NFL team win total over/under bets have become more popular during the offseason, as bettors try to take advantage of good values for underrated or overrated teams. That's the same this year ahead of and immediately after Wednesday's 2025 NFL schedule release.
There's another way to consider how good or how bad a team will be during the upcoming season and wager on it: Exploring who is most or least capable of making the playoffs.
Based on the pre-schedule release odds from BetMGM, here are six teams to target this year, for better or for worse:
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Best playoffs futures bets
Chicago Bears make the playoffs (+160)
The Bears were a trendy pick last season with Caleb Williams as a rookie QB, but they let down with bad coaching, leading to the midseason firing of Matt Eberflus and a disappointing 5-12 record.