Jacksonville Jaguars don’t have longest Super Bowl 51 odds (finally)
By Luke Sims
The Jacksonville Jaguars are frequently the longest shot to win the Super Bowl in any given year, but apparently not for Super Bowl 51.
Hot off a 5-11 season, the Jacksonville Jaguars are no longer the longest shot to win the Super Bowl. It’s felt like ages since the Jags weren’t the team with the longest odds or tied for the longest.
This time, there are six other teams tied with the Jaguars and a couple of other teams with worse odds.
50 to 1 odds aren’t particularly bad, especially compared to past Jaguars seasons. It’s the same as the Philadelphia Eagles, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Los Angeles Rams, Miami Dolphins, Oakland Raiders, and (surprisingly) the Tennessee Titans.
Teams with longer odds than the Jacksonville Jaguars are the San Fracisco 49ers (60-1) and Cleveland Browns (200-1). The Browns have some ridiculously long odds and I’m not even certain that people in Cleveland are willing to put money on them.
The best odds belong to the Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh Steelers, and New England Patriots at 8-1.
Michael DiRocco at ESPN suggests that if you’re an optimist and happen to be in Las Vegas that you should put some money down on the Jags.
For now, I suggest you just sit back and enjoy the fact that the Jags aren’t completely discounted by the Vegas oddsmakers for the first time in years. They aren’t written off entirely, and that’s miraculous.
After another losing season, it’s easy to end up in disheartened and discouraged in what the Jacksonville Jaguars are building under head coach Gus Bradley and general manager Dave Caldwell, but there is (slow) growth occurring for this team. The Jags are coming together.
Super Bowl 51 might not be quite in their grasp, but it’s nice to know that the perception from the guys who put money down is at least cautiously optimistic.
Who knows, a bright future may finally be opening.