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Every NFL team enters the season with dreams of hoisting the Lombardi Trophy. And every team knows the odds are stacked against them.
Simple math is the clearest way to convey that. Thirty-one of the league’s 32 teams will fail in their quest. Reaching — and winning in — February tends to require immense talent, incredible coaching and pristine health. Only a few teams will check those boxes.
A lot will change over the next five months. But from where we stand now, at the start of the 2024-25 NFL season, FOX Sports’ staff of football and gambling experts delivered their predictions on who will be left holding a trophy at the conclusion of Super Bowl LIX on Feb. 9, 2025 in New Orleans. (Betting odds to win Super Bowl via DraftKings as of 9/4).
Chris Fallica
Chiefs over Eagles (+500)
Last time I checked, Patrick Mahomes was still the Chiefs quarterback, Andy Reid was the head coach and Steve Spagnuolo was the defensive coordinator. KC is better at receiver than it was last year and given the Chiefs will win the weakest division in the AFC, the road to the Super Bowl will again go through Arrowhead. We’ll see if the Eagles’ offseason defensive improvements, both on the field and on the coaching staff, will pay dividends, but in a “meh” NFC, they are my pick.
Jason McIntyre
Lions over Jets (+1200)
The NFC feels like a tossup between the Lions and Eagles, with the aging, beat-up 49ers probably struggling most of the season and then making a big playoff charge. Give me the Lions, whose schedule sets up perfectly. Everyone is going to pick the Chiefs, so I’ll go way off the board with a team that hasn’t made the Super Bowl since the paleozoic era, my Jets.
Dave Helman
Chiefs over Packers (+500)
For the sake of intrigue, I’d be happy to pick anyone but Kansas City. But the crazy truth is that, if you give me the Chiefs versus the field heading into this season, I’m taking the Chiefs. I think the 2024 version is going to be substantially better than…
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