While the Green Bay Packers are a good team, the Kansas City Chiefs are the team to beat in the NFL right now. The first team in 2 decades to win back-to-back championships, there’s no doubt they’re on top right now.
But who, if anybody, can dethrone them?
The 49ers, the Bills, and the Ravens have all seen their windows all but shut this postseason. The Bengals still have a wide open window given their history with the Chiefs, but Joe Burrows’s health will always be in question. He, along with Justin Herbert and some of the other young QBs, is entering the tough part of his contract.
According to most fans and pundits, the answer will have to be either a veteran like Aaron Rodgers, or a young QB on their rookie deal. Looking at the final 8 teams from last year, that would have to be Brock Purdy (who’s 0-1 now against Mahomes), Jordan Love, and CJ Stroud. The 49er’s loss may have been the final opportunity for the SF squad to win with their current roster. That leaves those other 2 teams, which are on the up and up, the best rights to beat Mahomes.
Which one of those two untested young QBs can challenge Mahome’s spot on the throne?
What Are The Odds The Green Bay Packers Are Going To Win The Super Bowl?
Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers are in an interesting predicament. On the one hand, they have their guy. Jordan Love was towards the top of the league in every major statistical category, and his team made it to the 2nd round of the playoffs. Everything’s good then, right?
Well, it’s not all perfect for the Green Bay crew. Offensively, everything’s on the up and up. They got the QB. Aaron Jones is still a problem, the OL is good, and the WR core is young, talented, and hungry.
Defensively, however, the team is in a state resembling limbo. Matt LaFleur, for as good as his offenses have been, has struggled with getting a consistent DC. Jeff Hafley might be the answer, or he might not be. He’s inexperienced in the NFL, so nothing is a given.
Talent-wise, the defense is all over the place. Older veterans are taking up cap space, there are young and inexperienced guys who aren’t quite there yet. With that being said, the defense should still be good enough to help the team win the NFC North.
Anything and everything can change with a good enough DC and a great off-season, but nothing’s guaranteed, as the cap space is a struggle. Green Bay is entering 2024 with a negative cap space, which isn’t something to be optimistic about as a Packers fan.
With that being said, who’s to say the Packers aren’t a year or 2 away from winning the Super Bowl? No one expected the Buccaneers to win it all heading into the 2020 off-season, but they made the right moves and got hot in the postseason. That’s partly how the 2010 Packers won it all as well.
What Are The Odds The Houston Texans Are Going To Win The Super Bowl?
As it stands right now, the Texans seemingly have better odds to win a Super Bowl next year than the Packers do. If you’re looking at the bigger picture, they might just have the best odds period to knock off the Chiefs.
The Bengals managed to take the Lamar Hunt trophy from the Chiefs in Burrow’s 2nd year, and that was immediately after Burrow’s disastrous rookie campaign. If the Texans get an impactful weapon like how the Bengals got Jamarr Chase, whether it be Justin Jefferson or someone else, it would put the league on notice.
That would be in addition to their already talented receiving core, which was towards the top of the league in PFF’s separation grade.
Defensively, the Texans are in much better shape than the Packers are as well. Demeco Ryans controls that D and made it take a huge step up after years of being bottom-tier. The run defense was top of the league, and CB Derek Stingley Jr had his breakout year despite missing multiple games.
If the Texans, who have over $60 million to work with this off-season, can spend money on both sides of the ball, they’ll undoubtedly have high odds of winning it all in New Orleans next year.
