The NFC: 2012 Championship Futures Odds
By SBRForum.com
The NFC will feature some heavy hitters in the battle for its conference championship this season, including the last three Super Bowl champions and the best up-and-coming team in the league. Here’s a quick look at the field in the NFC this year, and the NFL odds being offered at Bookmaker.
The Big Boys
The Green Bay Packers, a season after going 15-1 but losing in the playoffs, are listed as +250 favorites at Bookmaker to win the NFC this season.
The San Francisco 49ers, who came within about a fumbled punt of winning the NFC last year, are the second favorites at Bookmaker to win the NFC this year at +400.
The Philadelphia Eagles, who didn’t even make the playoffs last year, are the third choices on Bookmaker’s NFC title board at +550.
And the New Orleans Saints, Super Bowl champions three years ago but without their head coach this season, are the fourth choices to win the NFC this year at Bookmaker at +600.
The Next Tier
The defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons are both being offered at +1000 at Bookmaker to win the NFC this season.
The Chicago Bears, with a healthy Jay Cutler and his old friend Brandon Marshall, are getting +1200 to win the NFC this season.
And the Detroit Lions, fresh off breaking their decade-long playoff drought, and the Dallas Cowboys, who are on a two-season playoff-less streak, are both getting +1500 at Bookmaker to take the NFC crown this season.
The Rest
The Arizona Cardinals, with their questions at quarterback; the Carolina Panthers, in their second season with Cam Newton; and the Seattle Seahawks, also with an open quarterback competition, are all getting +2,500 to win the NFC this season.
The Washington Redskins, in the first year of the RG3 era, are listed at +4,000 to win the conference this season.
The St. Louis Rams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, two teams trying to rebuild, are both getting +5,000 to win the NFC this season.
And the Minnesota Vikings, just three seasons removed from getting within a field goal of the Super Bowl, are listed at +7500 at Bookmaker to win the NFC championship this season.
