Every year, I tell myself that I want to try my hand at weekly betting on the NFL. Every year, I chicken out. I don't think I could consistently remove my own biases from my decision-making. (Bet on the Colts? F*** that.)
Anyway, supposedly Bovada just released these. They take into account the results of free agency and the NFL Draft. Do with them what you will!
Odds to win the 2016 Super Bowl
Seattle Seahawks 11/2
New England Patriots 15/2
Indianapolis Colts 8/1
Dallas Cowboys 10/1
Denver Broncos 14/1
Philadelphia Eagles 18/1
Arizona Cardinals 20/1
Baltimore Ravens 25/1
New York Giants 25/1
Pittsburgh Steelers 25/1
Buffalo Bills 33/1
Cincinnati Bengals 33/1
Detroit Lions 33/1
San Francisco 49ers 33/1
St. Louis Rams 33/1
Atlanta Falcons 40/1
Carolina Panthers 40/1
Kansas City Chiefs 40/1
Miami Dolphins 40/1
New Orleans Saints 40/1
New York Jets 40/1
Chicago Bears 50/1
Houston Texans 50/1
Minnesota Vikings 50/1
San Diego Chargers 50/1
Cleveland Browns 75/1
Oakland Raiders 75/1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 100/1
Washington Redskins 100/1
Jacksonville Jaguars 200/1
Tennessee Titans 200/1
Conference Odds
Odds to win the 2015-16 AFC Conference
Indianapolis Colts 7/2
New England Patriots 7/2
Denver Broncos 6/1
Pittsburgh Steelers 10/1
Baltimore Ravens 12/1
Buffalo Bills 16/1
Cincinnati Bengals 16/1
Miami Dolphins 16/1
Kansas City Chiefs 18/1
Houston Texans 20/1
New York Jets 22/1
San Diego Chargers 22/1
Cleveland Browns 33/1
Oakland Raiders 40/1
Tennessee Titans 75/1
Jacksonville Jaguars 100/1
Odds to win the 2015-16 NFC Conference
Seattle Seahawks 3/1
Green Bay Packers 4/1
Dallas Cowboys 13/2
Philadelphia Eagles 10/1
Arizona Cardinals 12/1
New York Giants 14/1
Detroit Lions 16/1
San Francisco 49ers 18/1
St. Louis Rams 18/1
New Orleans Saints 20/1
Atlanta Falcons 22/1
Carolina Panthers 22/1
Chicago Bears 28/1
Minnesota Vikings 28/1
Washington Redskins 50/1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 75/1
Divisional Odds
Odds to Win the 2015-16 AFC East
New England Patriots 1/2
Buffalo Bills 5/1
Miami Dolphins 5/1
New York Jets 9/1
Odds to Win the 2015-16 AFC North
Baltimore Ravens 8/5
Cincinnati Bengals 11/5
Pittsburgh Steelers 11/5
Cleveland Browns 9/1
Odds to Win the 2015-16 AFC South
Indianapolis Colts 1/4
Houston Texans 9/2
Tennessee Titans 12/1
Jacksonville Jaguars 20/1
Odds to Win the 2015-16 AFC West
Denver Broncos 1/2
Kansas City Chiefs 7/2
San Diego Chargers 5/1
Oakland Raiders 18/1
Odds to Win the 2015-16 NFC East
Dallas Cowboys 13/10
Philadelphia Eagles 7/4
New York Giants 3/1
Washington Redskins 14/1
Odds to Win the 2015-16 NFC North
Green Bay Packers 1/3
Detroit Lions 9/2
Minnesota Vikings 9/1
Chicago Bears 12/1
Odds to Win the 2015-16 NFC South
Atlanta Falcons 2/1
Carolina Panthers 2/1
New Orleans Saints 9/4
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 15/2
Odds to Win the 2015-16 NFC West
Seattle Seahawks 2/5
Arizona Cardinals 11/2
St. Louis Rams 13/2
San Francisco 49ers 15/2
The Texans find themselves in that all-too-familiar middle ground of the NFL. Good enough to not get lumped in with laughing stocks, but nowhere near the elites. Ryan Mallett could make us all a lot of money if he somehow turned into Bill O'Brien's version of Tom Brady.
And what are the odds of that happening? 50 to 1 sounds about right.
Happy betting, BRBros.