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The Detroit Lions have become a shocking favorite of NFL bettors to win Super Bowl 58

Bettors are absolutely obsessed with the Detroit Lions this NFL offseason.

Going against the long, treacherous history of Lions football, Bet MGM has shared that Detroit has the fourth-most bets of all NFL teams right now to win the Super Bowl.

The Lions have 47-percent of all NFC championship tickets at Bet MGM as well, a startling number when you consider how the team has traditionally done when they’ve actually been able to reach the playoffs.

Bet MGM has the Lions at +2000 to actually hoist a Lombardi next year, which could give these advantageous bettors quite a payout next winter.

As much as the Lions have to be excited about for their future, can we really bet that much against decades upon decades of history telling us that Detroit is not a traditionally trustworthy team to make it far in January?

The team has actually never appeared in a Super Bowl, meaning that the hypothetical odds for them to make it are much higher than the betting lines may indicate.

We’ll see how the promising Lions resurgence goes this fall, and if these NFL bettors are playing a wise hand or just getting caught up in the moment.

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