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The Denver Broncos are the current favorites to win Super Bowl XLIX at 13/2 odds, but history shows that the odds are not in their favor.

Since the 2006-2007 season, only one NFL preseason favorite has won the Super Bowl.

Below the Super Bowl favorites and the Super Bowl winners are listed for each year since 2007.

2007 Favorite: Indianapolis Colts

2007 Winner: Indianapolis Colts

2008 Favorite: New England Patriots

2008 Winner: New York Giants

2009 Favorite: New England Patriots

2009 Winner: Pittsburgh Steelers

2010 Favorite: New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts

2010 Winner: New Orleans Saints

2011 Favorite: Indianapolis Colts

2011 Winner: Green Bay Packers

2012 Favorite: New England Patriots

2012 Winner: New York Giants

2013 Favorite: New England Patriots

2013 Winner: Baltimore Ravens

2014 Favorite: Denver Broncos

2014 Winner: Seattle Seahawks

2015 Favorite: Denver Broncos

2015 Winner: ?

Ironically, the last team that was the favorite to win in the preseason that actually won was also led by Peyton Manning, and after last season, there is no reason to doubt that he could break this trend.

Though Manning is a great player, I believe that this trend will continue, and that we will see yet another preseason favorite fail to win Super Bowl XLIX.

Now that the Denver Broncos are out of the picture, who will win the Super Bowl?

Below are the preseason odds for the Super Bowl winning teams listed above.

Colts: 5/1

Giants: 20/1

Steelers: 20/1

Saints: 20/1

Packers: 16/1

Giants: 20/1

Ravens: 14/1

Seahawks: 17/2

Now to make my predictions, I averaged the preseason odds for the teams listed above, and I calculated the average odds to be 16.68.

I conclude based upon this average, that the Indianapolis Colts, who are currently 18/1 favorites, will win Super Bowl XLIX.

Peyton Manning led the last preseason favorite Super Bowl winning team, his team is the current preseason favorite and his former team will win Super Bowl XLIX.

This article is just filled with irony.

If you disagree with this logic, please comment or send me a tweet.

Down and Distance Contributor AJ Rupp @ajrupp