2016 Super Bowl Odds – Packers Trail only the Seahawks

Da-news-now

RSS Reporter
Reporter
Member
Messages
5,396
Reaction score
311
The Packers completed the second of two Organized Team Activities (OTAs) sessions this past week, with a plethora of eager new faces traversing the field, looking to get noticed. The focus for the coaching staff is now solely on putting together a 53-man roster that will compete for a chance to play in the next Super Bowl.

Almost five months have passed since the Packers flaming exit from the NFC Championship game. The Seattle Seahawks, the team that came out on top in that game after the most improbable of comebacks, has the edge over the Packers yet again – this time from the oddsmakers.

A quick poll of popular sports betting sites mostly show the Seahawks as the 6-1 favorites to win the next Super Bowl, with the Packers at 7-1, the current Super Bowl Champion Patriots at 7.5-1 and the Indianapolis Colts at 8-1.

Of course, the Patriots odds dropped thanks to the “Deflategate” scandal and the possibility of Tom Brady (he who is strongly in favor of soft balls) being suspended for as many as four games. So the Packers, who apparently play with balls in their natural (and approved) state, moved up a notch in the futures odds standings.

But with the Seahawks having traded for a major new offensive weapon in TE Jimmy Graham, the oddsmakers believe they are the best bet to get back to the Super Bowl, where this past February they had an imminent second straight Super Bowl victory snatched away by Patriots rookie Malcom Butler’s goal line interception.

While Packers fans have moved on from the meltdown against Seattle, one has to remember just how dominant the Packers were against the Super Bowl favorites in their stadium for most of that game. Carbon Sports, one of America’s leading sports betting sites, seems to remember, as they have the Packers’ odds equal to those of the Seahawks at 6-1.

When the book closes on the 2015 NFL season, will the Packers still be “behind” the Seahawks?

I shiver with antici…………….pation.



——————
Follow Jersey Al:

Follow @JerseyAlGBP
16px arial,sans-serif;white-space:nowrap;> Add to Circleson

Jersey Al Bracco is the founder and editor of AllGreenBayPackers.com, and the co-founder of [URL='http://www.PackersTalk.com'] Packers Talk Radio Network. He can be heard as one of the Co-Hosts on Cheesehead Radio and is the Green Bay Packers Draft Analyst for Drafttek.com. [/URL]

——————


Continue reading...
 
Seattle may be the odds on favorite this year but with that trade for Graham they lost their starting center Max Unger to NO. Seattle's O line wasn't all that great before the trade. That line might be their Achilles's heel this season.
 
Back
Top