NFL 2026 Season Betting Preview: Odds, Stats, and What to Watch in Connecticut
The 2026 NFL season kicks off with the Seattle Seahawks as defending Super Bowl LX champions and the Los Angeles Rams sitting on top of the Fanatics Sportsbook board after a blockbuster trade for Myles Garrett. Closer to home, the Patriots are coming off a 14 and 3 season and a trip to Super Bowl LX, while the Giants and Jets are both rebuilding around new quarterbacks. This preview breaks down the Super Bowl LXI odds at Fanatics Sportsbook, the stats behind the top contenders, and where to watch and bet on all of it in Connecticut.
How to Watch and Bet on the NFL in Connecticut This Season
Like every Winners and MyWinners location, Bobby V's in Windsor Locks and Stamford runs Fanatics Sportsbook on site, so you can build a bet slip at the same table where you are watching the game. Both locations already hosted fantasy football draft parties heading into the season, and that same setup carries into Sunday afternoons: big screens, food and drink specials, and a sportsbook kiosk a few steps from your seat instead of a phone screen.
If your league drafted at Bobby V's this year, Week 1 is the natural next stop. You get the draft results in your pocket and a live board in front of you to bet the games your own roster affects most.
Super Bowl LXI Odds at Fanatics Sportsbook
The Rams are the only team priced in single digits, and everyone else is bunched up behind them. Here is how the board looks at Fanatics Sportsbook heading into the season, along with each team's regular season win total.
Los Angeles Rams: +500 to win Super Bowl LXI, 11.5 win total, leaning over. Buffalo Bills: +1000, 10.5 win total, leaning over. Seattle Seahawks: +1200, 10.5 win total, leaning under. Baltimore Ravens: +1200, 11.5 win total, leaning under. Los Angeles Chargers, Houston Texans, New England Patriots, and Kansas City Chiefs are all priced at +1700, tied for the fifth shortest odds on the board.
The full breakdown, including the New York Giants and New York Jets, is in the standalone odds table that ships with this article.
| Team | Super Bowl LXI Odds | 2026 Win Total | Lean |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | +500 | 11.5 | Over |
| Buffalo Bills | +1000 | 10.5 | Over |
| Seattle Seahawks | +1200 | 10.5 | Under |
| Baltimore Ravens | +1200 | 11.5 | Under |
| Los Angeles Chargers | +1700 | 9.5 | Over |
| Houston Texans | +1700 | 9.5 | Over |
| New England Patriots | +1700 | 9.5 | Under |
| Kansas City Chiefs | +1700 | 10.5 | Over |
| Detroit Lions | Not listed among top tier | 10.5 | Over |
| Philadelphia Eagles | Not listed among top tier | 10.5 | Over |
| New York Giants | +6500 | 7.5 | Over |
| New York Jets | +20000 | 5.5 | Under |
Nine Contenders Worth Knowing Before Week 1
These are the teams carrying real Super Bowl equity into the season, based on where Fanatics Sportsbook has them priced and what actually happened on the field in 2025.
Los Angeles Rams
The Rams enter as the Super Bowl LXI favorite at +500 after a trade that sent Jared Verse, a 2027 first round pick, a 2028 second round pick, and a 2029 third round pick to Cleveland for Myles Garrett. Garrett recorded an NFL record 23.0 sacks in 2025 and led the league with 11.0 third down sacks, addressing the one hole in an otherwise loaded roster. Matthew Stafford, the reigning NFL MVP, now throws to a group that led the league in passing touchdowns, receptions, and receiving touchdowns in 2025.
Los Angeles lost in the NFC Championship last season, one win short of the Super Bowl. Betting the Rams at +500 is a bet that the missing piece was the pass rush, and that adding the league's best edge defender to an MVP quarterback closes the gap.
Buffalo Bills
Josh Allen is a finalist for AP 2025 NFL MVP after throwing for 3,668 yards and 25 touchdowns on 69.3 percent completion, adding 579 rushing yards and 14 rushing touchdowns on top of it. He broke Cam Newton's record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback and became the first player with 25 plus passing touchdowns and 8 plus rushing touchdowns in a single playoff run.
Buffalo sits at +1000 with a 10.5 win total leaning over. With Allen playing at an MVP level again, the number reflects a team that should be favored in most weeks rather than a true long shot.
Seattle Seahawks
The defending champions do not come cheap at +1200, but the roster that beat New England 29 and 13 in Super Bowl LX is largely back. Sam Darnold made the Pro Bowl at quarterback, Jaxon Smith Njigba led the NFL in receiving yards with 1,793 and earned first team All Pro honors, and Kenneth Walker III took home Super Bowl MVP.
Seattle's defense allowed a league best 17.2 points per game and went 26 consecutive games without giving up a 100 yard rusher. Head coach Mike Macdonald, only 38 years old, became the third youngest coach to win a Super Bowl. Betting the under on Seattle's 10.5 win total is a bet on regression, not on the roster falling apart.
Baltimore Ravens
Lamar Jackson battled injuries for most of 2025 but posted a 91.4 PFF grade over his final four games, a sign the talent never left even in a down year. The Ravens added edge rusher Trey Hendrickson, whose pass rush win rate has cleared 20 percent in each of the past three seasons, and drafted guard Vega Ioane to shore up the interior line.
At +1200 with an 11.5 win total leaning under, the market is pricing in real risk around Jackson's health and an unproven offensive line. If he stays on the field, this is one of the better values on the board given the defensive talent already in place.
Los Angeles Chargers
Justin Herbert was pressured on an NFL high 288 dropbacks in 2025 and still posted a 91.0 PFF grade when kept clean, a gap that points straight at the offensive line rather than the quarterback. The return of tackles Rashawn Slater and Joe Alt, plus the addition of center Tyler Biadasz, gives Herbert a real chance to play clean more often.
Los Angeles sits at +1700 with a 9.5 win total leaning over. The division is brutal, but a healthy offensive line in front of Herbert is the single biggest swing factor on this roster.
Houston Texans
C.J. Stroud's PFF grade fell from 15th among quarterbacks in 2024 to 32nd in 2025, and an offensive line that allowed pressure on nearly every drop was a major reason why. Houston responded by signing veteran linemen Wyatt Teller and Braden Smith and drafting center Keylan Rutledge, who allowed just six total pressures on 440 pass blocking snaps in his final college season.
The Texans still have one of the league's best pass rush duos in Will Anderson Jr. and Danielle Hunter, who combined for 194 total pressures in 2025. At +1700 with a 9.5 win total leaning over, this is a bet on Stroud bouncing back behind a rebuilt line.
Kansas City Chiefs
Patrick Mahomes posted a 76.0 PFF grade in 2025, the lowest of his career, and a knee injury ended his season early as the Chiefs finished 6 and 11 and missed the playoffs. The receiving corps was part of the problem too, with leading receiver Marquise Brown managing only 587 yards.
Kansas City added running back Kenneth Walker, who forced 77 missed tackles with a 91.4 PFF grade last season, and drafted cornerback Mansoor Delane. Priced at +1700 with a 10.5 win total leaning over, this number assumes a healthy Mahomes reverses a down year rather than the start of a decline.
Detroit Lions
Amon Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams both rank among the league's top eight receivers, and Jahmyr Gibbs tied for third among running backs with 62 missed tackles forced despite a limited workload. Aidan Hutchinson has posted a pass rush grade above 90.0 in three straight seasons and remains one of the sport's premier edge defenders.
The offensive line is the question mark, with Penei Sewell moving to left tackle and inexperience at several other spots. Detroit sits at 10.5 wins leaning over, a number that assumes the skill position talent covers for growing pains up front.
Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles traded receiver A.J. Brown for a 2028 first round pick, betting that Dontayvion Wicks and rookie Makai Lemon can offset the loss opposite DeVonta Smith. Left tackle Jordan Mailata has earned PFF grades above 80.0 in five straight seasons, and Lane Johnson is still playing at an elite level at 35.
Philadelphia carries a 10.5 win total leaning over on the strength of that offensive line and a deep defensive front, though replacing a receiver of Brown's caliber in one offseason is a real short term risk.
The Home Teams Connecticut Fans Know Best
None of these three enter the year as Super Bowl favorites, but they carry the most local interest at Bobby V's on a Sunday, and each has a real storyline worth betting on.
New England Patriots
New England went 14 and 3 in 2025, won the AFC East, and reached Super Bowl LX before falling to Seattle. That followed back to back 4 and 13 seasons in 2023 and 2024, so this roster has shown it can swing from the bottom of the league to one win from a title in the span of two years.
The Patriots are priced at +1700 to win Super Bowl LXI, tied with Kansas City for the fifth shortest odds on the board, plus minus 210 to make the playoffs and plus 125 to win the AFC East again. Six championships already sit in the trophy case, tied with Pittsburgh for the most in NFL history, and the market clearly still respects this roster after one deep run.
New York Giants
Rookie Jaxson Dart took over the starting job in Week 4 and became the first rookie quarterback in NFL history to throw for 2,000 plus yards and rush for 450 plus yards with 15 plus passing touchdowns, 9 plus rushing touchdowns, and 5 or fewer interceptions in the same season. His 9 rushing touchdowns are the third most by a rookie quarterback in league history, and his 24 total touchdowns came on a 4 and 13 team, which says as much about the roster around him as it does about Dart.
New head coach John Harbaugh arrives after 18 years and a Super Bowl in Baltimore, and general manager Joe Schoen has pushed through one of the more aggressive rebuilds in recent franchise memory. The Giants sit at +6500 to win the Super Bowl with a 7.5 win total leaning over. That is a bet on Dart's rookie tape being the floor, not the ceiling.
New York Jets
Geno Smith arrives from Las Vegas in a trade for a swap of 2026 late round picks after throwing for 3,025 yards, 19 touchdowns, and 17 interceptions on a 2 and 13 Raiders team. He steps into a Jets offense that finished 3 and 14 in 2025 and has not made the playoffs since 2010, now with head coach Aaron Glenn back and both coordinators replaced.
Fanatics Sportsbook has the Jets at a 5.5 win total leaning under, plus 1800 to win the AFC East, and plus 20000 to win the Super Bowl. New York has gone under its win total in each of the last three seasons, and nothing about a new quarterback on a rebuilding roster points to that streak ending in 2026.
Closing Thoughts
The board this year has a clear favorite in the Rams, a defending champion in Seattle that the market is not fully buying, and a Connecticut rooting interest in New England that still has real Super Bowl equity after last season's run. Whichever way you lean, Bobby V's gives you a screen, a seat, and a Fanatics Sportsbook kiosk to back it up.
Find your nearest Bobby V's or other MyWinners and Winners venue in CT here, and get your bets on Fanatics Sportsbook before kickoff.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Los Angeles Rams are the favorite at +500 at Fanatics Sportsbook after trading for edge rusher Myles Garrett, the only team priced in single digit odds heading into the 2026 season.
Bobby V's in Windsor Locks and Stamford both run Fanatics Sportsbook on site, so you can watch the game and place a bet from the same table.
New England is priced at +1700 to win Super Bowl LXI at Fanatics Sportsbook, tied with the Kansas City Chiefs for the fifth shortest odds on the board, coming off a 14 and 3 season and a trip to Super Bowl LX.
Both are long shots. The Giants sit at +6500 behind rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart and new head coach John Harbaugh, while the Jets are priced at +20000 after trading for Geno Smith on a roster coming off a 3 and 14 season.
The Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots 29 to 13 in Super Bowl LX, finishing the postseason without a single turnover behind quarterback Sam Darnold and Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III.
