Imagine if the Houston Texans won Super Bowl LVII.
The world champion scenario is one that Houston sports fans think about at some point during every offseason. However, much of the Texans’ chances to win the Super Bowl have to do with the composition of the team. Currently, the Texans are coming off a 4-13 season, their second straight four-win campaign, and are on the precipice of completing the rebuild under general manager Nick Caserio.
The Texans are also on their third coach in as many seasons in Lovie Smith, who is getting his third chance to coach an NFL team. Houston is also devoid of superstar talent, the likes of which they had heading into the 2019 season when J.J. Watt, DeAndre Hopkins, and Deshaun Watson featured prominently.
According to the Sportsbook Wire via Tipico odds, it would be a miracle for the Texans to win the Super Bowl at the end of the 2022 season. Houston currently has +10,000 odds to come out victorious in the Big Game in Glendale, Ariz., next February.
Houston was 8-9 against the spread in 2021, and their over/under was also 8-9.
The Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, and New York Jets equally have +10,000 odds to win next year’s Super Bowl. Of those teams, the Jaguars and Jets have something the Lions and Texans don’t: first-round quarterbacks. Perhaps, with a little luck, they could have Joe Burrow-esque seasons in 2022.
Across the AFC South, the Indianapolis Colts are +2000, as are the Tennessee Titans. The Titans failed to win their divisional playoff game against the Cincinnati Bengals, despite sacking Burrow nine times. Tennessee became the first AFC team since the 2019 Baltimore Ravens to squander home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.
The Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs have the best odds to win the Super Bowl at +650 each. The Los Angeles Rams, who just won the Super Bowl, have the third-best odds at +1000.