Steelers odds to win Super Bowl: How Jalen Ramsey trade affects outlook
The Pittsburgh Steelers made a blockbuster deal Monday to acquire cornerback Jalen Ramsey and tight end Jonnu Smith from the Miami Dolphins. But did it help the Steelers' Super Bowl odds ahead of the 2025 season?
It depends on where you look.
Super Bowl odds for next year's Big Game are constantly moving and shifting through the offseason as teams acquire players in free agency or via trade. Sportsbooks update their odds to reflect how things change, so there has been plenty of movement in certain teams' betting odds since they opened after Super Bowl 59 ended.
But every sportsbook has a different method of calculating odds, so some of them take a blockbuster trade like Monday's as more impactful than others.
Here's how various books' odds shifted after the Ramsey-for-Minkah Fitzpatrick trade:
Steelers Super Bowl odds after Jalen Ramsey trade
Two of the most popular sportsbooks have shifted their Super Bowl odds for the Steelers in the aftermath of the team's trade for the three-time All-Pro cornerback.
Ten minutes after news of the trade initially broke, FanDuel Sportsbook posted on social media that the Steelers' Super Bowl odds had improved from +4700 (47-to-1 odds) to +4400 (44-to-1). They also noted that the move pushed Pittsburgh up into a tie with the Chicago Bears for 16th-best odds, but the Bears have since moved to +4300.
Similarly, BetMGM experienced a shift in odds that pushed the Steelers' Super Bowl odds up to +4000. After signing quarterback Aaron Rodgers, Pittsburgh's odds were +4500 at BetMGM, tied for 17th-best odds with the Dallas Cowboys. Now that Ramsey has joined the secondary, the Steelers are in a tie for 15th-best odds with the Bears and Denver Broncos.
However, not every sportsbook shifted its odds after the trade.
DraftKings posted on social media that the blockbuster trade did not push the book to move its Super Bowl odds for Pittsburgh. According to the post, the Steelers owned +3500 odds to win next year's championship before the trade, and those odds remain the same as of the time of writing (early Sunday afternoon).
Odds will continue to shift and change as the season approaches, as well as throughout the regular season. For now, the Steelers seem to be moving in the right direction.