Super Bowl 2016: Predictions and Odds for Favorites Entering Week 17

December 31, 2015   ·   Tyler Conway   ·   Jump to comments

Looking at the Super Bowl odds is an easy way to see how the world at large views the NFL's hierarchy. Vegas insiders run numbers that even the biggest advanced metrics communities would die to possess, and oftentimes, their predictions are far more sophisticated than that of your average television talking head.
While anything does and can happen on a week-to-week basis—favorites rarely actually come away with the Lombardi Trophy—the odds appear very much in the New England Patriots' favor. As it stands, the Patriots are viewed by oddsmakers as the only legitimate threat to win the title out of the AFC. They're sitting at 7-2, which means you'll win $350 for every $100 you wager.
That puts them tied with the Arizona Cardinals as co-favorites, but it's more instructive to see how the Patriots compare to their contemporaries. No other AFC team is sitting at better than 10-1 odds, and that team is an extremely flawed Denver Broncos squad.
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