Super Bowl 52 Predictions: Best bets and picks

Anyone can pick a winner, but you want to bet money and win a lot of it. A loo at your best bets for Super Bowl 52 following the 2017 NFL season.

With less than a month remaining before the opening game of the NFL season, we have a pretty good idea of how each team is going to be constituted. Other than injuries, few major moves will change the landscape of the league from this point to Week 1.

NFL Best Wagers: AFC Champion Best Bets and Top Picks

That means it’s time to declare our best bets for the 2017 season. We will pick the best value pick in each conference and then the Super Bowl. All odds come courtesy of Vegas Insider. We already hit the NFC and AFC individually. Now it’s time for championship selections and our Super Bowl Predictions in 2017.

Two brothers from New York, Dan Salem and Todd Salem, make their Super Bowl Predictions 2017 in today’s NFL Sports Debate.

Todd Salem:

The New England Patriots hold the lowest Super Bowl odds in the sport at 11/4. That figure is nearly three times as low as the second favorite, the Dallas Cowboys at 8/1. New England was thought of as the overwhelming favorite in the AFC, and that has carried over to Super Bowl odds as well. According to this, the Patriots would win more often than once out of every three times if the season were played over and over. That seems insane.

The Cleveland Browns actually do not have the highest odds. They aren’t even the second worst team according to Vegas! San Francisco comes in 31st, with the tanking New York Jets 32nd. The Jets are 500/1 long shots to win a championship in a season in which they are actively trying to do the opposite. Those odds are too low. In between the Pats and the Jets are everyone else. This is where you can find the best bets.

The longest odds that catch my eye as even feasible are the Washington Redskins at 66/1. With that offense, why can’t they be this year’s Oakland Raiders? I know Oakland didn’t come close to winning the 2016 title, but it was set up to do so. Rather than a few bad breaks, Washington may get a few good ones this year. I like those odds, backing what could be an elite offensive unit.

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The Arizona Cardinals at 40/1 (who I targeted in our NFC article) are more balanced than Washington, but could also have an elite offense. A team with what plausibly could be the best unit in the conference in some department is worth a wager at these odds. In the more realistic tier of selections, I like someone you mentioned in the NFC preview. The New York Giants are a solid selection at 14/1. I like their chances even better if they face the Pats in the title game! We know the New York defense can be elite. It also just so happens that its best player is on offense. That is a lethal combination if Eli Manning cuts down on turnovers.

Really, the entire AFC feels like a stay away for our best bets in our Super Bowl predictions. New England’s odds are far too low to be worth a bet, yet the conference is incredibly top heavy. The NFC is where intriguing value is to be had.

Dan Salem:

I don’t care how heavily favored the New England Patriots are, or how good their team actually is in 2017. Teams rarely repeat as Super Bowl champions, so I can’t consider them a good bet. The odds stink too, so avoid New England and aim at a much higher payout.

Both Arizona and the Baltimore Ravens are great bets at 40/1 odds. They might not be the best teams in their own divisions, but the Cardinals and Ravens have favorable schedules. I like their chances of going on a run in the playoffs and dominating with offense and defense respectively.

In the realm of teams with very high odds, its hard to give much validity to an actual bet. Taking the Redskins with 66/1 odds is not nearly as exciting as taking the New York Jets with 500/1 odds. The AFC is weak outside of the top three or four teams. Why not the Jets? The NFC is extremely solid this season, making Washington’s gauntlet to Super Bowl glory that much harder.

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I’m sorry, but whoever made these odds is a little bit crazy. The Jets are not significantly worse than Cleveland, San Francisco or Chicago. Quite the opposite really. How come there is so much love for the Houston Texans? Their 18/1 odds are a bit off for a team without a proven starting quarterback. There you have it, your best bets Super Bowl Predictions 2017.