« Reply #1229 on: January 09, 2023, 08:18:28 PM »
I don't get the Buffalo love affair. They are obviously a good team, but odds almost as good as the Chiefs and better than any NFC team. I just don't see it. Maybe they prove me wrong, but that seems like a bad bet.
Not sure it is a love affair but I certainly get why they are among the top teams that people are betting on to win the Super Bowl. It will be tough to get out of the AFC "bracket" with KC and CIN but BUF is good. And if they lose a close game on a neutral field to KC, what does that mean? Or even if they lose to CIN?
I have more questions about all the NFC teams. How far can SF go behind Purdy? Are teams like PHI and DAL actually good? MIN? How good are they? I don't think any of these NFC teams are as goods as the Bills. SF's best win in the last 10 weeks or so is probably Seattle. SF could be a team to watch, but I have my doubts. MIN might be a good long shot bet based on their odds. Getting through the NFC may not be all that hard and once you are in the Super Bowl, anything can happen.
I am not a bettor though. Just an Opiner.
I'm curious, before the Hurts injury what didn't you like about the Eagles? I frequently hear that they're pretenders, but I think that with Hurts healthy they're on the same level as Buffalo.
I don't know, nothing based on advanced analytics or anything, they just seem to have a pretty easy schedule. They may well win the NFC. To me, there is no clear favorite. When Hurts is good, no doubt PHI is a contender.
They played 10 games against teams .500 or better (i.e. the 6 games in division, minny, det, pitt, jax). The Chiefs only had the 2 against LAC, SF, Sea, Cin, Buf, Jax. So just 7 games against teams .500 or better. Same as the Bills with the Cincinnati game being cancelled.
Yeah, we'll see, maybe your are right. MIN is a decent win for PHI but even that, I am not sure how good MIN is. Not KC or BUF good, not CIN good either I don't think. Teams have to play their schedule. PHI played theirs and did well. JAX, DET, and PIT are not wins I take much from. But you could look at any of the NFC teams and say the same. I would not bet on PHI. I don't think they are going to hold up in the playoffs but the way the NFC is this season, they could come out of it, any one of several teams, including PHI, could get on a role and win the NFC.
I expect San Fran to come out of the NFC, but Philly is right there with them.
I'm guessing Chiefs over Niners in the Superbowl, though if Cincinnati can beat Baltimore, I might switch to them (I don't think Baltimore can win the AFC, but I do think they can beat Cincinnati if Lamar plays and has any sort of his supreme mobility).
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