuperBowl LI Winners Current Best Odds
New England Patriots (15/8), Dallas Cowboys (4/1), Pittsburgh Steelers (17/2), Atlanta Falcons and Green Bay Packers (9/1), Kansas City Chiefs (10/1), Seattle Seahawks (11/1), New York Giants (25/1), Houston Texans (66/1), Detroit Lions and Miami Dolphins (80/1), Oakland Raiders (100/1)
The Steelers are just the shortest-priced of the wild-card teams (a best 17/2) in SuperBowl LI betting and rested several key players for weekend’s overtime win over this season’s whipping boys the Cleveland Browns having already known their fate beforehand. But the team I want to be on so far as the NFC is concerned are Green Bay.
The Packers have put together a six-game season-saving winning streak to pinch the NFC North, peaking with last weekend’s victory at fast-fading Detroit. Green Bay’s upturn in fortunes has coincided with a return to full fitness of wide receiver Jordy Nelson and QB Aaron Rodgers is also in red-hot form having struggled in the autumn. There are definitely worse bets than the Packers to win the NFC than the 4/1 available with William Hill, who make Dallas their 7/5 favourites to win the divisional title.
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A New England Patriots/Green Bay Packers SuperBowl at the NRG Stadium in Houston next month can be backed at a tempting 8/1 with BetVictor.
