Super Bowl 2013 = Cleveland Browns?
Just as one season ends, the odds for who will win next year's Super Bowl are unveiled. Who are the early favorites? That would be the Green Bay Packers (6/1) and the New England Patriots (7/1), the same two teams who were the favorites heading into the 2011-2012 season. The Giants, meanwhile, are eighth on the list with 15/1 odds. Talk about not getting any respect after winning it twice in four years!
Last year, the Cleveland Browns were 60/1 odds for the Super Bowl. Did they place any better with this year's odds? The odds for the AFC North are listed after the jump.
Well, at least you're going to get rich if you bet on the Browns!
Related to odds, here are some of the interesting prop bet results from this past Sunday's game, courtesy of Bovada:
SPECIAL PROPS RESULTS SUPER BOWL XLVI
-National Anthem over 1 minute 34 seconds
-Kelly Clarkson wore "Anything else"
-Kelly Clarkson Belly was not showing
-Kelly Clarkson did not forget or omit a word
-Madonna’s Hair was blonde
-Madonna did wear fishnets
-Madonna did wear a hat
-Madonna did not wear an NFL Shirt or Jersey
-Peyton Manning was shown on TV under 3.5 times
-Giselle Bundchen was shown on TV over 0.5 times
-Andrew Luck was not mentioned at all
-Jim Irsay was not mentioned at all
-Mitt Romney was not shown
-Robert Kraft was shown over 3.5 times
-Tom Brady’s son was not shown at all so all wagers were refunded
-Gatorade shower was purple. Purple was not an option so all wagers were refunded
-MVP did not thank anyone
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Unfortunately…betting on the Browns is throwing good money after bad. H&H are not interested in building a team for this year. WE are to wait until 2014, before we will have a team to compete. The only thing they forgot is the Ravens, Steelers and Bengals will continue to get better and they have their future QBs now. WE don’t and with fans in this forum, we won’t ever have one.
kamasutraman_007 - February 6, 2012
H&H are building a team from the ground up, to be competitive for years in the near(3ish years) future. The Ravens and Steelers are near the point where they need to start over.
macdowellm03 - February 6, 2012
Definitely from the ground. Like…‘grand canyon’ ground.
jonnyphoenix - February 6, 2012
Why do people keep saying This? Do you think those teams have been sitting on their hands the past 4 years? Have they not drafted any players recently?
Just because they haven’t been forced to start every draft pick doesn’t mean the they’ll have to start over. Kruger, Worilds, McPhee, Wallace, Brown, Jimmy Smith, Torrey Smith, Cody, Hood, Gilbert, Pouncey, Oher, Rice, and many other are young and are contributing or can contribute in the future.
The Licensed Pessimist - February 7, 2012
I think the truth of this is somewhere in the middle. The Steelers and Ravens both have/had some all time greats on their teams. I don’t care how good you are at drafting, you can’t replace those guys. They probably won’t fall off a cliff or anything, but every team has their highs and lows.
notthatnoise - February 7, 2012
I am so glad you didn’t mention Kindle. then you’d seriously be trolling.
guys like Worlids, Cody, and Hood have been nice player so far but certainly not to the level of the guys they were drafted to replace (Worlids replacing Harrison, Hood replacing Aaron Smith).
None of those players on D who you mentioned are close to replacing some of those elite, pro bowl talents on these Ds. Ravens don’t yet have a guy who can replace Lewis or Reed, the Steelers don’t have a definite replacement for Harrison or Polamalu.
Once those guys retire, unless other guys step up those Ds will end up regressing somewhat.
bross09 - February 7, 2012
Yet when anyone says this about a Browns player, you call them busts.
Bernie19Kosar - February 8, 2012
We compete next year.
Red-Right-88 - February 6, 2012
Yes, because losing, is still technically competing.
macdowellm03 - February 6, 2012
Fixed.
Doc's Kid - February 6, 2012
How dare our front office want to build a team the proper way. Don’t they know the best way to build a winner is through free agency!?
Bernie19Kosar - February 6, 2012
We should really follow the last decades trend of demanding overnight success or nothing.
HenryDawg - February 6, 2012
We should hook them up with that Snyder fellow to give them some pointers.
JustBob - February 6, 2012
No need for that, we had an expert in-house for years in Opie Savage. Now if we could just pry him away from his awesome responsibilities as an Arkansas color commentator…
Vududawg - February 7, 2012
All joking aside, he works for the Eagles now.
Bernie19Kosar - February 7, 2012
Yeah, i had heard that. Given his eye for talent, however, I still think the guy should have stuck to radio.
Vududawg - February 9, 2012
If only HH knew all you have to do is WANT to win this year and it will happen! Is it too late?! SOMEONE GET ME A PHONE.
nickjs21 - February 6, 2012 via Android app
Why would Romney have been mentioned?
emily522 - February 6, 2012
Well like it says – shown, not mentioned, so I’m guessing he was there or maybe they thought he would be?
troy145 - February 6, 2012
Because he’s from Massachusetts and Kraft is a big R guy so maybe some people thought he’d be in his box.
TheDriveStillHurts - February 6, 2012
massachusets?
bross09 - February 6, 2012
About the special props, did they show Peyton Manning even once?
macdowellm03 - February 6, 2012
I didn’t see him at all. Thought that would be easy money.
Bernie19Kosar - February 6, 2012
I thought all the TV ones were pretty easy money. Kraft would’ve been the hardest, but I am not at all surprised.
bross09 - February 6, 2012
In all fairness, the words to the national anthem were shown on the skinny screens between the decks that wrapped around the stadium. So whoever bet she would miss words wasn’t making a bad bet- Lucas Oil Stadium just cheated. Rats.
shep615 - February 6, 2012
if I had bet, I would’ve had all the “tv glimpse” over and unders right. Those were the only ones I would’ve beet on too.
bross09 - February 6, 2012
These people clearly have not seen the Betty White clip yet.
HenryDawg - February 6, 2012
On a side note, will we ever see the Ravens or Steelers have to strip down and rebuild? I, personally, don’t think we will at any point in the near future. Those two are absolute model franchises, with almost perfect drafting. It seems like whenever a Steeler player gets old, hurt, or near retirement they are able to draft a guy, plug him in, and it still works like clockwork. Big Ben isn’t getting any younger, but he still has a ton of time left. The defenses are getting old for both teams, but do any of you doubt their ability to seamlessly transition to the younger guys?
That’s the frustrating thing, that it doesn’t look like there’ll be a window to make our efforts to win the division any easier.
Of course, we’ll still win the super bowl next year.
tr1betime - February 6, 2012
It takes years and years of building a team properly. You have to learn to develop young players.
It’s what H&H are trying to do here. It just takes a long time.
Bernie19Kosar - February 6, 2012
Our Defense and his ankle have something to say about this.
macdowellm03 - February 6, 2012
One of the benefits of having a good team. Once you’re good, every draft pick isn’t filling an area of need, so you have the luxury of taking young depth at a position. Then when the starter is injured or old, oh hey, we’ve already been developing his replacement. Once you get good, you can stay good with smart planning.
For a rebuilding team, the tricky part is getting good. And the Browns finally appear committed to doing it right so they don’t have to do it again for a long time.
nickjs21 - February 6, 2012 via Android app
Unless some of these younger players they drafted live up to their potential and perform like these fanbases say they can, I can definitely see it happening. They are great at drafting, but some of their supposed replacement younger guys (Ziggy Hood, Worlids, Sergio Kindle, jameel mcclain) haven’t fully stood up yet and shown they can replace these guys.
Some will, but I see less possibility then in their previous reloads.
bross09 - February 7, 2012
They also haven’t had to replace their future HoF guys yet. Replacing Kimo Van Olhoffen is easier than replacing Polamalu or Ray Lewis.
rufio - February 7, 2012
very true.
bross09 - February 7, 2012
Anyone else tempted to put $100.00 on the Browns to win it all? I know its a long shot, but hell, that’d be awesome
Chalmdeezy - February 6, 2012
Free money
HenryDawg - February 6, 2012
and a cool thousand on “first score of the game is a safety”… wonder what the odds are that it happens AGAIN!
Mr. Bad Example - February 7, 2012
The problem is these odds are an accurate assessment of a team 80% of the time. Which means to me Vegas thinks we are worse off now then we were 2 years ago. There should be a shift in the odds after the draft and FA but no way are we dropping that number to 50 to 1.
GrillGuy - February 7, 2012
I’d rather be worse now with a bright future than slightly better with a bunch of old guys. I’m not sure if you’re saying we were better off under Mangini, but I think it’s necessary to bottom out and have a full rebuild in order to get to where we eventually want to be.
Legoman0721 - February 7, 2012
Our odds may improve drastically after our draft!
champion64 - February 7, 2012
So your saying theres a chance??
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UnSafe 70 - February 7, 2012
its pic number 8
UnSafe 70 - February 7, 2012
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