Seahawks not – Leonard Williams says hearing the Seahawks aren’t favored—while the Rams sit at +100—gives Seattle “extra motivation” as it aims for a second straight season after winning the Super Bowl.
The Seahawks don’t have to look far to feel the temperature in the NFC West. Leonard Williams says he’s already felt it in the way the betting market has placed the defending Super Bowl champions.
“There’s extra chips on our shoulder,” Williams told reporters on Thursday. “We just came off of a Super Bowl winning season. People are still giving other people favorites over us.”
Williams described that as motivation rather than a distraction. adding that the edge comes with the same reminder they’ll keep returning to. “I think that is still adding fuel to the fire for guys,” he said. “At the same time we’re going to stick to our process regardless of what other people outside may think.”.
In the current odds, the Rams are listed as +100 favorites to win the NFC West, while the Seahawks sit at +205. That gap matters because it comes right after Seattle finished as the champion of the league.
It’s not just the division market that has Seattle playing catch-up. The Rams are also favored to win the Super Bowl at +550. The Bills and Ravens are both priced at +1000 to win it all, with the Seahawks at +1100.
For Williams and the Seahawks, the point isn’t whether the numbers are flattering—it’s what they’re supposed to do. The defending champs may not be the betting favorites to repeat, but Williams sees the lack of favoritism as the kind of push that prevents settling in after a breakthrough season.
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+205 lol Vegas thinks Seahawks are done.
He says it gives them motivation but honestly it just sounds like they’re worried. If they really won the Super Bowl, why do they care what the odds are?
Wait so Seahawks are +205 to win the division but Rams are only +100?? That means Rams are like half a point favorite or something right? Also Seahawks being +1100 to win the Super Bowl feels wild, like bettors forgot they just won everything.
NFC West always has drama but I don’t get why people act like being underdogs means you automatically have “fuel.” Odds change every week. Next thing you know someone’s gonna say it’s rigged because the Rams are favored by less or more depending on the tweet I saw.