Archive for February 8th, 2010

Colts the Early Favorite to Win Super Bowl XLV

Despite a loss in Super Bowl XLIV, the Colts have the inside track on winning Super Bowl XLV according to bodog.com. Below are all the odds on all the teams making the Super Bowl in Dallas in 2011: Indianapolis Colts 13/2 San Diego Chargers 8/1 New England Patriots 10/1 New Orleans Saints 10/1 Pittsburgh Steelers 11/1 Dallas Cowboys 12/1 Green Bay Packers 12/1 Minnesota Vikings 12/1 Philadelphia Eagles 16/1 Baltimore Ravens 20/1 New York Giants 20/1 New York Jets 25/1 Tennessee Titans 25/1 Atlanta Falcons 30/1 Cincinnati Bengals 30/1 Arizona Cardinals 35/1 Chicago Bears 35/1 Houston Texans 35/1 Carolina Panthers 40/1 Miami Dolphins 45/1 San Francisco 49ers 45/1 Seattle Seahawks 45/1 Denver Broncos 50/1 Jacksonville Jaguars 50/1 Washington Redskins 50/1 Buffalo Bills 100/1 Cleveland Browns 100/1 Detroit Lions 100/1 Kansas City Chiefs 100/1 Oakland Raiders 100/1 St. Louis Rams 100/1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 100/1

Position profile: Defensive backs

With the draft more than 10 weeks away, I'd consider it a possibility the 49ers could select a top cornerback, if one remains, in the middle of the first round. Or they could take a cornerback with return skills in the second or third round. It's unlikely the 49ers would select a safety in the first round.

Time to hit the reset button: The San Francisco 49ers going forward

Now that we have a new Super Bowl champion, it's only fitting that we shoe-horn the 49ers into the middle of this story.  The 49ers and Saints are drastically different teams so generally speaking it's hard to find similarities between them.  Nonetheless, the completion of the Super Bowl means we get to hit the reset button on the 49ers 8-8 season. With everybody back to 0-0, and with free agency and the draft just around the corner, I thought it'd be fun to open up…