Betting: Will Eagles win it all next season?
Minty Bets, Pamela Maldonado and Mark Drumheller pick a favorite and a long shot to win it all next season.
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MINTY BETS: The Chiefs narrowly defeated the Eagles in this year's Super Bowl, and we are itching for more. I'm Minty Bets, joined by Mark Drumheller, Pam Maldonado, and we're here to give you our very early look ahead picks for next year's Super Bowl winner. We're going to give you one of our favorites and a long shot pick. So I'm going to start with Mark first, because he's hurting today, OK? Mark, who do you like to win the Super Bowl, and who's your long shot pick for next year?
MARK DRUMHELLER: Yeah, Minty, it might be a little bit too soon to me, but I'm going back to the well with the Eagles at plus 900. I think there's great value when you look at the team. Jalen Hurts, the progression that he made in the off season, getting another off season and the offense to consistency.
He gets Brown back, he gets DeVonta Smith back, and they have a top 10 pick in the draft. So Howie Roseman has done a great job with the cap. So I think he's going to work his magic again in the offseason season. The Eagles will be right back in it. And then my long shot, I'm going to stay with the theme of green. I'm going to go with the New York Jets at plus 2,500. This is a team that has a lot of good young talent on both sides of the ball.
They're just missing the quarterback, and they're going to have a ton of veteran options. Could be Aaron Rodgers, could be a lot of guys in the mix to play quarterback for that team. And I think they're going to pick somebody up, and they're a team now that has the defense. They have Garrett Wilson, they have Elijah Moore, they have a lot of players on offense. If they can get the right quarterback, I think they can surprise some people.
MINTY BETS: All right, Pam, who is your favorite to win next year's big game, and who's your long shot pick?
PAM MALDONADO: Go cheese. No, but I am not going back to the well with the Kansas City Chiefs and Mahomes, even though he is a legend. I am going to go with Joe Burrow, because he is it for the Bengals. This is now a Joe Burrow fan account, in case you didn't know. But he has had, since drafting him in 2022, two consecutive AFC championships.
The Bengals have explosive playmakers. You're talking about Ja'Marr Chase, Tee Higgins, Tyler Boyd, and the key-- this is a huge, huge it factor, if Cincinnati, they absolutely must keep defensive coordinator in Lou Anarumo. We're talking about Big Lou. He's one of the best to do it in the business. If they can keep him, then this defense is always going to be tough to crack.
If in the draft or trade, some of good offensive linemen, then Joe Burrow is going to have some better protection. And you can go all the way with Burrow every given year. Now, my long shot is a little bit further down the board, because I do like Mark's pick for the Jets. So instead, I'm looking at the Panthers at 50 to 1.
This is going to be the most unpredictable division in the NFL. Tom Brady is out. No team in the NFC South has a quarterback. Former Colt head coach Frank Reich, he is back in the mix. Carolina has the ninth overall draft pick, they have seven picks in the NFL draft. Because of the complete chaos factor, there's got to be at least value for the Panthers to win the division. So I'm going with the Bengals to win the Super Bowl as my favorite, but then way down the board, Panthers at 50 to 1.
MINTY BETS: I don't hate that Bengals pick because I love the Bengals, and I feel like I'm on them or the Bills every year. So I'm going to look to the NFC as a Super Bowl winner. I'm going to copy Mark and go with the Philadelphia Eagles at 9 to 1. Now, I cannot find a more complete team than Philly.
They are top tier on both sides of the ball, and they've got a young mobile quarterback in Jalen Hurts, who has made leaps and bounds this offseason and improved his passing game immensely. I mean, this team was really consistent all year with Hurts under center. So I really like Philly to bring it back and win next year.
My long shot pick is going to be the Jacksonville Jaguars at 25 to 1. Now, this offense was on fire. Trevor Lawrence really broke out this season, and he's had reliable pass catchers and great experienced coaching as well. If this team can just work on their defense, especially that passing defense, then they're a really great sleeper team in a really meh division AFC South.
To recap next year's Super Bowl picks, our favorites are the Eagles and Bengals, and our long shots are the Jets, Panthers, and Jaguars. Bet $10 and win $100 when you wager on any event. Sign up at betmgm.com/yahoospecial. New customers only, must be 21 or older.