Just 37 days until the kickoff of the NFL regular season. Many analysts are picking the Patriots, Chargers, Eagles. Chiefs or Colts to win it all. While those are good picks, here are four other teams that have the talent and just as good a shot to bring home the Lombardi Trophy.

Dallas Cowboys

As many of you know I despise the Cowboys with everything in my heart and soul, however, they do have a very good team.

For starters, their franchise quarterback Dak Prescott is coming into a contract year and typically QBs in this situation have fantastic years, including career highs in every major statistical category. Honestly, it wouldn’t surprise me if he’s in the MVP conversation for the majority of the year. Also, this could be the last ride for this Cowboy team with all the mouths they have to feed in the upcoming years in free agency.

For the time being, they have all their horses, most importantly on defense. Last year, America’s Team had the seventh-best defense in the NFL led by the best young linebacker corps with Jaylon Smith and Leighton Vander Esch.

This offseason the Cowboys brought in another key piece on offense in Randall Cobb. If he can stay healthy, he will be a nice safety blanket for Dak in the slot. Speaking of the QB’s security, Jason Witten came out of retirement and will be an upgrade for a Dallas team that ranked 26th in the league in red-zone scoring last year. The Philadelphia Eagles should win the NFC East if Carson Wentz can stay healthy, but the Cowboys will make the playoffs as a wildcard and, if I was any team in the NFC, I would not want to play them. They can beat just about anybody in the NFL when healthy and motivated. Don’t be surprised if many Cowboy haters including myself have to eat crow as they could be hoisting the Lombardi Trophy.

Green Bay Packers

The Packers might have had the best off-season by signing safety Adrian Amos that is coming off a phenomenal season, two linebackers in Preston Smith and Za’Darius Smith, and they helped beefed up their offensive line by bringing in Billy Turner. Green Bay is my favorite sleeper to win the Super Bowl this year. Aaron Rodgers is finally healthy and will be even more motivated now that the critics are starting to call him overrated and claiming he has cancerous tendencies as a player.

Unfortunately, some of the accusations are true. In Rodgers’ last 49 games, he is 24-24-1, not to mention his QBR has dropped. This must change for the Packers to be in contention to win it all. With that being said, another off-season will do wonders for the Packers offense as their young receivers will have more time to build a rapport with Rodgers.

They also brought in a new head coach in Matt LaFleur. Expect the Packers to run the ball more often than recent memory. In 2016, when the Falcons set the world on fire, LaFleur’s offense ran 995 plays, with 469 of them going to a running back.

There will have to be some compromise between LaFleur and Rodgers because the star quarterback likes to improvise a lot and make plays out of the pocket. This off-season, the Packers also had a good draft by taking a good pass rusher in Rashan Gary in the first round with the 12th pick, a versatile safety in Darnell Savage late in the first round, another offensive lineman in Elgton Jenkins in the second round and a solid tight end in Jace Sternberger in round three. With all their acquisitions this summer, if they can mesh well, find chemistry and most importantly stay healthy, they should be the favorite dark horse to bring home another trophy.

San Francisco 49ers

The 49ers have the most potential top pop this year in the NFL. They don’t have many flaws, especially now that Jimmy Garoppolo has come back from a torn ACL. The Los Angeles Rams could take a step back, meaning the division crown is in their grasp, especially after the excellent free agents they brought in.

For starters, the 49ers might have the best trio of running backs in the league with Jerrick McKinnon, Matt Breida and, with the addition of Tevin Coleman, they stacked their defense. On paper, it might be top five in the NFL now that they have added Jason Verrett, one of the best number two corners in the NFL when healthy. Kwon Alexander is a rangy tackling machine with elite speed to cover sideline to sideline. Dee Ford, who they acquired in a trade with Kansas City, is one of the best pass rushers in the NFL. They also drafted Nick Bosa, the best pass rusher in this year’s draft.

As for the 49ers offense, they have the best young tight end in football, a good QB waiting to prove to the rest of the NFL he can play at a high level and a solid group of highlight-reel receivers in Dante Pettis, Marquise Goodwin, and their two draftees in Deebo Samuel and Jalen Hurd. If Pettis can pop and turn into a future star wide-out, I have them as the favorite to win the NFC West and contend to win the Super Bowl.

Houston Texans

My last dark horse team to win it all are the Houston Texans, but only if they can keep Deshaun Watson upright. Last season he was sacked 62 times and hit 133 times. In the off-season, they tried to address the issue by drafting offensive linemen with their first and second-round picks.

Despite all the hits, Watson carried the Texans to the playoffs after winning nine straight games (first time in NFL history). Houston has a high-powered offense led by one of the best receivers in the NFL in DeAndre Hopkins, and two other good play-makers in Will Fuller and Keke Coutee. And they have two solid running backs in Lamar Miller, who average 4.6 yards per carry last season, and D’Onta Foreman, who is coming off an Achilles injury.

As for the Texans defense, this is the heart and soul for this team as they were ranked 12th in the league last year. Although they lost Tyrann Mathieu to free agency, they replaced him with Tashaun Gipson and signed a very solid corner in Bradley Roby. The Texans play in one of the best divisions in football, so it will be key for them to start off the season well in the win column.

All four of these teams have the talent and suitable coaching staff to lead their teams to Miami to play in the final game of the year. Like all Super Bowl teams, you have to stay healthy, battle adversity, find chemistry and even be a little lucky. Nonetheless, don’t be surprised if one of these teams get hot at the right time and bring the Lombardi back to their city.