The 2024 NFL season is right here, and all 32 groups have their sights set on the Lombardi Trophy. After all, some groups have higher odds to go all the way in which than others. Who do you have to guess on?
As I do yearly, I requested every of our CBS Sports activities NFL staffers to offer me two Super Bowl LIX bets: One which they’re assured in, after which a long-shot guess or worth choose. Earlier than we get began, this is the rundown on the panel: Senior NFL author Pete Prisco, plus CBS Sports activities editors Joel Magaraci and Eric Kernish, together with writers Jordan Dajani, Jared Dubin, Josh Edwards, Tyler Sullivan, Garrett Podell, John Breech, Bryan DeArdo, Shanna McCarriston and Cody Benjamin.
Beneath, we are going to record the Super Bowl odds for all 32 groups after which give our greatest bets.
All NFL odds are by way of Caesars Sportsbook.
2024 Super Bowl odds
Kansas City Chiefs +575
San Francisco 49ers +625
Baltimore Ravens +900
Detroit Lions +1000
Philadelphia Eagles +1300
Cincinnati Bengals +1300
Houston Texans +1300
New York Jets +1700
Buffalo Bills +1700
Green Bay Packers +1700
Dallas Cowboys +1800
Miami Dolphins +2500
Los Angeles Rams +2500
Atlanta Falcons +2800
Los Angeles Chargers +3500
Chicago Bears +3500
Cleveland Browns +4000
Pittsburgh Steelers +4500
Jacksonville Jaguars +4500
Las Vegas Raiders +6000
Indianapolis Colts +6000
Seattle Seahawks +8000
Minnesota Vikings +8000
Tampa Bay Buccaneers +9000
New Orleans Saints +10000
Arizona Cardinals +12500
Washington Commanders +15000
Tennessee Titans +15000
Denver Broncos +15000
New York Giants +20000
Carolina Panthers +20000
New England Patriots +27500
CBS Sports activities’ Super Bowl greatest bets
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs +575
Dubin: I get plus cash to be on the perfect participant and greatest crew to win the Tremendous Bowl. I’ll gladly take it.
Edwards: Nobody has ever received three Tremendous Bowls in a row so the feat itself has confirmed to be unimaginable to date. Nevertheless, the Chiefs didn’t get measurably worse this offseason and nobody within the AFC received measurably higher. It’s a cowardly, chalk choose however I’m not going to decide on one other crew merely for the novelty.
Kernish: They’re arguably even higher this season, and Patrick Mahomes is additional motivated. Assume this crew can’t pull off the primary three-peat within the Tremendous Bowl period? Guess towards them if you want.
San Francisco 49ers +625
Magaraci: Now that the 49ers have their bookkeeping so as, they’re locked and loaded for an additional run on the Lombardi Trophy. It may be their final probability.
Baltimore Ravens +900
Podell: Baltimore misplaced three key elements from the league’s prime protection in 2023: defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald (now the Seattle Seahawks coach), linebacker Patrick Queen (now with the Pittsburgh Steelers) and security Geno Stone (now with the Cincinnati Bengals).
Nevertheless, the Ravens offense might soar to new heights due to the burden of being the crew’s main rusher being lifted from Lamar Jackson’s shoulders. Jackson has run for 750 speeding yards in all 5 of his seasons as Baltimore’s beginning quarterback, essentially the most such seasons by a quarterback all time. Because of Derrick Henry’s arrival, Jackson takes approach fewer hits and the passing sport improves by advantage of that being his major duty now. The Ravens nonetheless have Nnamdi Madubuike, whose 13.0 sacks and 33 quarterback hits led all NFL defensive tackles.
Benjamin: They have the reigning MVP, a coach who’s reached the mountaintop earlier than, and a protection that ought to stay elite. Does Lamar Jackson have big-game inquiries to reply nonetheless? Certain. However except you are betting on the Chiefs, is there a “safer” choose when it comes to perennial AFC contenders? Baltimore has been within the combine among the many elite for years.
Detroit Lions +1000
Dajani: I used to be a Lions doubter final yr due to their defensive deficiencies. Nonetheless, they made it additional than I assumed they might. Now, Detroit has upgraded on that facet of the ball with gamers like D.J. Reader, Marcus Davenport, Carlton Davis and Terrion Arnold. The Lions additionally rewarded their in-house expertise with contract extensions this offseason, as gamers like Jared Goff, Amon-Ra St. Brown and Penei Sewell received paid. The vibes are good within the Motor Metropolis.
Houston Texans +1300
Kernish: If you happen to really feel like going a special course than the Chiefs (there’s been zero three-peats for a motive), taking the Texans at +1300 seems like a sensible choice. Sure, they’d need to one way or the other get previous the defending champs, but when they do, they’ve greater than sufficient on offense and protection, together with reigning Offensive Rookie of the Yr C.J. Stroud, to win all of it. Bear in mind, Joe Burrow led his crew to the Tremendous Bowl in simply his second season, too.
Cincinnati Bengals +1300
Breech: The 2024 season will mark the widest the Bengals’ Tremendous Bowl window has ever been open, and now, they only want to leap via it. If Joe Burrow can keep wholesome, he’ll be taking part in behind the perfect offensive line he is ever had and throwing to the most effective receiving duos within the NFL (Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins). Additionally, let’s not neglect, there’s just one crew that is been in a position persistently beat Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs, and that crew is the Bengals (Burrow is 3-1 towards Mahomes).
McCarriston: Joe Burrow is again and in flip I imagine the Bengals might be too. Not simply again within the playoff race, however again on the large stage at Tremendous Bowl LIX. There are 4 groups with higher odds to win all of it, however the Bengals appear to be they’ll win all of it this yr. They’ve two huge threats within the Ravens and Chiefs, however Baltimore hasn’t proved themselves sufficient within the postseason, and Cincinnati has already overwhelmed Okay.C. when it counts. If anybody is taking down the defending champs, I imagine it could possibly be the Bengals.
Philadelphia Eagles +1300
Benjamin: Not an enormous underdog within the grand scheme of the percentages, however nonetheless, if all their expertise really interprets underneath a refined teaching employees, it is gonna be laborious to maintain them down within the NFC. May they only as simply implode? Yep. May they return to type and knock off favorites just like the Lions and 49ers this time round? Their lineup suggests they’ll.
Buffalo Payments +1700
Dubin: There’s actually simply no motive for Buffalo to be behind eight groups. The truth that there are 5 groups within the AFC alone forward of them appears loopy to me.
Edwards: The three groups that I might wish to purchase (Eagles, Texans and Bengals) are all at +1300, so let’s look down the board for a deeper sleeper. The Payments misplaced loads this offseason, however you probably have a quarterback like Josh Allen, then you’ll all the time have an opportunity.
Inexperienced Bay Packers +1700
Sullivan: If Jordan Love is the participant he was to finish final season, he is greater than able to taking a crew on a Tremendous Bowl run. Final season, the Packers have been one of many prime offenses on third down and I anticipate they’re going to be even higher with the arrival of Josh Jacobs out of the backfield and this younger group of receivers bolstered with extra expertise. The hiring of defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley and the addition of Xavier McKinney to the secondary also needs to make this Inexperienced Bay protection a harder out as nicely.
Podell: The NFL’s youngest crew to win a playoff sport because the 1970 NFL/AFL merger (common age of 25 years and 214 days) is able to take a Lombardi leap. Quarterback Jordan Love’s Packers offense broke the NFL’s single-season data for many catches (302), receiving yards (3,642) and receiving touchdowns (31) by first- or second-year gamers in 2023. All of those items — Christian Watson, Romeo Doubs, Jayden Reed and Dontayvion Wicks — return in 2024, and are bolstered by the arrival of 26-year-old, 2022 NFL speeding champion Josh Jacobs. Defensively, Inexperienced Bay has a brand new, way more aggressive defensive coordinator in Jeff Hafley after seasons losing the Packers’ early-round expertise by dropping again into extra passive zone coverages underneath Joe Barry. Basic supervisor Brian Gutekunst additionally signed the NFL’s greatest security in protection, Xavier McKinney (91.2 Professional Soccer Focus protection grade, greatest amongst safeties). Inexperienced Bay is primed to make a run to the Tremendous Bowl.
Prisco: They’ll win the Tremendous Bowl? Why? Jordan Love, a quick group of receivers and an improved protection. Aaron who?
DeArdo: Good betting odds for a crew that ended final season on a tear, stunning the Cowboys within the NFC title sport and taking the eventual NFC champion 49ers to the wire every week later.
New York Jets +1700
Sullivan: The expertise offers this crew a Lombardi Trophy ceiling. Defensively, they’ve a group of expertise that would make them the highest unit within the league. In the meantime, the offensive talent positions are headlined by wideout Garrett Wilson and operating again Breece Hall, who’re each on the point of superstardom. Aaron Rodgers is the X issue and if he can keep wholesome and rebound from his torn Achilles final season, he is a large improve at quarterback from a crew that was nonetheless in a position to win seven video games a yr in the past.
Magaraci: We’re speaking concerning the Jets in fact, so that is actually a loooooooong shot. Aaron Rodgers has one thing to show and this Jets crew has a great deal of expertise on each side of the ball, so why not?
Los Angeles Rams +2500
Breech: The Rams have been one of many greatest surprises of the 2023 season and so they could possibly be a fair larger shock this yr. Nobody is absolutely giving them a shot to win the NFC West, not to mention the Tremendous Bowl. The Rams have a lot offensive firepower that it is virtually unfair with Matthew Stafford, Cooper Kupp, Puka Nacua and Kyren Williams. These 4 solely performed eight video games collectively final season and the Rams went 6-2, so if they’ll all keep wholesome, the sky is the restrict for L.A. in 2024.
Miami Dolphins +2500
McCarriston: If the Dolphins can be taught to win within the chilly climate, there isn’t a restrict to the place they may go. The playoffs have been their Achilles heel, however they’ve the expertise to shock individuals this season. Individuals might be centered on the flashier groups within the AFC, just like the Ravens, Chiefs and Bengals and the ‘Fins have the power to be in that dialog.
Cleveland Browns +4000
Dajani: The Falcons, Chargers and Bears have higher “probabilities” to win the Tremendous Bowl this yr than the Browns. What world are we dwelling in? Cleveland had an unimaginable protection final yr that carried the Browns to the playoffs, whereas a 38-year-old backup quarterback discovered success in NFL Coach of the Yr Kevin Stefanski’s offense. Deshaun Watson has been disappointing, however what if he turns it round and stays wholesome? If we’re speaking about worth, it is right here with the Browns.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers +9000
Prisco: This might sound loopy, however they’re the perfect crew of their division — regardless of what the percentages say. The schedule is hard, however they’ve an ideal mixture of younger and previous. Baker Mayfield will play nicely.
DeArdo: Of the groups with decrease Tremendous Bowl odds, the Buccaneers have the perfect odds of going all the way in which. Bear in mind, Tampa upset the Eagles within the playoffs final yr and misplaced a really winnable sport every week later in Detroit. It helps that Tampa performs within the very-winnable NFC South, which provides them a superb probability at making the playoffs and internet hosting a playoff sport.
