The Buffalo Bills fought back in Tampa Bay to force the game to overtime, but then they gave up a 58-yard touchdown pass to fall to 7-6. In games decided by one score, the team is 0-5 on the season. That suggests some bad luck, but it also suggests some dreadful execution at key points along the way. The Dallas Cowboys ran out to an 18-0 lead in Washington on Sunday, but only 11 of those points came from the offense – and the team only scored nine more the rest of the way, as the Dallas offense really has questions to answer if we are going to consider them a contender to do anything but win a bad division, maybe win a home playoff game in the wild-card round and then fold in the divisional round…yet again.
Let’s look at the latest NBA betting odds for teams still on the board to win the Super Bowl.
NFL News: Updated Super Bowl Odds after Week 14
Team Odds
Tampa Bay Buccaneers +425
Kansas City Chiefs +550
New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers +700
Arizona Cardinals +900
L.A. Rams +1000
Dallas Cowboys +1200
Buffalo Bills +1600
Tennessee Titans +2000
L.A. Chargers +2500
Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco 49ers +3000
Indianapolis Colts +3500
Cleveland Browns +4000
Cincinnati Bengals +5000
Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings +10000
Denver Broncos, Washington Football Team, New Orleans Saints +15000
Las Vegas Raiders, Seattle Seahawks, Miami Dolphins +25000
Pittsburgh Steelers +30000
Atlanta Falcons +50000
N.Y. Giants, Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears +100000
Tampa Bay leads the league in points (31.54 per game) and yards (410.15). On the other side of the ball, the defense is finding its way back to health at just the right time. They are still 19th in the league in points permitted (22.85), and that included a game against Buffalo that should never have made it to overtime at all. However, in 2020, they were permitting 22.6 points per game through Week 14, and they won the Super Bowl. So this is a team that is the favorite for a reason.
Arizona still has a high-octane offense, but they could not stop the Rams pass rush on Monday night. Tampa Bay and Dallas are other NFC leaders who have monster pass rushes, and Kyler Murray has the feet to escape that situation, but having to run around for his life when he drops back to pass leads to fatigue – and to poor decisions.
Green Bay is terrific on offense, decent on defense and dreadful on special teams. Chicago returned a punt 97 yards for a touchdown on Sunday and also recovered an onside kick near the end of regulation. However, the Pack put up 45 points and had a pick-six of their own in a 15-point win. It would be a shame to see an amazing season go down to a missed chip shot of a field goal, or a touchdown on a kickoff return at just the wrong time.
Kansas City broke 40 in both of their games against the Raiders this season, but they haven’t really uncorked their offense against any of their other opponents this season. The defense has led the effort for the most part, though, but with Patrick Mahomes looking more and more confident with each passing week, the Chiefs look poised for another long playoff run.
Dallas has seen a defensive revival this year, as a host of youngsters have emerged to make the unit one of the NFL’s most explosive. The problem is that while the defense has gotten plenty of turnovers, when the defense can’t pry the ball away, the Cowboys have a hard time getting stops. Opponents can victimize the Dallas secondary with big plays, and they can also outlast Dallas in the running game. An offense that scores in bunches can cover those flaws, but that scoring needs to rebound to where it was in the first five weeks of the season for Dallas to be a real contender.
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