By Greg DePalma, OFN Executive Producer

NFL Futures

Since 1990, 121 of 324 playoff teams advanced to the postseason after starting 2-2 or worse including four such teams in 2016…

Detroit (1-3)

Miami (1-3)

Kansas City (2-2)

New York Giants (2-2)

The Chiefs would end up winning the AFC West.

Speaking of the Chiefs, this year’s version is off to a much better start as they currently remain the league’s only unbeaten team.

However, don’t count the Chiefs in the postseason just yet since both 4-0 2016 clubs – Denver and Minnesota – both ended up missing the postseason.

NFL Futures (Super Bowl)

New England…4-1

Green Bay…8-1

Kansas City…8-1

Pittsburgh…8-1

Atlanta…10-1

Seattle…12-1

Dallas…16-1

Denver…20-1

Oakland…20-1

Philadelphia…25-1

Detroit…28-1

Carolina…33-1

Houston…33-1

Minnesota…33-1

Tampa Bay…33-1

Tennessee…33-1

Buffalo…40-1

LA Rams…40-1

New Orleans…50-1

Arizona…66-1

Baltimore…66-1

Jacksonville…66-1

Washington…66-1

NY Giants…80-1

Tune in to OFN NFL Preview every Thursday for more in-depth analysis on every game including key trends, the latest injury reports, odds and picks.

NFL Futures (Week 5)

Investments…Teams we’ve invested in to win the Super Bowl including the dates and Super Bowl odds at the time of selection.

October 5th

Houston…33-1…No reason for us to keep doubling down after a complete washout of Tennessee. QB Deshaun Watson is the real deal and if you haven’t figured that out just yet then hurry up before these odds drop even more. If the Texans upset the Chiefs on Sunday night, I expect the odds to cut in half and then it will be too late.

New Orleans…50-1…After an initial investment before opening day, the Saints looked overmatched two weeks later. But the defense has stepped up as anticipated thanks to rookie Marshon Lattimore and former undrafted corner Ken Crawley. The Saints secondary is a weakness no more.

October 1st

Atlanta…10-1

Houston…50-1

September 24th

Atlanta…12-1

Oakland…12-1

September 17th

Atlanta…16-1

Minnesota…20-1

Houston…50-1

September 10th

Atlanta…12-1

New Orleans…40-1

Baltimore…50-1

Point system…Since everyone has their own individual budget, we decided to use a straight-forward 100-point system for every investment we make. This should make it easier to follow our progress.

Points invested

10/8…200

10/1…200

9/24…200

9/17…300

9/10…300

Total…1200

Playoff Projections…Taking futures out of the equation, here are our current picks for the NFL Playoffs including our Super Bowl winner…

AFC

Buffalo

Denver

Houston…Super Bowl Champion

Kansas City

New England

Pittsburgh

NFC

Atlanta…NFC Champion

Carolina

Green Bay

LA Rams

New Orleans

Washington