Ricky Dimon
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The 2021 NFL season has come and gone. Super Bowl LVI is in the books, and it was fun one. The Los Angeles Rams rallied late to topple the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20, making Super Bowl winners out of Matthew Stafford, Cooper Kupp, Odell Beckham Jr., Andrew Whitworth, and Von Miller (again) among others.
It is never too early to start thinking about who might be the winners in February of 2023. The Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills are the favorites, but as we saw this season that hardly means anything definitive. The Rams and Bengals certainly weren’t favored at the start of the 2021 campaign, and not even going into the playoffs. So who knows what could transpire in 2022-23?
Let’s take a look at odds for Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium, Arizona, on February 12, 2023.
Super Bowl 57 odds
Kansas City Chiefs +700
Buffalo Bills +700
Los Angeles Rams +1200
Dallas Cowboys +1200
San Francisco 49ers +1500
Green Bay Packers +1500
Cincinnati Bengals +1900
Baltimore Ravens +1900
Denver Broncos +2200
Cleveland Browns +2200
Tampa Bay Buccaneers +2200
Los Angeles Chargers +2400
Tennessee Titans +2400
Arizona Cardinals +2400
Indianapolis Colts +2400
New England Patriots +2800
New Orleans Saints +3000
Best value: Green Bay Packers (+1500)
If Aaron Rodgers comes back, why would anyone not jump on the Packers at 15/1 odds? Sure that is a real if, but if it happens this is a great play. And based on what Rodgers has been saying in recent days, it sounds like a return to Green Bay is a very real possibility — at least a better one than +1500 Super Bowl odds would suggest! The Packers hosted the NFC Championship last year and with a similar team intact should have hosted it as the conference’s No. 1 seed for a second consecutive season. A franchise with that kind of consistency led by the reigning NFL MVP (assuming he comes back) deserves a long, hard look at the betting window.
Moreover, I know a team from the NFC just won the Super Bowl but that doesn’t automatically make it the superior conference. It isn’t. The AFC is deeper and quite simply better. Green Bay definitely has a path to Glendale in 2022-23, and you have to make it there in order to win it. Give me the Packers at +1500 over the Chiefs and Bills all day long.
Longshot worth a look: Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+2200)
Prior to Week 1 of this season, the Bengals were 120/1 to win the Super Bowl. Even the Rams were not among the favorites, as they came in at 15/1. So it goes without saying that it would be wise to take a serious look at some longshots— both right now and also leading up to kickoff in September.
It’s weird to think of the Bucs as underdogs given their past seasons with Tom Brady, which included a Super Bowl LV triumph. But that is the case in the post-Brady era. Outside of a quarterback, they still boast a champion-caliber roster and have a Super Bowl-winning head coach in Bruce Arians.
The Bucs should have no trouble luring a quarterback down south (presumably they aren’t ready to hand over the reins to Kyle Trask). And, hey, it could even be Rodgers. If that happens, at least one of these early picks is good one!
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