By Chris Havlicek Contributor
Updated 1/17/24 5:11am ET
The betting market indicates the idle Super Bowl favorites became more likely to win it all, following the Wild Card round.
The San Francisco 49ers benefited from the opening playoff weekend’s biggest upset when the NFC’s 2-seeded Dallas Cowboys were upset at home. The Niners moved from +215 favorites at FanDuel to +175, given their path theoretically became less difficult with the Dallas loss.
Green Bay’s odds were affected the most, as the Packers went from +10,000 to +3000. They are 9.5-point underdogs at San Francisco in the Divisional Round.
The Baltimore Ravens are the AFC’s top seed and are the second Super Bowl favorite with +280 odds. The Ravens are 8.5-point home favorites to the Houston Texans this weekend. If they advance, then Josh Allen or Patrick Mahomes will visit Baltimore in the conference title game.
Mahomes will play his first true road playoff game on Sunday night, when the Kansas City Chiefs visit the Buffalo Bills as 2.5-point underdogs. It’s just the second time Mahomes is a playoff underdog.
Super Bowl odds (odds entering playoffs):
San Francisco +175 (+215)
Baltimore +280 (+330)
Buffalo +500 (+650)
Kansas City +700 (+950)
Detroit +900 (+2200)
Green Bay +3000 (+10000)
Tampa Bay +3500 (+8000)
Divisional Round point spreads
Texans @ Ravens (-8.5)
Packers @ 49ers (-9.5)
Buccaneers @ Lions (-6)
Chiefs @ Bills (-2.5)
(All odds courtesy of FanDuel)
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