The NFC West has featured at least one elite team seemingly every year in the last few NFL seasons. This past year was no exception, the San Francisco 49ers made the Super Bowl after winning this division. Here, we look at the futures odds in the NFC West, a division where one team is receiving the majority of the NFL betting picks to come out on top.
NFC West Futures Betting Odds
San Francisco 49ers
Last season, the NFC West belonged to the San Francisco 49ers. San Francisco won this division by a couple of games and they finished the regular season with the best record in the NFC. While the year ended on a sour note for the Niners, with a loss in the Super Bowl, they are the clear and deserving favorites to finish this season at the top of the NFC West once again.
Los Angeles Rams
The Los Angeles Rams won four straight games to finish the regular season in 2023, making the playoffs as a Wild Card team with a 10-7 record. This year, the Rams could be even better, especially if Cooper Kupp and Matthew Stafford are able to stay healthy for the duration of the season. However, the loss of Aaron Donald will be expected to hurt the Los Angeles defense in a major way going into the 2024 campaign.
Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks finished 9-8 for the second straight year with Geno Smith as their starting quarterback. But in 2023, that did not result in a playoff berth the way it did in 2022. This year, some improvement from the Seahawks will be needed if they are going to have a chance of finishing in the top-two in this division and avoiding missing out on the postseason for the second year in a row.
Arizona Cardinals
A team that was always out of the race to make the playoffs in the NFC last season was the Arizona Cardinals. Arizona started the season with Joshua Dobbs at quarterback as Kyler Murray recovered from an injury. Murray came back and injected some life into the Cardinals offense, but that was too little and too late for this team. But this year, things could be different for the Cardinals with Murray back and Marvin Harrison Jr. joining the team as a new weapon for him.
2024 NFC West Futures Prediction
It would be a shock if the San Francisco 49ers did not win the NFC West again this season. They are so much more talented than the other teams in this division. But injuries and upsets could always happen in the NFL, even if the Niners look like they will be the class of the division and worth backing in NFC West futures markets.