As the NFL concluded their 2016 Draft, Super Bowl 51 betting lines show that both the Patriots and the Seahawks are the favorites. In this scenario, free agency is the most important transaction to carry out apart from what the New York Jets and Ryan Fitzpatrick have decided to do. With the suspension of Tom Brady looking as if it might stick for a long time, NFL fans already have a sneak peek on the composition of every team as soon as the 2016 NFL season begins.
This is the perfect moment to start analyzing the Super Bowl odds for 2017. As soon as Super Bowl 50 ended in February, MyBookie decided to list Carolina Panthers, Seattle Seahawks, and the New England Patriots as the favorites to win Super Bowl 51 with an odd ratio of 9:1. However, free agency helped to improve the odds of New England Patriots to 15-2 after the inclusion of Chris Long and Martellus Bennett in March.
The Patriots continue to stay on top as the favorites to win the 2017 Super Bowl in relation to the recent odds that MyBookie released, currently standing at 7-1. Compared to the odds released in March, the patriots have slightly improvement, even with the reinstatement of Brady’s four-game DeflateGate ban.
After the draft, the odds of the Seahawks also improved to 8-1 from the 10-1 odds give to them in March. Seattle drafted Germain Ifedi in the first round as a reaction to their weakness in the offensive tackle position as well as to strengthen their offensive lines, as the team came off a 10-6 odd. With the retirement of Marshawn Lynch, Seahawks’ Thomas Rawls played incredibly well, but later broke his ankle in the course of last season. His injury prompted the third-round drafting of C.J. Prosise as their running back.
The Carolina Panthers, the 2015 NFC champions have their Super Bowl odds dropping after the draft to 11-1. As the defending titleholders, they also currently have stretched odds. With a drop of their odds of Denver Broncos from 10-1 in March to the current 16-1, one could argue that this is because of the doubt with their quarterback position.
When it comes to the rest of the weaker teams, Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers and the Tennessee Titans received the worst Super Bowl odds from MyBookie, with all of them listed at 100-1. However, the Browns can afford a grin with an improvement of their odds to 150-1 thanks to the numerous trades they made in the draft to secure 14 picks. With reference to Leicester City’s long odds in the English Premier League, many NFL teams can still improve their odds further.
Next season there will be some exciting prop bets as well. For example, 2-1 odds goes to Jared Goff as the favorite player to earn the Offensive Rookie of the Year for the LA Rams as a quarterback. The second favorite is Dallas Cowboys’ running back, Ezekiel Elliott listed with odds of 5-2. As for Carson Wentz, you can bet on him with regard to the number of games that he will start next season for the Philadelphia Eagles, as MyBookie lists him with over/under 3.5 games.
