Sick of this image or replay yet? Probably.
Well, the oddsmakers and sports books aren’t nearly as busted up about Jordy Nelson’s injury as the rest of us are. In fact, if you are looking for some sort of consolation, Vegas appears to be your huckleberry.
As I pointed out before this nightmare began, most oddsmakers had the Green Bay Packers’ over/under win total at 11. For the most part, that has not changed. There were a few sports books that had the over/under at 10.5, and some of those moved to 10 after Jordy’s injury. However, it is my belief that those sports books may be in Seattle or Dallas.
The fact of the matter is that though Aaron Rodgers, Randall Cobb, and Davante Adams are likely going to be individually affected by this injury, the oddsmakers don’t believe the overall fate of the Packers will be affected much at all. According to VegasInsider, the Packers are still the 11/2 favorite to win the Super Bowl and the 3/1 favorite to win the NFC. The line on the Bears’ game Week 1 — Packers (-6.5) — has not changed, though that might have as much to do with who is suiting up for the Bears as it does who is not suiting up for the Packers.
Even the Prediction Machine, whose results were announced this week, joined the party by picking the Packers to win Super Bowl 50. Unfortunately, the Prediction Machine has never correctly picked a Super Bowl winner since it became self-aware in 2011. It has correctly picked ONE of the Super Bowl participants for the past two seasons, but I imagine most of my readers could pull that one off.
So take that for what it’s worth, Packer Nation. A bunch of guys paid to decide such things say the loss of Jordy shouldn’t affect the Packers much at all. I’m sure we are all feeling much better now.
You can see more about the Packers future odds right here.