ESPN.com’s Bill Barnwell looked back at more than a decade of “trendy” Super Bowl picks to see if those teams live up to the lofty expectations.
GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers are trendy picks to win this year’s Super Bowl. Thanks to the soaring late-season play of Jordan Love, there’s a legitimate reason for the hype, but how often does that hype become reality?First, what is a trendy team?
3. It reached the playoffs and made some noise. The Packers obviously did that by demolishing the Dallas Cowboys and pushing the San Francisco 49ers to the brink. Houston was an easy choice. After seasons of 4-12 in 2020, 4-13 in 2021 and 3-13-1 in 2022, rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud and first-year coach DeMeco Ryans led the Texans to a 10-7 record and a blowout victory over the Browns in the playoffs.
Other times, those teams face-planted. One team that failed to live up to the hype was last year’s Jacksonville Jaguars. In 2022, they made noise in the playoffs behind young quarterback Trevor Lawrence. However, after an 8-3 start, the Jags went 1-5 down the stretch to miss the playoffs.Detroit won 12 games with a scoring differential akin to a 10-win team.
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