The Carolina Panthers are starting out the 2025 season as one of every analyst and sportsbook’s favorite teams to predict. What makes them such a darling around the nation is that it doesn’t take much effort to predict them doing poorly. Despite the tea leaves and portents all predicting a Super Bowl run this year for our favorite franchise, most folks think that a very small step forward is about as probable as a similar step backwards.
FanDuel Sportsbook has set the Panthers over/under for winning
5.5 games at -210/+175.
That means their odds favor the Panthers winning six or more games, but not by a lot. A poor preseason and a mountain of bad reputation to overcome from the past season, most notably for the defense, means more to the oddsmakers than the obvious and determinative coincidence of Ohio State winning another National Title, Jennifer Lopez getting divorced, and the Panthers opening the season in Jacksonville. Knowing that heralds a third season to match Carolina’s 2003 and 2015 seasons either gives us a leg up on these odds or implies that highly profitable betting companies like FanDuel know more than we do about how this all works.
Either which way, the fact that we have odds for things like win totals, playoff odds, and the Panthers winning the Super Bowl does mean one thing for all of us: football is back. Things are heating up with just 17 days to go until the Panthers open the season against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
FanDuel Sportsbook is conducting FanDuel Futures Day on Tuesday, August 26 where you can get profit boost tokens around various futures markets throughout the day. The markets will be split up throughout the day, but they will include odds to win the Super Bowl and hypothetical Super Bowl matchups, odds to make or miss the playoffs, win totals, division winners, and player milestones. Head over to FanDuel Sportsbook on Tuesday to take advantage of FanDuel Futures Day.
