Insider has outlandish dark-horse pick to win the Super Bowl

The month-long waiting period between the end of mandatory minicamp and the start of training camp is usually when some of the silliest takes about the pending NFL season pop up.

In his latest mailbag, SI.com’s Albert Breer gave one of the hottest takes of the offseason. Breer was asked who he believed were dark-horse Super Bowl contenders. His pick for the AFC, the Indianapolis Colts, doesn’t seem unreasonable. 

The team went 9-8 last year with Gardner Minshew at quarterback, and it should be significantly better this year with a healthy Anthony Richardson and Jonathan Taylor. However, his pick for the NFC is one that will certainly turn a lot of heads.

“I think I’d give you the New York Giants, if you want a true dark horse,” Breer wrote. “They need development from 2022 first-rounder Kayvon Thibodeaux. They need to figure it out at quarterback, whether it’s Daniel Jones or, if things break wrong for him, Drew Lock. But their rookie class looked dynamite in the spring, I think Brian Burns might be the best acquisition of the offseason, and they were really good two years ago.”

If New York won the 2025 Super Bowl, it would be arguably the biggest Cinderella story in the history of modern sports. The Giants have the fourth-lowest odds to win Super Bowl LIX (+15,000), per FanDuel.

Many consider the Giants to have one of the worst rosters in the NFL. There are questions about nearly every offensive position. 

Is QB Daniel Jones healthy enough to hold up for a full season? Can running back Devin Singletary really replace Saquon Barkley? Who the heck is the No. 2 receiver behind 2024 sixth overall pick Malik Nabers? Who starts at tight end after Darren Waller’s sudden retirement?

NYG’s defense also surrendered the sixth-most yards per game and seventh-most points per game last season.