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The Denver Broncos have been AFC favorites and Super Bowl favorites since Peyton Manning arrived in Denver after being let go from the Indianapolis Colts. Since then, in 2012, the Broncos have lost in the AFC divisional game against the Baltimore Ravens, and last February 2014, they lost to the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl XLVIII 43-8, a humiliating loss. Will Peyton Manning win his second Super Bowl ring this year, or will he have to wait one more year?
I think the Broncos could win the AFC but I think the Niners or Seahawks will win it all this year. NFC is loaded. AFC will be between the Pats and Broncos for the AFC Title.
I think the Broncos have as good a chance as any team of winning it this year, but I'd certainly not bet even money on it with 19 games to go. Ditto for next year.
On edit: I just looked up the odds for winning the 2015 Superbowl. Denver is favored at 6/1, Seattle at 13/2, New England at 7/1 and San Francisco is 15/2. Next in line are the Packers (10/1), Saints (12/1), then it drops to 20/1 and down for the rest of the pack. For a chance at a big payday, the Jags would earn you 250/1.
Location: Born & Raised DC > Carolinas > Seattle > Denver
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Broncos defense was the problem last year, and they got A LOT better this off-season. This is probably the best Broncos team to ever take the field. This is Peyton's last shot, IMO. Some big name Broncos are coming up on contract years, and Denver can't pay them all.
I say that because there are only two poll options: yes and no. And given 32 NFL teams and the level of parity in the league, prior to the season no single team ever has anywhere close to even odds to win it all.
Consider the math:
Even if you presume that the chances of Denver:
1) Getting a first-round bye are 5 out of 6, and then
2) Winning their Divisional Round playoff game are 5 out of 6, and then
3) Winning the AFC Championship are 5 out of 6, and then
4) Winning the Super Bowl are 5 out of 6...
Then the odds of Denver winning the Super Bowl are 48%. Or, less than half. And even that number is reached only by assuming unreasonably good odds for each of four different occurences.
In a nutshell, the current odds for any given NFL team (and, as such, any given NFL player) winning this year's Super Bowl are considerably less than 50%.
He will not win another one this year, or any other year. Like my Atlanta Braves, he chokes in big games. Also, in todays NFL, QBs have to be able to "extend" plays, and he doesn't. I'm already dreading another year of the media shoving Manning and the Broncos down my throat. I did enjoy Seattle crushing them last year. The Seahawks are what football SHOULD be about- toughness- not "flash".
Location: Huntersville/Charlotte, NC and Washington, DC
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Peyton will not get a second ring. He just falls apart when the big game happens in postseason. I think for the ring he has, if anyone else besides Rex Grossman QBs that team the Bears win it. Manning, nice guy, I don't see him getting another ring.
He will not win another one this year, or any other year. Like my Atlanta Braves, he chokes in big games. Also, in todays NFL, QBs have to be able to "extend" plays, and he doesn't. I'm already dreading another year of the media shoving Manning and the Broncos down my throat. I did enjoy Seattle crushing them last year. The Seahawks are what football SHOULD be about- toughness- not "flash".
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