Another season of NFL action gets started on Wednesday when the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants officially kickoff week one with a divisional battle at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. While football fans everywhere love the regular season and all the excitement (and wagering opportunities) it brings, it is almost impossible for the mind not to amble its way to next February and the crowning of a new Super Bowl champion. Sportsbook.ag has catered to, if not facilitated, these inevitable championship musings with the release of its 2013 Super Bowl Odds. Not surprisingly, the New England Patriots, a perennial playoff contender, are a +500 moneyline favorite to win the Lombardi Trophy. The Green Bay Packers are a second pick, drawing +600 odds to win Super Bowl XLVII, which will take place at the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana on February 3rd, 2013.
Tyler Morgan’s Super Bowl Pick:
New England Patriots (+500): No team in the league, with the exception of maybe the Packers and Saints, has as many offensive weapons as New England. The Patriots do not possess a host of big name wide receivers, but they have a highly productive group that includes Wes Welker and Brandon Lloyd. There is no question, though, that New England has the best and deepest tight end corps in the NFL…Rob Gronkowski, Aaron Hernandez, Jake Ballard, Visanthe Shiancoe, etc. Suffice it to say Tom Brady, who is, arguably, the league’s best quarterback, has no shortage of targets. This team is indefensible when Brady has time to throw the ball, and sometimes even when he does not. The Patriots have their weaknesses on defense (yielded an average of 411 yards per game last season), but they are solid in the red zone, as evidenced by the modest 21.4 points per game they allowed in 2011. New England can also pressure the quarterback as it registered 40 sacks last year (51 counting the playoffs). Are their challengers to the Patriots in the AFC? Certainly, but few clubs from the conference look as dominant as New England, and that includes longtime stalwarts Pittsburgh and Baltimore. Denver could pose a threat as well, but Peyton Manning, with a few exceptions, has always had difficulty escaping the Pats’ shadow come playoff time.
The two biggest potential Super Bowl match-up nightmares for the Patriots are the Giants and 49ers. The Giants defensive line, when healthy, has proven to be kryptonite to the Pats vaunted offense. The Niners lock-down defense could produce similar effects on the Pats and Brady, but teams like Philadelphia, New Orleans, and Green Bay (all highly thought of teams in the latest Super Bowl Predictions) would probably end up in shoot-out type games with New England. Would those teams have an opportunity to win such a game? Yes, but the Giants approach has produced better results.
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Early 2013 Super Bowl Predictions: Provided by Sportsbook.ag
New England Patriots +500
Green Bay Packers +600
Denver Broncos +900
San Francisco 49ers +900
Houston Texans +1000
Pittsburgh Steelers +1200
Philadelphia Eagles +1200
Chicago Bears +1400
Baltimore Ravens +1400
New York Giants +1500
Dallas Cowboys +2000
New Orleans Saints +2000
Atlanta Falcons +2500
Detroit Lions +2500
San Diego Chargers +2500
Kansas City Chiefs +4000
Seattle Seahawks +4000
New York Jets +4000
Carolina Panthers +5000
Cincinnati Bengals +5000
Buffalo Bills +5000
Oakland Raiders +5000
Tennessee Titans +6000
Washington Redskins +7500
Tampa Bay Buccaneers +10000
Arizona Cardinals +10000
Indianapolis Colts +10000
Cleveland Browns +15000
St. Louis Rams +15000
Miami Dolphins +15000
Jacksonville Jaguars +20000
Minnesota Vikings +30000
