Green Bay Packers Not Among Super Bowl 2020 Favorites Despite Playoff Bye, Saints Have Better Odds

Three of the top four teams that have a first-round bye in the 2020 NFL playoffs are among the favorites to win Super Bowl LIV. The Green Bay Packers are the one exception.

The Baltimore Ravens (+220), San Francisco 49ers (+400) and Kansas City Chiefs (+450) have the best betting odds to win the title at DraftKings Sportsbook. Each one of those teams will watch Wild-Card Weekend from home before hosting a divisional-round game.

Green Bay won’t play a wild-card game, but the New Orleans Saints (+600) have significantly better championship odds than the Packers (+1000). New Orleans will host the Minnesota Vikings in a first-round matchup Sunday afternoon.

The New England Patriots (+1200) are the only other team with better than +2500 Super Bowl odds.

Baltimore and Kansas City are the top two seeds in the AFC. San Francisco, Green Bay and New Orleans all finished the regular season with a 13-3 record, but the 49ers and Packers won the tiebreaker to earn byes. San Francisco landed the No.1 seed because they defeated Green Bay in Week 12.

Even though the Saints have to win one more game than the Packers in order to reach the Super Bowl, New Orleans is given a much better chance to win the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

The Packers had the easiest schedule of any NFC team. Green Bay went 3-2 against playoff teams, defeating Minnesota twice and beating Kansas City when Patrick Mahomes didn’t play because of an injury. The Packers lost to the 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles.

New Orleans is the biggest favorite on Wild-Card Weekend. The Saints are laying 7.5 points at home with better than 1/4 odds to win outright, according to OddsShark.

If the Saints beat the Vikings, New Orleans will visit Lambeau Field in the second round of the postseason.

In the regular season, Green Bay ranked 18th in both offense and defense. New Orleans ranked in the top-11 on both sides of the ball.

Green Bay is on a five-game winning streak, outscoring its opponents by an average of 9.4 points per game.

A team that had a first-round bye has represented both the AFC and NFC in each of the last six Super Bowls. The 2013 champion Baltimore Ravens were the last team to play a wild-card game and win its conference.