Bills and Chiefs the Early Super Bowl Favorites for Next Year

The Los Angeles Rams hadn't even walked off their home field at SoFi Stadium with the Lombardi Trophy Sunday night when the hype for next season began.

According to TheLines, which tracks odds in the U.S. regulated sports betting market, a consensus of the nation’s largest legal online sportsbooks makes the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs the early co-favorites to win it all next year, at +725 apiece.

Of course, since both play in the AFC, only one can even make the Super Bowl. But that's how widely respected both teams remain despite each falling short of the sport's biggest game this season.

Both teams have surpassed Tampa Bay since the odds for next year's Super Bowl were first posted last month. That was before Bucs quarterback Tom Brady decided to retire, which dropped his team from +1,000 to +2,600.

"Football is the ultimate team sport but quarterbacks are kings," TheLines lead analyst Brett Collison said, "and we’ve seen how that position can change the fortunes of a franchise. Kansas City and Buffalo are the favorites, in large part, because they have two of the best quarterbacks [Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen] in the league. With two notable retirements and some high-profile quarterbacks potentially moving to new teams, the lines should shift significantly in the offseason."

Because the Bills also are scheduled to visit the Rams in 2022, that matchup is a strong candidate for the NFL's annual Kickoff game, a tradition in which the defending Super Bowl champion plays the league's first game of the season at home on a Thursday night.

Here's how Super Bowl LVII odds for next season stand as of Tuesday morning:

Kansas City Chiefs +725
Buffalo Bills +725
Los Angeles Rams +800
San Francisco 49ers +1100
Green Bay Packers +1400
Cincinnati Bengals +1400
Dallas Cowboys +1450
Baltimore Ravens +2100
Tennessee Titans +2100
Denver Broncos +2250
New England Patriots +2500
Tampa Bay Buccaneers +2600
Los Angeles Chargers +2150
Arizona Cardinals +2250
Indianapolis Colts +2500
Minnesota Vikings +3150
Cleveland Browns +3500
Seattle Seahawks +3500
Philadelphia Eagles +3500
Las Vegas Raiders +3500
New Orleans Saints +3750
Miami Dolphins +4500
Pittsburgh Steelers +5500
Washington Commanders +5500
Atlanta Falcons +5500
Carolina Panthers +5500
Chicago Bears +7750
NY Giants +9000
Jacksonville Jaguars +10000
Detroit Lions +12500
New York Jets +15000
Houston Texans +20000

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