The NFL Playoffs: Expect the Unexpected
After an NFL season defined by parity and unpredictability, the playoff field is set and will get underway with Wild Card weekend stretching across three days of football. A sign of just how wide open the league has been since kickoff in September, there are eight teams that enter the postseason with odds to win the Super Bowl of 15/1 or shorter.
Seattle Seahawks (+375)
The Seattle Seahawks won a ridiculously strong NFC West on the back of head-to-head wins over challengers in the L.A. Rams and San Francisco 49ers during the final month of the regular season. With the NFC now forced to go through Seattle this postseason, and the Seahawks just two games away from the Super Bowl, they have positioned themselves beautifully.
L.A. Rams (+450)
The Rams may have missed out on the NFC’s one seed, but a trip to face the 8-9 Carolina Panthers is a friendly consolation prize for MVP hopeful Matthew Stafford – despite falling to those same Panthers just five weeks ago. While the 49ers’ odds plummeted after their Week 18 loss, L.A. remains among the favourites, and with good reason after a season spent as one of the league’s most consistent forces.
Denver Broncos (+625)
Like the Seahawks, the Denver Broncos have the huge advantage of a bye week and home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs, with challengers forced to bring their best at Mile High. After a regular season stuffed with dramatic, late-game victories, the Broncos’ best football needs to still be ahead of them.
Philadelphia Eagles (+900)
The defending Super Bowl champions endured an up-and-down regular season that seemed to edge toward collapse at times. But, the Philadelphia Eagles’ defense has ascended back toward elite status in recent weeks, and they have plenty of big-game experience to lean on. A Wild Card weekend meeting with the 49ers will be a stiff opening test.
New England Patriots (+975)
The New England Patriots weren’t able to steal the AFC’s No. 1 seed away from Denver, but an opening weekend matchup with a banged up L.A. Chargers squad is a quality consolation prize. Though the Pats are ahead of schedule, it would hardly surprise to see Mike Vrabel’s team make a deep playoff run.
Buffalo Bills (+1000)
With Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs at home, the Buffalo Bills can take solace knowing their perennial boogeyman is sidelined this time around. But, with a trip to Jacksonville to face the red-hot Jaguars ahead, they’ll need Josh Allen to put his cape on – again.
Houston Texans (+1100)
After starting 0-3, the Houston Texans reeled off 12 wins in 14 games, with both losses coming in one-score games to the eventual one seeds in the Seahawks and Broncos. After nine straight wins to end the year, the Texans get one of the friendlier Wild Card weekend matchups as they head to Pittsburgh to face the Steelers.
Jacksonville Jaguars (+1350)
Just barely outdone by their divisional foes, the Jaguars ended the year on an eight-game win streak and did enough to claim the AFC South crown over the similarly streaking Texans. Unlike Houston, however, Jacksonville doesn't quite get to ease into January football, as Josh Allen and the Bills wheel into town.
The Rest
NFC North rivals the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers, who will meet on Wild Card weekend, hold the same Super Bowl odds at +2100. Close behind, deflated from Week 18 and headed across the country, is the 49ers at +2500. Another California outfit headed to the East Coast, the L.A. Chargers, rounds out this quartet at +2900 -- before a big drop to the true long shots in the Steelers (+5000) and Panthers (+15000).
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Odds as of January 6, 2026.