Do you think the San Francisco 49ers are more likely to win the NFC West than the Los Angeles Rams?
DraftKings and FanDuel are favoring the San Francisco 49ers over the Los Angeles Rams to win the NFC West in 2025, and they are also giving the higher chance to the 49ers at winning the Super Bowl.
To me, betting on the 49ers over the Rams doesn’t add up, but I don’t set the lines.
Betting on the Rams right now could earn you more money than if you bet on the Niners.
DraftKings has the 49ers at +115 to win the NFC West and the Rams at +185. For the Super Bowl, they give S.F. +1900, and the Rams +2200.
FanDuel has the 49ers at +125 and the Rams at +230 to win the NFC West. FanDuel also has the 49ers at +1600 to hoist the Lombardi Trophy whereas they have L.A. at +2300 odds.
As it stands, I think the Rams are more likely to win the NFC West and the Super Bowl than the 49ers
The 49ers aren’t dead with a player like Fred Warner and a coach like Kyle Shanahan, but they are vulnerable after moving on from Deebo Samuel while trying to figure out how to pay Brock Purdy, whereas the Rams look poised to make a real run after almost knocking off the Philadelphia Eagles in the playoffs just last season.
Why would the gambling world favor the 49ers over the Rams?
I listened to Mike Florio float the idea that after the season a bunch of wagers were made on the 49ers to win the NFC West, and the Super Bowl which potentially shifted the lines in favor of the 49ers.
If a high number of people now bet on the Rams to win, then the lines are likely to move again towards L.A.’s side. However Florio, his colleague Chris Simms and NFL personality Rich Eisen have all expressed surprise at the 49ers being preferred to L.A.
Christian McCaffrey is a difference maker
Another reason the 49ers could be picked over the Rams is because of the expectation that McCaffrey will be healthy. He’s carried his teams in the past.
No one knows how the NFL season will go, but the house always wins
Odds would say that the people crunching these numbers know something we don’t, they also could just be reacting to the betters who could be wrong.
Of course, games are not played in March, or April. They start up in September, maybe bets on the 49ers will look great by then, but whatever happens with either the Rams or 49ers, historically speaking betters lose. The house wins.
