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Count Me In
by Dennis Ranahan

With seven weeks of National Football League action in the books, how have our opinions on who is headed to Super Bowl LXI shifted?

Eight weeks ago, before the opening game was played, the Los Angeles Rams were favored to win it all with odds of 5-1. Today, six teams have better odds to capture the Vince Lombardi Trophy that will be presented on Valentine’s Day. At the top of the odds now are the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC and the team with the best numbers to represent the AFC is the Buffalo Bills.

The Bills?

Weren’t they the favored in the AFC before the season began?

Yes.

So, they were favored before and favored now so how they have played through the first seven games must be impressive. Right?

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