Updated Super Bowl Odds after NFL Week 8

The NFL is definitely a paragon of parity. The New York Jets have beaten the Tennessee Titans, who have beaten both the Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs. After losing starting quarterback Zach Wilson, the Jets got their second win of the year over… the Cincinnati Bengals, who were 5-2 before that setback. The Jets pulled off this upset with backup quarterback Mike White running the offense. Trevor Siemianhttps://xbetag.jetu.cr/uncategorized/updated-super-bowl-odds-week-8/ guided the New Orleans offense in a home win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Cooper Rush took the Dallas Cowboys to Minnesota and, playing in relief of Dak Prescott, pulled out a win over the Vikings with a last-second touchdown pass to Amari Cooper. How did all of this affect each team’s odds to win the Super Bowl?

Check out the latest NFL odds, along with insights on contending clubs.

NFL News: Updated Super Bowl Odds after Week 8

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The Green Bay Packers do a lot of things well — but they are struggling to score touchdowns in the red zone. In 2020, they had touchdowns on 80 percent of their possessions that penetrated their opponents’ 20, and that led the league. In 2021, they are tied for 20th, scoring on 57.6 percent of those possessions. On defense, they permitted touchdowns on 57.7 percent of red zone possessions, eighth in the league, in 2020. This year, they permit them 78.3 percent of the time, good for 30th, including a streak of 15 consecutive opponent touchdowns on possessions in the red zone. They got a key stop in the last seconds of their crazy win over Arizona, though, as Rasul Douglas had that baffling interception of Kyler Murray, who looked poised to lead the Cardinals to an 8-0 record.

Speaking of the Arizona Cardinals, when their running defense isn’t working, they suddenly become beatable. They permit 4.88 yard per carry, 31st overall, and 120.1 rushing yards per game, 20th overall. In five of their last eight games, the Cardinals have permitted over 100 yards on the ground. The longer a team can keep running the ball against Arizona, the less time Kyler Murray has to put up points.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers turned the ball over too many times in their loss to New Orleans on Sunday, but it also didn’t help that they committed 11 penalties for 99 yards. For the season, the Bucs have 59 penalties, second only to Philadelphia (60). The Bucs do lead the NFL in penalty yards (580); many of their penalties are defensive pass interference, spot fouls that can make those yards add up.

The Dallas Cowboys have seen significant improvement out of their defense. However, they still give up a lot of big plays; in their first seven games, they have permitted 31 plays of 20 more more yards. That’s the same number as what we saw in 2020, when the defense was performing at a historically abysmal rate. However, the takeaways are way up this year — a stat that deserted Dallas in their win in Minnesota, where the Cowboys permitted four more plays of at least 20 yards. In the postseason, this will lead to another early exit if the defense cannot make adjustments.

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