Super Bowl 55 odds: Chiefs and Packers still favorites to hoist Lombardi heading into divisional round - CBSSports.com
Super Bowl 55 odds: Chiefs and Packers unruffled favorites to hoist Lombardi heading into divisional round
And now there are eight. After a Super Wild-Card Weekend that truly lived up to its name, we have just eight teams unruffled standing and are six games away from landing Super Bowl LV down in Tampa, Florida. Last week, we saw the likes of the Tennessee Titans (No. 4 seed), Pittsburgh Steelers (No. 3 seed) and Seattle Seahawks (No. 3 seed) all get sent packing. Despite all those clubs technologically being upset in their contests, the NFL odds over at William Hill Sportsbook never held them in extremely high Super Bowl plan over the season, so seeing them fall peevish of a Lombardi trophy isn't totally surprising.
What will be listless to see as the divisional round kicks off is the play from the Chiefs and Packers, both of whom had a first-round bye. These two teams have been No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in these odds to win the Super Bowl for the past few weeks and they'll now get a chance to officially leave that march this weekend.
For Kansas City, it was +190 coming into the playoffs and has dipped to +200, which marks a rather consistent drop in its odds over the last few weeks, despite unruffled sitting at the favorite. At one reveal this year, K.C. was +160 to win it all, but fell to +170 at what time Week 16 and was +190 after the outlandish season concluded. This could simply be thanks to a ton of wealth going in the direction of other teams across the targeted like Green Bay and Buffalo. If the Chiefs can flip a switch and manage the Browns in relatively easy fashion this week, but, it wouldn't be surprising to see authority -- and money -- flow back to the protecting champs. According to CBS Sports research analyst Stephen Oh's projections, the Chiefs lead this company of playoff teams, winning the Super Bowl in 22.8% of simulations.
Before we jump into the rest of these teams, here's a look at the entire list of William Hill's Super Bowl odds entering the divisional round.
- Kansas City Chiefs +200
- Green Bay Packers +400
- Buffalo Bills +550
- New Orleans Saints +600
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers +800
- Baltimore Ravens +800
- Los Angeles Rams +1800
- Cleveland Browns +2500
The Packers are Calm the top team in the NFC and saw their odds increase to +400 when sitting at +450 entering the start of the playoffs. They do get a relatively easy draw in the Los Angeles Rams, who are coming into this matchup hobbled with Aaron Donald playing over a rib injury and the quarterback Place still a major unknown between Jared Goff (right thumb) and John Wolford (neck). It also must be no surprise to see L.A. and Cleveland own the worst odds to win the Super Bowl now, with matchups against the No. 1 seeds next up on their schedule.
As for some value plays, look no further than the Baltimore Ravens and New Orleans Saints. While Green Bay may be forward of New Orleans in these odds, Sean Payton and Drew Brees now are winning the Super Bowl in 18.1% of Oh's simulations. That's not just the best mark in the NFC, but additional best out of the entire field. The Packers win the title in 13.3% of Oh's sims. With Baltimore, which had a gutsy win over the Titans on Super Wild-Card Weekend, it has arguably the best value in the NFL at +800. Oh's simulations have the Ravens winning the Super Bowl 14.6% of the time, which is better than the Buffalo Bills (12.2%), who they'll face this weekend at Bills Stadium.
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