THE NEW FAVORITE

The Los Angeles Rams are the new Super Bowl favorites at +500, climbing to the top of the futures board after beating Seattle in a marquee NFC showdown. Los Angeles looks complete on both sides of the ball, with a balanced offense, a fast, disciplined defense, and the advantage of a championship-winning coach. They enter Sunday Night Football as a 7-point favorite over Tampa Bay and project as the league’s most reliable team—for now. One tricky scheduling stretch looms: hosting Detroit before traveling to Seattle just four days later in mid-December. Still, with Matthew Stafford playing at an MVP level, the Rams currently look like the NFL’s best team.

Right behind them are the Philadelphia Eagles at +550, who continue to win games through versatility and late-game toughness. The Eagles rarely dominate wire to wire, but they consistently close strong.

The Kansas City Chiefs (+840) remain the AFC’s top price despite the very real possibility they miss the postseason. Markets simply won’t fully discount a team with Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes, even when the resume is shaky.

Several AFC contenders sit in the next tier—Colts (+1100), Bills (+1100), Ravens (+1250), Broncos (+1400), and Patriots (+1450)—but the sentiment is clear: every one of these teams is flawed, inconsistent, or both. The market is granting them respect out of necessity, not conviction. This conference has no defined hierarchy.

In the NFC, the Lions (+950) and Seahawks (+1000) remain firmly in the mix, rounding out what has become an established Big Four: Rams, Seahawks, Eagles, and Lions. These are the teams with real pathways.

The AFC looks like a wide-open brawl. The NFC looks structured. And the Rams—and Stafford—are the ones holding the pen at the top of the market.