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Who will hold the NFL "Championship Belt" by the end of the 2023 regular season?
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This market will continue every year until it collapses into another championship belt from a future year.
The "Championship Belt" concept comes from boxing/wresting and is the idea that every season, the previous years champion (here the Super Bowl) starts with the belt, and each time they lose they pass the belt to the winning team who becomes the new sole owner.
The concept is explained here:
https://grantland.com/the-triangle/introducing-the-nba-regular-season-championship-belt/
The Los Angeles Chargers currently hold the 2023 championship belt given their win over the Broncos in Week 16 of the 2024 season.
2023:
Week 0: Chiefs
Week 1: Lions beat Chiefs
Week 2: Seahawks beat Lions
Week 3: Seahawks beat Panthers
Week 4: Seahawks beat Giants
Week 5: Seahawks Bye
Week 6: Seahawks at Bengals
Week 7: Bengals Bye
Week 8: Bengals at 49ers
Week 9: Bills at Bengals
Week 10: Texans at Bengals
Week 11: Cardinals at Texans
Week 12: Jaguars at Texans
Week 13: Bengals at Jaguars
Week 14: Colts at Bengals
Week 15: Vikings at Bengals
Week 16: Bengals at Steelers
Week 17: Seahawks at Steelers
Week 18: Steelers at Ravens
2024:
Week 0: Steelers
Week 1: Steelers defended against Falcons
Week 2: Steelers defended against Broncos
Week 3: Steelers defended against Chargers
Week 4: Colts take belt from Steelers
Week 5: Jaguars take belt from Colts
Week 6: Bears take belt from Jaguars
Week 7: Bears defended against Bye Week
Week 8: Commanders take belt from Bears
Week 9: Commanders defended against Giants
Week 10: Steelers take belt from Commanders
Week 11: Steelers defended against Ravens
Week 12: Browns take belt from Steelers
Week 13: Broncos take belt from Browns
Week 14: Belt takes a Broncos Bye
Week 15: Broncos defended against the Colts
Week 16: Chargers take belt from the Broncos
Week 17: Chargers defended against the Patriots
Week 18: Chargers defended against the Raiders
2025:
Week 0: Chargers
Week 1: Chargers defended against Chiefs
Week 2:
Week 3:
Week 4:
Week 5:
Week 6:
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Week 8:
Week 9:
Week 10:
Week 11:
Week 12:
Week 13:
Week 14:
Week 15:
Week 16:
Week 17:
Week 18:
This market closes at the conclusion of the regular season, resolving simply with the team who holds the belt after Week 18. I'll update each week with the current owner of the belt. As a fun edge case, a tie would resolve in a division into two different belts (and could resolve for multiple teams). It's very possible this belt could collapse into the same teams as the 2024 or 2025 belt (but it wouldn't change how this resolves).
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