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Future Bets On The NFL: How To Take Advantage Of Them

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Future bets on the NFL certainly get their share of action at online sportsbooks, like Intertops. This is in spite of them not being nearly as popular as point-spread betting and over/under proposition bets. It’s definitely a tricky market to play. But having said that, the rewards can be huge when that dark horse comes through. Below we have a bit of advice on how to better play NFL futures.

Future Bets On The NFL

Tip One

If you’re confident about your overall football knowledge, then the best time to bet on conference, division, and Super Bowl winners, is at the beginning of the season. We use BetOnline for our wagers. Rarely is there an odds-on favorite at all and the odds are typically overly skewed toward the previous year’s result, a tendency that conveniently ignores simple facts like only once between 2001 and 2009 has the losing team in the Super Bowl *made the playoffs the following year.*

Tip Two

The first step in considering future bets on the NFL is determining how many games every team in the league will win. Finding a decent set (or decent sets) of power rankings is usually recommended here. Remember that the more specific the proposition bet is, the deeper into the numbers you’ll have to go. Oh… and you’ll be studying quite a bit in this area before betting on the popular “over/under on Team X number of wins” props.

Tip Three

Injuries will happen and rosters will change. Be sure to factor this in. Before putting money on any future bets on the NFL at any point in the season, you should always consider the worst-case scenario. Maybe one tor two teams per year become “riddled with injuries” by the halfway point. Maybe the marquee players consistently fall to injury and leave a noticeable hole on their team’s roster.