2013 Super Bowl Odds: What are the Browns' Chances?
by Chris Pokorny on Feb 6, 2012 6:00 PM EST
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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.
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Pittsburgh Steelers (12/1) - worse than last year
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Baltimore Ravens (14/1) - same as last year
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Cincinnati Bengals (40/1) - better than last year
- Cleveland Browns (100/1) - worse than last year
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.
by kamasutraman_007 on Feb 6, 2012 6:59 PM EST reply actions
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.
"When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." -Paul Brown
by macdowellm03 on Feb 6, 2012 7:20 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
H&H are building a team from the ground up
Definitely from the ground. Like…‘grand canyon’ ground.
by jonnyphoenix on Feb 6, 2012 11:11 PM EST up reply actions
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.
by The Licensed Pessimist on Feb 7, 2012 3:40 PM EST up reply actions
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.
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway
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.
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young and are contributing or can contribute in the future.
Yet when anyone says this about a Browns player, you call them busts.
by Bernie19Kosar on Feb 8, 2012 9:47 AM EST up reply actions
Yes, because losing, is still technically competing.
"When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." -Paul Brown
Yes, because losing, is still technically
competing.battling.
Fixed.
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by Doc's Kid on Feb 6, 2012 8:05 PM EST up reply actions 7 recs
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.
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!?
by Bernie19Kosar on Feb 6, 2012 8:55 PM EST up reply actions
We should hook them up with that Snyder fellow to give them some pointers.
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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…
All joking aside, he works for the Eagles now.
by Bernie19Kosar on Feb 7, 2012 12:04 PM EST up reply actions
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.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on Feb 6, 2012 9:53 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Because he’s from Massachusetts and Kraft is a big R guy so maybe some people thought he’d be in his box.
Once you start comparing a QB to Drew Brees, you've lost the argument.
by TheDriveStillHurts on Feb 6, 2012 9:07 PM EST up reply actions
massachusets?
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About the special props, did they show Peyton Manning even once?
"When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." -Paul Brown
I didn’t see him at all. Thought that would be easy money.
by Bernie19Kosar on Feb 6, 2012 8:55 PM EST up reply actions
I thought all the TV ones were pretty easy money. Kraft would’ve been the hardest, but I am not at all surprised.
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
by Bernie19Kosar on Feb 6, 2012 10:21 PM EST up reply actions
Big Ben isn’t getting any younger, but he still has a ton of time left.
Our Defense and his ankle have something to say about this.
"When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." -Paul Brown
by macdowellm03 on Feb 6, 2012 10:27 PM EST up reply actions
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.
Steel Nick
by nickjs21 on Feb 6, 2012 11:40 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
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.
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They also haven’t had to replace their future HoF guys yet. Replacing Kimo Van Olhoffen is easier than replacing Polamalu or Ray Lewis.
"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein
very true.
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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
and a cool thousand on “first score of the game is a safety”… wonder what the odds are that it happens AGAIN!
by Mr. Bad Example on Feb 7, 2012 1:52 AM EST up reply actions
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.
So your saying theres a chance??
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