Green Bay Packers NFL Betting Odds

2010 Season

What is there to say about the mighty Green Bay Packers except they made it all the way to Super Bowl XLV last season - seemingly against all odds at times - where they proceeded to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 for the championship and the opportunity to hoist the Vince Lombardi trophy high. They completed the 2010-11 NFL season on 10-6 and second in the NFC North division.

2011 Off Season

Still riding high after winning Super Bowl XLV, the Green Bay Packers went into the off season determined to plug any holes in their game to ensure they start the 2011-12 NFL season in winning form. As part of this strategy, head coach Mike McCarthy used the 2011 NFL Draft to scoop WR/KR Randall Cobb, who is expected to shore up the Packers' already devastating offense, alongside RB Ryan Grant and TE Jermichael Finley, who both return after being injured last year. Surprisingly perhaps, Green Bay resigned WR James Jones, and while the Packers many defensive players farewell, there's more than enough left in the tank to make them dangerous this season.

2011 Preview

If winning back-to-back Super Bowls was easy, every team would do it. But it isn't, because football is fickle and a temporary lapse in concentration, an injury or a general drop in form can change a team's fortunes overnight. Consider how Green Bay were one of the favorites to win Super Bowl XLV, but near the end of the season came painfully close to missing the playoffs. However, they dug deep and dispatched the Giants and Bears to secure their place. The point is that the Green Bay Packers have demonstrated nothing less than Grade A big match temperament, which assuming they hang on to it, will take them a long way this season. Offensively, the Packers are looking solid and will no doubt continue to make use of their quick-strike passing game thanks to QB Aaron Rodgers and arguably one of the best receiving outfits in the NFL. Defensively, Green Bay should be able to hold their own if they play cohesively.

2011 Prediction

While the Green Bay Packers may have had an eventful journey en route to becoming the Super Bowl XLV champs, they more than deserved the glory heaped upon them. Faced with some tough opponents, the Packers learned to adapt, switching out weaker aspects of their game for stronger aspects. It is this ability to adapt and dig deep when it counts that makes great NFL teams, and there is no reason why Green Bay cannot offer an encore this season.

**Our Pick

NFL oddsmakers have laid the Green Bay Packers as the second favorites to win Super Bowl XLVI (behind the New England Patriots) and the favorites to win the NFC Conference. Looking at last season and how coach McCarthy used the off season to tweak the team, we see the Packers with a 12-4 record and as the new Super Bowl champs.