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00:00New conference odds available around the National Football League on this Friday.
00:05We bring it to you here on The Early Line.
00:08We looked at the AFC title odds. No real surprises.
00:11Same kind of story I think you could say in the NFC.
00:14The reigning Super Bowl champs, who have won two NFC championships in the last three seasons.
00:20The Philadelphia Eagles, a 3-1 price.
00:23The Detroit Lions, second best number at plus 480.
00:27But a $1.80 gap in the AFC.
00:30Three teams, the Chiefs, Bills, and Ravens, all separated by just 20 cents.
00:35And then even a steeper drop-off following Detroit to the 49ers at a plus 650 number.
00:41Commanders, plus 850. Rams, 10-1. Packers, 11-1 as well.
00:46Donnie, frankly, when you look at those prices there, not a ton of surprises.
00:50Again, from our playoff teams a year ago.
00:53The team that is not featured, the Minnesota Vikings.
00:56Now a new era with J.J. McCarthy under center.
00:59And the team that has risen back up the ranks.
01:02As the odds makers have loved the last half decade around the NFC.
01:06That would be the San Francisco 49ers at a plus 650 number.
01:10Yeah, San Francisco's misplaced for me to this.
01:12The Eagles, Lions, fine. 1-2 punch there.
01:14Arguably that you could say the Lions are really talented as well, and they are.
01:18The Eagles just have the pedigree, the quarterback coming back, the offense intact.
01:21They should get the nod, and I do agree with that.
01:23The Commanders on the come-up here, improving their team at a plus 850 price.
01:26Keep in mind, even though they got waxed in the NFC Championship game,
01:29they still made it to the NFC Championship game, which is something the Lions didn't have.
01:33The Rams making those moves. A talented front seven.
01:36Now bringing Devontae Adams, you're bringing Matthew Stafford back, another year with Puka Nukuwa.
01:40That team is on the come-up as well.
01:42And then the Packers at an 11-1 price, who I do think are a very good team all the way.
01:46Let's just see who they try to, you know, go through the draft or make some of those changes.
01:49So for me, I go, not in a particular order, but it would be Eagles-Lions, Commanders-Rams-Packers,
01:55then the 49ers, plus 650 price.
01:58Look, I understand the talent is there, but the argument I was trying to make yesterday
02:01where the evolution of the Niners franchise has always been great play caller,
02:05unbelievable talent on both sides.
02:08I look at the defense now, I go, okay, they're still good.
02:13And I look at the offense and go, is Christian McCaffrey with a big question mark
02:16going to be that back of the future that we thought he was just two years ago?
02:19And if he's not, where does that leave this team?
02:22Deebo Sammy, who was a great product at wide receiver, who has fell off a cliff,
02:26he's not even there anymore.
02:27And Brandon Knight coming off a knee injury, he's supposed to just go back
02:30to be a 1,300-1,400-yard wide receiver on the one side.
02:33I'm just not buying it for the 49ers.
02:35A lot of respect in the market that right now I just don't see.