Super Bowl Props – The Last Word: A Few Props Picks For Pats-Eagles

  • In Charles Jay
  • Sun, Feb 4th, 2018 5:28:30 pm
  • By Charles Jay - Exclusive to OSGA


Are there some props for the Super Bowl in which we can get some value? There might just be, as we take a look at the game between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles.

There is no way we could've possibly covered all the props that are available to place wagers on at BetAnySports, but we did put in some time doing some research and analysis, so we are ready to make some money. How about you? In case you didn't know, Super Bowl LII will be played at 6:30 PM ET at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis between the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles. And if you are a BetAnySports customer, you can not only feast on all of the propositions that are available, you can get reduced juice before the game and place wagers in real-time with Live Betting Ultra after the opening kickoff.

We didn't fool around too much with the coin toss some or the more frivolous things, but one of the things we don't mind playing is the prop as to who will score first. In that one, New England is the -125 favorite, with Philadelphia at +105. And of course, we keep in mind that the Patriots have not scored in the first quarter of any of their Super Bowl appearances with Bill Belichick and Tom Brady. Philadelphia was decent enough in the first quarter of games this season, ranking among the top five on both offense and defense. And we know that New England has been generous on defense – at least to a point – as they have given up more yards per drive than any other team in the NFL. However, they might be content, at least in the early going, to be able to slow down Philadelphia in the red zone and make them settle for field goal. Still, that's a score, so even though Philadelphia has hit the board first and only one of the five games Nick Foles has started, were still moving with the Eagles on this prop.

As to what kind of play wil lconstitute the first score, at BetAnySports we're looking at the touchdown priced at -150, with anything else at +130. Well, this might be where the relative touchdown percentages for each team in the red zone come into play. The Eagles have been 66.7% efficient in that category, but most of that did not happen with Nick Foles at quarterback. The Patriots were 60.9% successful, and that was fourth-best in the league. The Eagles, interesting enough, have kicked field goals on only 19.2% of their red zone drives, which is lowest in the NFL. Well, that's just because they were so successful getting touchdowns. The Eagles have allowed field goals on only 11% of the total drives teams have had against them this season as well. New England is obviously excellent at converting touchdowns, doing so on 29% of their possessions, but they do the same with field goals as well, converting 22.3% of the time, which is third in the NFL. We don't have all that much of a problem taking the +130 on this one.

Will the team that scores first win this game? Well, we can rely on history here, as six of the last seven Super Bowls have brought that prop in on the "yes" side. But obviously we are playing the prop that has the Eagles scoring first, yet we like the Patriots to win the game. So we are kind of flummoxed in this one. However, maybe that represents value at +150 for us.

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