Packer Central

Packers Among Early Favorites for Super Bowl LXI

Can the Green Bay Packers finally get back to the Super Bowl? They are among the early favorites.
Bill Huber|
Seattle Seahawks general manager and former Packers executive John Schneider celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
Seattle Seahawks general manager and former Packers executive John Schneider celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy. | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

In this story:

Green Bay Packers

GREEN BAY, Wis. – For the 15th consecutive year, the Green Bay Packers watched the Super Bowl from the comfort of their own homes. However, as has typically been the case during the team’s championship drought, they are among the betting favorites for the upcoming season.

At FanDuel Sportsbook, the Packers have the fifth-shortest odds to win Super Bowl LXI, which will be played at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., on Feb. 14. 2027.

The Seattle Seahawks, who demolished the New England Patriots to win Super Bowl LX on Sunday, are the opening favorites.

Here are the top seven teams in the early odds:

Seattle Seahawks: +750

Los Angeles Rams: +800

Baltimore Ravens: +1200

Buffalo Bills: +1200

Green Bay Packers: +1300

Los Angeles Chargers: +1500

Philadelphia Eagles: +1500

“It's surreal,” Seahawks general manager and De Pere native John Schneider said. “These guys, they literally love each other. They care about one another, they want to play for each other. They were super-confident. They're just a together team and they love each other.”

Rest of the NFC North

While the Chicago Bears are the reigning NFC North champions, they lag well behind the Packers in FanDuel’s Super Bowl odds. Here are the NFC North teams, with where they rank in parentheses.

Green Bay Packers: +1300 (fifth)

Detroit Lions: +1600 (tied, 10th)

Chicago Bears: +2700 (15th)

Minnesota Vikings: +5500 (22nd).

At DraftKings Sportsbook, the Packers and Lions are +1400, tied for the seventh-shortest odds. The Bears are +2500 and the Vikings are +6000.

More Noteworthy Teams

Former Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley is the new coach of the Miami Dolphins, former Packers coach Mike McCarthy is the new coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Packers coach Matt LaFleur’s brother, Mike LaFleur, is the new coach of the Arizona Cardinals.

The Steelers are +10000 at FanDuel. Those odds figure to adjust substantially if Aaron Rodgers returns as quarterback or they land a proven signal-caller. The Dolphins and Cardinals are +22500. Only the Jets at +25000 have longer odds.

What about the Patriots? They are +1700, which is tied for the 10th-shortest odds.

Everyone, however, will be racing to catch the Seahawks, whose devastating defense controlled the game from start to finish.

“You've got a group of guys who go out there and battle for each other, who play together,” cornerback Devon Witherspoon said. “We talked about it all year in OTAs, we set out to be the best defense in the world. Nobody knew that we did that, but we did, and we held each other to that standard. You talk about a group of guys who are going to stay together, who are going to play for each other, and cut somebody's lights off, that's The Dark Side.”

NFC North Odds

The first step toward winning a Super Bowl will be winning the NFC North, something the Packers haven’t accomplished since 2021. A wild-card team hasn’t advanced to the Super Bowl since 2020, when Tampa Bay won at Green Bay in the NFC Championship Game and wrecked the Chiefs in the Super Bowl.

Here are the NFC North odds from DraftKings:

Detroit Lions: +160

Green Bay Packers: +180

Chicago Bears: +350

Minnesota Vikings: +700

“In every NFL season, there’s successes, there’s disappointments,” general manager Brian Gutekunst said after the season. “We have one goal here, and we never run from it. We’re here to win championships, and I think this team is capable of that. 2026 will be a different team, but the expectations won’t change.

“I thought there’s some really good things during the season. There also were some major disappointments, but I really do like the guys we have in that locker room, the guys that are coming back, and we’ll continue to add to that. I think we’re all excited to get at it.”

Odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.

If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER.

SIGN UP FOR OUR FREE DAILY PACKERS NEWSLETTER

More Green Bay Packers News

Published
Bill Huber
BILL HUBER

Bill Huber, who has covered the Green Bay Packers since 2008, is the publisher of Packers On SI, a Sports Illustrated channel. E-mail: packwriter2002@yahoo.com History: Huber took over Packer Central in August 2019. Twitter: https://twitter.com/BillHuberNFL Background: Huber graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he played on the football team, in 1995. He worked in newspapers in Reedsburg, Wisconsin Dells and Shawano before working at The Green Bay News-Chronicle and Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1998 through 2008. With The News-Chronicle, he won several awards for his commentaries and page design. In 2008, he took over as editor of Packer Report Magazine, which was founded by Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Nitschke, and PackerReport.com. In 2019, he took over the new Sports Illustrated site Packer Central, which he has grown into one of the largest sites in the Sports Illustrated Media Group.