Best Bets for Teams to Make the NFL Playoffs: Yes or No Props
The 2025 NFL Preseason has recently kicked off, and I'm sure many of you guys have been lining up your over/under team win total bets as well as projecting the proverbial fantasy draft boards.
This is all well and good, but again, it's 2025! There are seemingly endless opportunities and different ways to bet your favorite or perhaps most hated teams in the futures market. Similar to the win total bet and more winnable, in my opinion, are the yes or no to make the playoffs odds.
These will be up for most of the season for many of the 32 NFL teams, but in my experience, it's better to get after them now. It's also more fun and personally rewarding if you're wagering a small amount of cash because we are truly looking into the crystal ball here. 50% of the league hasn't even played a preseason game yet. These bets, like the win totals, even if you lose, will provide you with some extra excitement as the season progresses, and there's just something about betting a blank slate that challenges your mind.
You never know. You might strike gold, providing you with hopefully the right amount of confidence you need to stay in the green throughout the arduous NFL regular and postseason.
Look at teams like the Minnesota Vikings or the Washington Commanders, who were hovering around 5-1 to make the playoffs before the season began.
Let’s dive in!
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Yes or No Betting Odds to Make the NFL Playoffs
Arizona Cardinals
Yes: +120
No: -150
Atlanta Falcons
Yes: +140
No: -170
Baltimore Ravens
Yes: -500
No: +350
Buffalo Bills
Yes: -800
No: +500
Carolina Panthers
Yes: +220
No: -180
Chicago Bears
Yes: +185
No: -225
Cincinnati Bengals
Yes: -150
No: +120
Cleveland Browns
Yes: +650
No: -1200
Dallas Cowboys
Yes: +170
No: -210
Denver Broncos
Yes: -130
No: +100
Detroit Lions
Yes: -190
No: +155
Green Bay Packers
Yes: -140
No: +110
Houston Texans
Yes: -150
No: +120
Indianapolis Colts
Yes: +185
No: -225
Jacksonville Jaguars
Yes: +155
No: -190
Kansas City Chiefs
Yes: -400
No: +300
Las Vegas Raiders
Yes: +300
No: -400
Los Angeles Chargers
Yes: -135
No: +105
Los Angeles Rams
Yes: +130
No: -162
Miami Dolphins
Yes: +200
No: -160
Minnesota Vikings
Yes: -102
No: -122
New England Patriots
Yes: +145
No: -175
New Orleans Saints
Yes: +700
No: -1400
New York Giants
Yes: +1200
No: -650
New York Jets
Yes: +450
No: -650
Philadelphia Eagles
Yes: -400
No: +300
Pittsburgh Steelers
Yes: +135
No: -165
San Francisco 49ers
Yes: -200
No: +160
Seattle Seahawks
Yes: +160
No: -120
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Yes: -145
No: +115
Tennessee Titans
Yes: +400
No: -600
Washington Commanders
Yes: -150
No: +120
Yes or No Best Bets to Make the NFL Playoffs
Arizona Cardinals Yes to Make the NFL Playoffs: +125
When I asked an insider friend whose wagers won't be small this year, he had one team for me to watch out for, and that was the Arizona Cardinals. Only six NFL head coaches have lower betting odds to win the NFL Coach of the Year award than the third-year Jonathan Gannon.
Add in another offseason of chemistry building with Kyler Murray and Marvin Harrison Jr, and the Cards might be cooking. The injury to the Rams' Matt Stafford helps Arizona now.
Their schedule "appears" to be pie, wow! This may not be true as the season progresses, but they play the NFC and AFC South teams. Each of those divisions produced just one team with a winning record in 2024.
Green Bay Packers Yes to Make the NFL Playoffs: -140
These are the betting odds that jumped off the page to me more than any other. That in and of itself is a worry, because we've all fallen for these traps. This team was too good in 2024 to ignore.
The only issue here is that the Chicago Bears will be much more competitive this season, and even though the sportsbooks have the Vikings missing the postseason, the NFC North will likely, once again, be the most competitive division in the league.
Head coach Matt Lafleur has yet another year to mold his project and quarterback Jordan Love, who, outside of the playoff loss to the Eagles, had a far better second half to the season than the first.
Their schedule is the reason the betting odds are affordable. I believe in the offensive genius of their head coach, as well as a healthy Love for winning.
Cincinnati Bengals Yes to Make the NFL Playoffs: -150
Another team with similar betting odds to the Pack is Cincinnati. Their defense and running game have nowhere to go but up. This team wasn’t as bad as their record because they lost by just one score to everyone except, guess who, the Eagles.
I love Joe Burrow for MVP this season. He would have won it had his defense been able to get a few 4th quarter stops in big games, especially opposite the Ravens and Chiefs in massive, memorable moments.
The schedule isn't overly friendly, but they still have some likely easy ones against the Pats, Jags, Dolphins, and Jets.
This team has the best player in the league playing the most important position with a bigger chip on his shoulder than ever. Oh, and it wasn't against the toughest competition, but the Bengals won their final five games of the regular season in 2024.
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