What NFL Teams Will Make The 2019 Playoffs? Patriots, Steelers Considered Locks For 2018 Season

Training camp is quickly approaching for the NFL’s 32 teams ahead of the 2018 season. Most of the league is hopeful that they can make a run to the playoffs, though only a couple are considered to be near locks to reach the postseason.

The New England Patriots are the favorites to win Super Bowl LIII, and it would be stunning if the defending AFC champs didn’t have a 2019 playoff game. With -1500 odds to make the postseason, they are nearly three times as likely to make the playoffs as anyone else.

The only other team that comes close to being considered a playoff guarantee is the Pittsburgh Steelers. They are -550 favorites to make the postseason with +375 odds to finish outside of the AFC’s top six.

New England has played in three of the last four Super Bowls and won nine consecutive AFC East titles, failing to reach the playoffs just once in the last 15 seasons. Pittsburgh has won back-to-back AFC North crowns with four straight postseason appearances. The Steelers last finished with a losing record in 2003, the year before they drafted Ben Roethlisberger.

No other NFL team even has 1/3 odds of making the playoffs. The defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles are close. The Minnesota Vikings have -250 postseason odds after adding Kirk Cousins to a team that reached the 2018 NFC Championship Game.

Ten teams in total are odds-on favorites to make the playoffs. Of those teams, the Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Chargers and Houston Texans missed the 2018 playoffs. The Chargers haven’t played a postseason game since the 2013 season.

The Arizona Cardinals are the biggest long shots to make the playoffs, ranking just ahead of the Cleveland Browns and New York Jets. The Buffalo Bills have the worst playoff odds of any team that made last year’s postseason.

Here are the playoff odds for every NFL team in the 2018 season, courtesy of Bovada.lv:

Will the New England Patriots make the playoffs?

Yes -1500 (1/15)

No +750 (15/2)

Will the Pittsburgh Steelers make the playoffs?

Yes -550 (2/11)

No +375 (15/4)

Will the Philadelphia Eagles make the playoffs?

Yes -280 (5/14)

No +220 (11/5)

Will the Minnesota Vikings make the playoffs?

Yes -250 (2/5)

No +195 (39/20)

Will the Los Angeles Rams make the playoffs?

Yes -190 (10/19)

No +155 (31/20)

Will the Green Bay Packers make the playoffs?

Yes -180 (5/9)

No +150 (3/2)

Will the Los Angeles Chargers make the playoffs?

Yes -165 (20/33)

No +135 (27/20)

Will the Houston Texans make the playoffs?

Yes -160 (5/8)

No +130 (13/10)

Will the Jacksonville Jaguars make the playoffs?

Yes -150 (3/2)

No +120 (6/5)

Will the New Orleans Saints make the playoffs?

Yes -135 (20/27)

No +105 (21/20)

Will the Atlanta Falcons make the playoffs?

Yes +110 (11/10)

No -140 (5/7)

Will the Kansas City Chiefs make the playoffs?

Yes +120 (6/5)

No -150 (2/3)

Will the Carolina Panthers make the playoffs?

Yes +130 (13/10)

No -160 (5/8)

Will the San Francisco 49ers make the playoffs?

Yes +130 (13/10)

No -160 (5/8)

Will the Dallas Cowboys make the playoffs?

Yes +150 (3/2)

No -180 (5/9)

Will the Baltimore Ravens make the playoffs?

Yes +155 (31/20)

No -190 (10/19)

Will the Oakland Raiders make the playoffs?

Yes +155 (31/20)

No -190 (10/19)

Will the Tennessee Titans make the playoffs?

Yes +180 (9/5)

No -220 (5/11)

Will the Seattle Seahawks make the playoffs?

Yes +240 (12/5)

No -300 (1/3)

Will the Denver Broncos make the playoffs?

Yes +275 (11/4)

No -350 (2/7)

Will the Detroit Lions make the playoffs?

Yes +275 (11/4)

No -350 (2/7)

Will the Indianapolis Colts make the playoffs?

Yes +300 (3/1)

No -400 (1/4)

Will the New York Giants make the playoffs?

Yes +350 (7/2)

No -500 (1/5)

Will the Tampa Bay Buccaneers make the playoffs?

Yes +375 (15/4)

No -550 (2/11)

Will the Washington Redskins make the playoffs?

Yes +375 (15/4)

No -550 (2/11)

Will the Cincinnati Bengals make the playoffs?

Yes +425 (17/4)

No -625 (4/25)

Will the Chicago Bears make the playoffs?

Yes +450 (9/2)

No -650 (2/13)

Will the Buffalo Bills make the playoffs?

Yes +475 (19/4)

No -700 (1/7)

Will the Miami Dolphins make the playoffs?

Yes +475 (19/4)

No -700 (1/7)

Will the New York Jets make the playoffs?

Yes +550 (11/2)

No -900 (1/9)

Will the Cleveland Browns make the playoffs?

Yes +650 (13/2)

No -1200 (1/12)

Will the Arizona Cardinals make the playoffs?

Yes +750 (15/2)

No -1500 (1/15)

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