(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Vikings given middling odds for Super Bowl, NFC titles to open NFL season
The Packers (4-1), Seahawks (5-1), Falcons (6-1) and Cowboys (13-2) are the favorites to win the NFC. Here's where the Vikings fit into the title picture.
September 8, 2017 at 12:43PM
The Vikings finished 8-8 last season and after all was said and moved around this offseason, they're smack dab in the middle of one prominent oddsmaker's favorites for the Super Bowl 52 winner in Minneapolis.
The preseason didn't lift Las Vegas' confidence in the Vikings, who are still given 33-1 odds to win the Super Bowl, but fell to 16-1 to go to the Super Bowl as NFC champions (down from 14-1 in May), according to Bovada.
The Packers (4-1), Seahawks (5-1), Falcons (6-1) and Cowboys (13-2) are the favorites to win the NFC, which checks out at the Star Tribune if you read the predictions of our staff.
Here are the Super Bowl odds you'll get now at Bovada:
Patriots: 13-4
Packers: 9-1
Raiders: 10-1
Steelers: 10-1
Falcons: 12-1
Seahawks: 12-1
Cowboys: 14-1
Giants: 16-1
Chiefs: 25-1
Panthers: 28-1
Broncos: 28-1
Texans: 28-1
Vikings: 33-1
Cardinals: 33-1
Buccaneers: 33-1
The Vikings peaked with 16-1 Super Bowl odds in February.
Mike Conley was in Minneapolis, where he sounded the Gjallarhorn at the Vikings game, on Sunday during the robbery.
