Okay NFL betting buffs, with the 2019 regular season getting closer by the day, it’s time for some fun-filled expert betting predictions on which teams are going to get in the playoffs and which ones you should probably avoid laying your hard-earned betting bucks on.
With the start of NFL preseason action just a few short weeks away, let’s get down to business!
NFL Odds to Make the 2019 Playoffs
In Like Flynn
New England Patriots
- 2019 NFL Playoffs Odds: Yes -900 / No +550
Let’s start with the No. 1 lock to make the playoffs there is! As long as Tom Brady is upright and healthy, the Pats are a lock, though it’s going to cost you a cool, $-900.
New Orleans Saints
- 2019 NFL Playoffs Odds: Yes -350 / No +275
After getting robbed out of a berth in last season’s Super Bowl, I’ve got to believe that Drew Brees and the Saints are going to play the 2019 with a massive chip on their collective shoulders!
L.A. Rams
- 2019 NFL Playoffs Odds: Yes -350 / No +275
Despite their pitiful Super Bowl performance and the fact that I’m not real fond of Jared Goff, the Rams have been a perennial winner under Sean McVay and I don’t see that changing anytime soon.
Chicago Bears
- 2019 NFL Playoffs Odds: Yes -140 / No +110
After their stunning 12-4 campaign from last season, everything is looking up in Chi-Town! Khalil Mack is a monster, Matt Nagy is clearly an offensive genius (well…almost) and Mitch Trubisky is a lot better than some other quarterbacks with higher profiles (Jared Goff).
Kansas City Chiefs
- 2019 NFL Playoffs Odds: Yes -400 / No +300
The Chiefs might have parted ways with Kareem Hunt and will likely be without the services of elusive wide receiver Tyreek Hill for some length of time in 2019, I’m thinking as long as MVP Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid are joined at the hip, the Chiefs are going to be super difficult to stop, at leas offensively.
L.A. Chargers
- 2019 NFL Playoffs Odds: Yes -230 / No +190
Yes, the Bolts are perennial bridesmaids, but this is going to be ‘The’ year for Philip Rivers right? Well…L.A. looks like a playoff lock to me at the very least!
It’s Likely
Seattle Seahawks
- 2019 NFL Playoffs Odds: Yes +135 / No -165
Russell Wilson is back under center and the rest of the Seahawks are improving quickly. To be honest about it, last season I though Seattle was starting to look a bit like the Legion of Boom legends they once were.
Philadelphia Eagles
- 2019 NFL Playoffs Odds: Yes -210 / No +170
You heard it here first. Carson Wentz has a Philly cheesesteak-sized MVP-caliber season while leading the Birds back into the Playoffs!
Baltimore Ravens
- 2019 NFL Playoffs Odds: Yes +180 / No -220
After going 10-6 in their first season with Lamar Jackson under center, the Ravens are looking good to me heading into 2019, seeing as how they’re almost assuredly going to use the tried and tested method of power rushing and lock-down defense to reach the postseason in 2019.
Houston Texans
- 2019 NFL Playoffs Odds: Yes +135 / No -165
Yes, the Texans underachieved in a big way last season and yes, I’m getting really doubtful that Bill O’Brien is the right guy to get it done, but hell, Houston still has a star in quarterback Deshaun Watson, and some other stars like…oh….J.J. Watt and Jadeveon Clowney!
Indianapolis Colts
- 2019 NFL Playoffs Odds: Yes -230 / No +190
After missing the entire 2017 season, Andrew Luck almost single-handedly turned the Colts back into a playoff participant…well, with some help from talented first-year head coach Frank Reich that is.
Dallas Cowboys
- 2019 NFL Playoffs Odds: Yes -110 / No -120
Even though I was born to hate the ‘Boys (I’m from Philadelphia), Dallas has a lock-down defense, a really good quarterback in Dak Prescott (don’t hate), and an elite running back and wide receiver in Ezekiel Elliott and Amari Cooper respectively. Oh, then there’s the fact that some guy named Jason Witten will be back in uniform after un-retiring.
On The Bubble
Each one of these teams will have a decent to good chance of reaching the postseason in 2019.
Minnesota Vikings
- 2019 NFL Playoffs Odds: Yes +100 / No -130
If Kirk Cousins shows up…
Pittsburgh Steelers
- 2019 NFL Playoffs Odds: Yes -110 / No -120
The Steelers will have to overcome the losses of two perennial Pro Bowlers.
Carolina Panthers
- 2019 NFL Playoffs Odds: Yes +195 / No -250
The Panthers have recorded alternated winning and losing records in each of the last six season, so they’re due to get back on track.
Cleveland Browns
- 2019 NFL Playoffs Odds: Yes -145/ No +115
They’re not a lock, but the Browns are on their way!
Tennessee Titans
- 2019 NFL Playoffs Odds: Yes +250 / No -325
If Marcus Mariota finally lives up to his potential…
Jacksonville Jaguars
- 2019 NFL Playoffs Odds: Yes +240 / No -300
The addition of Nick Foles could help turn the Jags into the dangerous team they were in 2017.
Green Bay Packers
- 2019 NFL Playoffs Odds: Yes -120 / No -110
Despite having the incomparable Aaron Rodgers under center, there are questions everywhere in Green Bay in Year 1 of the Matt LaFleur era.
Washington Redskins
- 2019 NFL Playoffs Odds: Yes +475 / No -700
The Skins aren’t as awful as you think and they definitely hit a home run when Dwayne Haskins fell into their laps in the NFL Draft (Thanks NY Giants).
No Way Jose
These teams will not make the playoffs in 2019.
- San Francisco 49ers: Yes +185 / No -225
- Arizona Cardinals: Yes +625 / No -1100
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Yes +400 / No -600
- Detroit Lions: Yes +325/ No -450
- NY Giants: Yes +400/ No -600
- Denver Broncos: Yes +325/ No -450
- Oakland Raiders: Yes +350 / No -500
- Cincinnati Bengals: Yes +500 / No -800
- Miami Dolphins: Yes +750 / No -1500
- Buffalo Bills: Yes +350 / No -500
- NY Jets: Yes +300 / No -400
- Atlanta Falcons: Yes +135 / No -165