Will the Lions Be the Favorites to Win the NFC in 2026?

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00:00NFC Championship odds the RS entering 2024 the team that came up short in

00:05overtime who had made the NFC Championship game four of the previous

00:10five seasons the San Francisco 49ers were a short favorite you see it there

00:14nearly half the price of everybody else in the conference the Lions had a five

00:19to one number the Eagles at six to one the Packers and the Cowboys at nine to

00:24one and I will continue to say as I do each and every preseason I wouldn't take

00:29Donnie's money or my worst enemies money and put it on the Dallas Cowboys

00:34to win in NFC Championship before a season starts ever but that's not the

00:39focus on Dallas it's on Detroit who entered the postseason the short

00:44favorites to win an NFC Championship who as the number one seed entered the

00:48division around in even money favorite plus 100 to win the NFC title in play

00:54for the first time ever in a Super Bowl so buy or sell on the Lions outlook

01:00moving forward Detroit will open next season as the NFC favorites caveat do

01:07the Eagles win this week if they do and go to the Super Bowl I think the Eagles

01:11will be the favorites in the NFC next year so sort of sell that notion but

01:15also understand this we're not just looking at teams of like how good they

01:19are entering in changes will be made in the offseason coaches will be leaving

01:23like you're already seeing in Detroit and possibly an offensive coordinator

01:25in Philadelphia but also understand this you look at the NFC North and you say

01:30okay top-level team Detroit very good football team Packers very good football

01:34team as you anticipate Minnesota whether or not their quarterback is going to be

01:37Donald or JJ McCarthy but also the Chicago Bears getting Ben Johnson

01:41that's a team that looks like can be competitive and it's not a rollover we

01:45get two free wins on the schedule look at the Philadelphia Eagles next year now

01:48the Dallas Cowboys if they're healthy back press got formidable opponent we're

01:52not gonna argue that Washington can also they fall back in a sophomore stop

01:55we're not expecting that let's say they have a great young quarterback and a

01:58team that's gonna make even more improvements but you still do have the

02:00New York Giants who next year I don't think they have high expectations that

02:04they're gonna have it you know what they're gonna battle be a really good

02:06football team there's only one way to go is up who's I look at it just the

02:10notion of we see it with Ohio State winning a championship we don't know

02:13who their quarterback is yes they're gonna be national champions it's almost

02:16the sign of the respect that comes in right away and then the offseason

02:20come in and maybe some of those numbers move if the Eagles win this week I

02:23believe they will be favored to win the NFC next year just out of respect and

02:27we'll go from there that's my answer on this so Detroit I'll sell that because I

02:31think the Eagles are winning and I think the Eagles will be favored next year

02:34come let's just say the offseason per se