Juggernaut AFC seeing ‘almost double’ the handle of NFC at sportsbook

Sam Panayotovich

FOX Sports Betting Analyst

Contrary to the extremely top-heavy NFC conference, this year’s AFC has all the makings of a juggernaut in the National Football League.

Patrick Mahomes and the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs will compete against Lamar Jackson’s Baltimore Ravens, Joe Burrow’s Cincinnati Bengals, C.J. Stroud’s Houston Texans, Josh Allen’s Buffalo Bills, Tua Tagovailoa’s Miami Dolphins and Aaron Rodgers’ New York Jets among others.

Sheesh.

The conference is basically a magnet for action in Las Vegas.

“We have almost double the handle in the AFC pool right now,” Westgate SuperBook risk manager Casey Degnon told FOX Sports from the desert. “With so many good teams, it gives customers plenty of options.”

You’ll never guess the SuperBook’s biggest liability, though.

“We have more tickets on the Steelers to win the AFC than any other team,” Degnon reported. “Bettors seem to love them every year, but it’s even more than usual. They don’t even care who the quarterback is. Last year, we wrote tons of Steelers money with Kenny Pickett as the starter.

“We posted the conference markets a week before the Super Bowl. Pittsburgh opened at 40-1, and we wrote bets right away. We’ve continued to move it down, and we even took some pops at 25-1. I guess they’re betting on the Russell Wilson and Justin Fields revenge tour.”

Here are the AFC title odds at Westgate SuperBook as of Aug. 25:

Kansas City Chiefs: +225 (bet $10 to win $32.50 total)
Baltimore Ravens: +500 (bet $10 to win $60 total)
Cincinnati Bengals: +500 (bet $10 to win $60 total)
Houston Texans: +700 (bet $10 to win $80 total)
Buffalo Bills: +1000 (bet $10 to win $110 total)
Miami Dolphins: +1250 (bet $10 to win $135 total)
New York Jets: +1500 (bet $10 to win $160 total)
Cleveland Browns: +2000 (bet $10 to win $210 total)
Pittsburgh Steelers: +2500 (bet $10 to win $260 total)
Jacksonville Jaguars: +3000 (bet $10 to win $310…

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Publish date : 2024-08-25 17:39:36

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