The 2024 NFL season was massive for the sports betting industry, with an estimated $35 billion on the line and $1.4 billion for the Super Bowl alone.
It was also a massive season for favorites and the betting public, which largely backed the favored side all year: Favorites went 195-77 outright in the 2024 regular season, their best record since 2005. Favorites had a specifically great run in December, which gave bettors a rare win for the penultimate month of the season.
Some teams and players attracted more fervor and delivered for bettors more often than others, so let's take a look at which ones were the biggest cogs in the 2024 NFL betting machine.