Chances for Super Bowl and QB Change

The Bears went through great change while improving last offseason.

Oddsmakers say changes will continue. Whether they'll actually get where they want to be remains guesswork.

The Bears are more likely than 13 other teams to win the Super Bowl in February of 2025, according to Betonline.ag.

Odds against the Bears doing this are 40 to 1. The only team with longer odds from the NFC North is Minnesota at 50-1. The Chiefs are favorites for a three-peat at 5-1 while the 49ers are 6-1 and the Detroit Lions 7-1, better even than the Baltimore Ravens (12-1). Green Bay is 16-1.

To show how much the Bears have improved in a year, their odds on the day following the Super Bowl in 2023 were 66-1 and there were just six teams with longer odds. The Chiefs had been 6-1 favorites the day after last year's Super Bowl and they delivered.

Apparently there is change ahead for the Bears or at least a very good chance of it, according to these same oddsmakers.

The betting line on quarterback Justin Fields returning to play in Chicago next year are +100. No other team has shorter odds but it's very close and that's a good indication what the betting public thinks.

The Atlanta Falcons are next closest at +140. Then it drops off to +450 for the Raiders, +750 for Seattle and +1600 for Pittsburgh, Denver and New England.

Odds say the Bears take Caleb Williams with their No. 1 pick.

Williams was a -650 favorite to be chosen No. 1 overall while Drake Maye was next at a distant +400 with betonline.ag.

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