NFC North Division Winner Predictions, Odds, Betting Picks

• The Green Bay Packers are the oddsmakers’ favorites to win the NFC North
• If the Minnesota Vikings can stay healthy, they are expected to make a run here
• The Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears are young teams who could shock the NFL world

Only one NFC North team won double-digit games last year – the Green Bay Packers posted 13 wins and won the division – but the other three teams – the Minnesota Vikings, the Chicago Bears, and the Detroit Lions – all won less games than the lost and they finished under .500.

Now the NFC North is anyone’s division as all four of its football franchises just spent the offseason attempting some upgrades, but only one is led by a future Hall of Famer – Packers QB Aaron Rodgers – while the other three teams still seem knee-deep in their rebuilds.

For eager sports bettors ready to bust open your betting kitty on football futures, here are our best odds and picks for who will be kings of the NFC North at the end of the season, a bet that true fans of their favorite team won’t hesitate to make since it’s still too early to tell either way.

NFC North Division Winner Odds

NFC North Division Predictions and Pick

As long as Aaron Rodgers plays under center in Green Bay, the Packers have a chance to win the game, the division, the Conference, and the League, but his team must stay healthy to do it.

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Green Bay Packers

This team has won the NFC North the last three seasons in a row under head coach Matt LaFleur, and as if that isn’t enough they have also won it eight times in the last eleven years, so it’s no wonder that they are heavily favored to do that again in 2022.

The big roster shift that the Packers must get used to is the loss of deep threat receiver Davante Adams who now makes his home in Las Vegas where he is catching balls from his old college teammate Derek Carr, and now Aaron Rodgers must rely on Sammy Watkins and Allen Lazard.

What the Packers have to their advantage is a lack of divisional competition, though last season they only went 4-2 in the NFC North, and with all the offseason improvements the other teams in that division have made, it might not be such a given that they will win it all again.

Minnesota Vikings

Injuries seem to be this team’s worst enemy, but with a healthy QB, Kirk Cousins throwing to healthy WRs Adam Thielen, Justin Jefferson, K.J. Osborn and now rookie Jalen Nailor, this top-12 offense from last season can begin to help stack wins in 2022.

It’s the Vikings’ defense that needed the most offseason upgrading after ranking 30th in the league last season, a group that allowed opposing teams to gain almost four hundred yards and score almost thirty points per game, a recipe for losing, this team going 8-9 in 2021.

Minnesota did well last season in the division and posted a 4-2 record against teams from the NFC North, so they will have to do that again this year if they expect to win and go to the playoffs, a futures bet that their fans will no doubt believe in from the start of this season.

Detroit Lions

The last time Detroit won the NFC North was back in 1993 when Wayne Fontes was the head coach, so for them to do that over two decades later is the fun futures bet here – the question is how certain are you as a bettor that the Lions will play this well in 2022?

Keep in mind that Detroit has a 2x Pro Bowler under center, the 27-year-old Jared Goff, an NFL veteran who also has experience deep in the playoffs including in Super Bowl LIII when his Los Angeles Rams lost to Tom Brady’s New England Patriots by a score of 3-13.

The Lions have been to the postseason just three times in the last 22 seasons, all first-round wildcard eliminations that left a bitter taste in every fan’s, player’s, and coach’s mouth, so a win of the NFC North would be a refreshing palette cleanser for a franchise that has tasted loss.

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Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears are going through a tremendous revamp that includes a new coaching staff including head coach Matt Eberflus, the former defensive coordinator for the Indianapolis Colts who was brought in to oversee the development of the Bears young QB.

That’s Justin Fields, the former OSU QB standout who had a tough rookie season last year as the team threw him into the fire to see how he would fare, and their 6-11 finish and failure to make the playoffs led to the shift in leadership and rebuilding of the team on both sides of the ball.

Now this team is a longshot to win the NFC North, but Bears fans most likely believe their favorite teams still has a chance, and that’s why these future bets are so much fun because the excitement lasts throughout the season – that is unless a team tanks early on. Take a look at the best Chicago Bears sports betting promo codes and bonuses!

Which NFC North Team Has Won the Most Divisional Titles?

Even though the Minnesota Vikings have won the most NFC North titles with 20, the Green Bay Packers who have won the division 18 times have been crowned the champions of the league more times (below), the Packers with four Super Bowl wins to the Vikings none.

The historic Chicago Bears have won the NFC North eleven times, their most recent divisional first place finish being the 2018 season when Matt Nagy was the head coach and the team lost the wildcard playoff round to the Philadelphia Eagles by a score of 15-16.

The Detroit Lions have only won the NFC North three times and that is what makes it such a fun bet to see them as the winners during the 2022 season, a chance that only true fans might be willing to make but one that could pay off big given the odds.

Which NFC North Team Has Won the Most Super Bowls?

At the top of this list are the Green Bay Packers, a team that has won four Super Bowl Championships during the history of that franchise, the most recent one being in 2010 when Mike McCarthy was head coach and QB Aaron Rodgers earned the Big Game’s MVP honors.

The Chicago Bears have one Super Bowl win in 1985 when the NFL’s Coach of the Year Mike Ditka ruled the roost and the Super Bowl Shuffle was on every Chicago radio station and beyond, a 46-10 whooping of the New England Patriots that finally gave them a Lombardi Trophy.

There are plenty of teams in the NFL that have never won a Super Bowl, and two of them are in the NFC North, with the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings never having won a Big Game, though the Vikings have played in four of them and the Lions have played in none.

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