NFL betting, odds: Jets' Super Bowl odds skyrocket after confirmation of Aaron Rodgers' Achilles injury

·College football and motorsports writer

12 September 2023 at 11:36 am·2-min read

The New York Jets’ Super Bowl odds are now much longer following Aaron Rodgers’ Achilles injury.

The Jets entered the 2023 season at +1800 to win the Super Bowl and are at +5000 as of Tuesday afternoon at BetMGM following Rodgers’ injury on the first offensive drive of the season. Rodgers went down after he was awkwardly tackled on the Jets’ fourth offensive play of the game and was taken to the locker room on a cart after he limped off the field. Multiple reports Tuesday revealed that Rodgers had torn his Achilles.

Rodgers was replaced by Zach Wilson in the Jets’ unlikely 22-16 overtime win. Wilson’s poor performance in 2021 and 2022 is the reason why the Jets made their blockbuster move for Rodgers ahead of this season, and Wilson now takes over as New York’s starting quarterback (again) in Rodgers’ absence.

EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - SEPTEMBER 11: Aaron Rodgers #8 of the New York Jets sits down after an apparent injury after getting sacked by Leonard Floyd #56 of the Buffalo Bills prior to a game at MetLife Stadium on September 11, 2023 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images) — Aaron Rodgers suffered a torn left Achilles on his fourth snap of the game on Monday night. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images) (Michael Owens via Getty Images)

Oddsmakers clearly aren’t bullish on Wilson’s chances of a breakout in his third season. The Jets’ odds to win the Super Bowl were even as high as +6600 on Tuesday — the same odds as the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots — and match the odds of the Atlanta Falcons, Minnesota Vikings and Seattle Seahawks. All three of those teams are also at +5000 to win the Super Bowl.

Before the season, 6% of tickets and 6.4% of the money bet on the Super Bowl winner were on the Jets. Some of those bettors have probably torn up their tickets already.

New York also had the fourth-best odds of any team to win the AFC at +900 in the days before Week 1. Now the Jets are at +2800 to win the conference and only six teams — the Broncos, Patriots, Las Vegas Raiders, Tennessee Titans, Indianapolis Colts and Houston Texans — have longer odds to go to the Super Bowl.

The Jets are now the clear No. 3 team in the AFC East too, according to the odds. The Miami Dolphins are now the favorites to win the division at +135 after a Week 1 win over the Los Angeles Chargers, while the Bills are at +145 to win following Josh Allen’s four-turnover performance on Monday night. The Jets are +550 to win the division after opening the season at +250 to win the East.