Where should you put your money, if you’re so inclined?
With our friends at FanDuel officially celebrating Futures Day, we’re taking a couple of opportunities before the roster excitement really gets underway to look at a few more things for the Minnesota Vikings as far as how the sharps are viewing them for the 2025 NFL season. We’ve got several different odds for them here, including my thoughts on what they reflect.
Spoiler. . .I’m slightly biased towards the Vikings in pretty much every respect. Take any advice I might have accordingly.
Super Bowl Odds
According to FanDuel, the Vikings are currently at +2200 to win the Super Bowl this year. For the uninitiated, that means for every $100 you bet, if it cashes in you win $2200. Those odds are currently the seventh-highest in the NFC behind (in order) Philadelphia, Detroit, Green Bay, San Francisco, Washington, and Los Angeles. Honestly, at the moment that seems a little low. I don’t understand the fascination with Green Bay, but we’ll get to that more here in a bit.
Betting on the Vikings (or anyone, really) to win the Super Bowl is a risky proposition, but as you can see it’s one that can be extremely profitable if you happen to hit. If you want to make a modest wager on the purple, it could net a solid return.
Playoff Odds
The Vikings currently have the seventh-highest odds in the NFC to win the Super Bowl, but currently only the eighth-highest odds of making the playoffs in the first place. Their +105 odds of making the postseason means that, according to the current odds, they would be the first team out of the 2025 playoff field. They currently sit behind the seven teams listed above and Tampa Bay because, well, someone has to win the NFC South (the rules say so), and Tampa is as good a bet as anyone.
I think I’ve made it pretty clear that the Vikings are going to make the playoffs this year, but there’s not a lot of juice to be had for potentially betting on that.
Win Total
We’ve already gone over this one a bit, with the Vikings’ over/under currently being set at 9.5 wins. If you can find it at that number or lower, feel free to absolutely hammer that thing because the Vikings should win double-digit games this season.
Division Winner
The Vikings are currently at +290 to win the NFC North, behind Detroit (+170) and Green Bay (+220). Again, I’m not sure why the sharps are so high on Green Bay. . .there’s nothing right now, at least that I can see, that indicates that they’re going to be better than the Vikings this season, particularly on the defensive side of the ball. The Vikings are a much more logical pick to win the North than the Packers are if you’ve got some money burning a hole in your pocket.
Player Milestone
Right now, FanDuel has J.J. McCarthy as a +230 to throw 30 or more touchdown passes in 2025. For comparison, they have Jared Goff at +105 and Jordan Love at +190. Sam Darnold managed to throw 35 touchdown passes last year, and the Vikings have done some significant upgrades on the offensive line to help young McCarthy along. I know that he’s not going to have Jordan Addison for the first three games of the year, but he is going to have T.J. Hockenson from the start of the year, which is a luxury that Darnold did not have last season.
I’ve been as strong a believer in McCarthy as anybody, I think, and so if you ask me he’s going to go over that number this season. If you’re looking to make a smaller bet, that could be a good one.
That’s a look at some of the Vikings’ odds for this coming season. We’ll have a couple more things for you to ponder as Futures Day continues.
FanDuel Sportsbook is conducting FanDuel Futures Day on Tuesday, August 26 where you can get profit boost tokens around various futures markets throughout the day. The markets will be split up throughout the day, but they will include odds to win the Super Bowl and hypothetical Super Bowl matchups, odds to make or miss the playoffs, win totals, division winners, and player milestones. Head over to FanDuel Sportsbook on Tuesday to take advantage of FanDuel Futures Day.
Category: General Sports
