Bookmakers backing Brady

[Commissioner]

Bookmakers across the globe have been casting their eye across DFL rosters as they compile odds for the coming season.

It would appear that New England Patriots are the team the bookies fear after they were installed as 9/2 favourites to win the innaugural Stellar Bowl. The returning Tom Brady will no doubt be key to the hopes of GM Daniel Ericsson and his team.

Favourites: Tom Brady and his Patriots

Pittsburgh Steelers and San Diego Chargers are next in the betting with both having odds of 9/1 whilst New York Giants will have plenty of support at 12/1.

At the other end of the scale Detroit Lions are rank outsiders with odds of 150/1 whilst St Louis Rams, Cleveland Browns and Oakland Raiders are all tipped to struggle.

The bookmakers have also released odds for the indvidual AFC and NFC conferences.

AFC East
New England Patriots - 1/4
New York Jets - 8
Miami Dolphins - 9
Buffalo Bills - 12

AFC North
Pittsburgh Steelers - 4/7
Baltimore Ravens - 10/3
Cincinnati Bengals - 11
Cleveland Browns - 16

AFC South
Indianapolis Colts - 13/8
Tennessee Titans - 11/4
Houston Texans - 4
Jacksonville Jaguars - 9/2

AFC West
San Diego Chargers - 1/3
Denver Broncos - 13/2
Kansas City Chiefs - 8
Oakland Raiders - 14

NFC East
New York Giants - 7/4
Philadelphia Eagles - 2
Dallas Cowboys - 7/2
Washington Redskins - 6

NFC North
Minnesota Vikings - 15/8
Chicago Bears - 15/8
Green Bay Packers - 9/4
Detroit Lions - 18

NFC South
New Orleans Saints - 2
Carolina Panthers - 12/5
Atlanta Falcons - 11/4
Tampa Bay Buccaneers - 7

NFC West
Arizona Cardinals - 13/8
Seattle Seahawks - 11/5
San Francisco 49ers - 10/3
St Louis Rams - 12

Stellar Bowl
New England Patriots - 9/2
San Diego Chargers - 9
Pittsburgh Steelers - 9
New York Giants - 12
Indianpolis Colts - 12
Philadelphia Eagles - 14
Minnesota Vikings - 16
Dallas Cowboys - 20
Chicago Bears - 20
New Orleans Saints - 20
Baltimore Ravens - 22
Tennessee Titans - 25
Atlanta Falcons - 25
Carolina Panthers - 28
Arizona Cardinals - 33
Green Bay Packers - 33
Jacksonville Jaguars - 40
Houston Texans - 40
Washington Redskins - 40
New York Jets - 40
Seattle Seahawks - 50
San Francisco 49ers - 66
Miami Dolphins - 66
Tampa Bay Buccaneers - 66
Buffalo Bills - 50
Kansas City Chiefs - 66
Denver Broncos - 66
Cincinnati Bengals - 66
Oakland Raiders - 100
Cleveland Browns - 100
St Louis Rams - 125
Detroit Lions - 150

[Commissioner]

These odds are meant to give you an indication of your teams aims and ambitions for the coming season. Hopefully, you will all have different objectives for the coming year and future season.

As an additional bit of fun I am giving each team $1000 to bet with. Only single bets are permitted but you can either put the full amount on one team or split it across as many as you like.

At the end of the season the teams with the biggest winnings will receive additional TPs as follows:

Highest winner - 4 TPs
2nd place - 3 TPs
3rd place - 2 TPs
4th place - 1 TP

All bets must be made by 7.00 PM GMT on Friday 14th August. Please place bets in this thread.

[Bears]

Blimey, those TP's would be valuable given how difficult it looks like these will "accumulate" during the season. Off to study the odds.........

$500 on Bears to win NFC North (sorry Comm!)
$500 on Steelers to win Stella

[Bills]

It won't be easy for the Patriots to win it all as a wildcard team

[Packers]

I just don't feel comfortable betting on anything as the NFL is totally against it. And to add value (points) toward or against your team forces you to bet rather than mangage. This should be for a group only agreeing upon throwing one of there teams points into kitty and winner takes his share and not penalizing others for not betting.

[Chargers]

You making a big deal out of nothing, I fear.

[Saints]

$500 on the Saints to win it all
$500 on the Saints to win the NFC South

[Packers]

Nope, i'am here to manage a team the best i can not gamble. Value for gambling should not be part of football. Otherwise i could have accepted a trade for my top reciver for a has been offfer then bet on that team.

[Chargers]

Well, to be honest, I'd trust everyone on here to NOT throw games (edit: I mean that in the loosest sence). Cause at the end of the day, its for training points which are randomly applied anyway.

And considering this is a game which members are taking part in purely for fun and nothing else, it would be kinda sad if somebody DID throw their game for a bet. If you dont want to gamble then fine. You wont get any bonus points. But if everyone has the same amount of money to gamble with, I dont see why its not adding another dimension to the game.

If its eating at you, put all your money on the Packers. That way, it jsut means you'll get more TP for doing well.

(and thats a very bad call, Saints ;-)

[Saints]

It's a bit of fun Jay, no ones going to throw games

[Buccaneers]

500 pound on Bucs Winning DIV
500 pound Vikings Winning SteelerBowl

[Chargers]

Hehe, agreed Saints. As for Vikings to win the StellarBowl - very good call ;-)

[Jaguars]

$500 on Eagles to win NFC East
$250 on Jags to win Stellar Bowl
$250 on Colts to win Stellar Bowl

[Bills]

$250 on the Raiders for the AFC West
$250 on the 49ers for the NFC West
and $500 on the Steelers to win it all

[Chiefs]

500 on Eagles to win it all
250 on Bucs to win NFC South
250 on Ravens to win AFC North