It is Super Bowl Sunday and as ever there are a whole raft of markets priced up for Super Bowl LIX as the Philadelphia Eagles go up against the Kansas City Chiefs in the big game at New Orleans where history is potentially on the line.
We’ve already previewed the match on the site but there is enough time before the match kicks off to get involved in some of the player and special bets.
Player Rushing Yards
When it comes to the rushing yards for the Super Bowl most of the attention will doubtlessly be on Saquon Barkley but I’m going to take two on the other side because there is every chance that Barkley is slowed down both by the Kansas City Chiefs defence and the scoreboard. The first line is like belongs to Patrick Mahomes. He has a 27.5 line which looks fairly low when you consider that these two sides know each other well and will surely have scouted out the dangerous parts of the opposition. Mahomes using his legs probably wouldn’t be acknowledged as one of those in the defensive meetings but he had 11 carries for 43 yards in the AFC Championship game two weeks ago and in the last two Super Bowls he has rushed for 44 and 66 yards. This line looks very low for an expert at sneakily picking up yards to keep the chains moving.
The other line is for Xavier Worthy who has a line of 5.5. You get the feeling that certainly in the early parts of this match the Chiefs will need to get creative with their run plays and that might yield them getting the receivers involved and why not aim to get the fastest man on their roster involved in an end-around play? If he gets outside the defensive line he’ll only need one carry to get this target covered and he had two carries last time out against the Bills for 16 yards. The week before against the Texans showed there is a downside to this bet if he gets caught behind the line of scrimmage but with Philadelphia surely keeping eyes on the receivers in the passing game, Worthy might well break loose in the running game.
Total Receiving Yards
This is a Super Bowl where there isn’t too much that I like in the passing game either from the quarterbacks or the receivers because I think this could turn into a bit of a grind with the odd big play but not necessarily to a star name. Obviously Travis Kelce and A.J. Brown will be the centre of attention both in terms of the bookmaker lines and the opposing defences so it might be that the best receiving line belongs to Dallas Goedert at 48.5.
The Philadelphia tight end has had the joint most receptions of any Eagles player in the postseason with 18 and they have seen him get to 188 yards with this line covered in the last two games and he got 47 in the first one against the Packers. The Chiefs give up more yards to tight ends than any other team and with their focus surely on keeping Saquon Barkley and Brown quiet it wouldn’t be a surprise to see Goedert have a big night. We are probably looking at needing five catches for this line to cover but he has covered it with four this season. However many passes he catches I think he goes over here.
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Anytime Touchdown Scorer
Pretty much every player across the two rosters are priced up in the various touchdown markets whether that be the first one, the last one, anytime or more than one touchdown and the player who feels an obvious bet is the Philadelphia quarterback Jalen Hurts who has an excellent record when it comes to getting into the end zone, not least because of the tush push whenever he is around the goal line. He will be doing a fair bit of running though.
Hurts went into the end zone when these two met in the Super Bowl a couple of years ago and while the defence is keeping close tabs on Saquon and Brown and the external threats from the offense Hurts can easily steal a march with his legs. Hurts ran in three touchdowns against the Washington Commanders two weeks ago and one against the Rams the week before and at around the 5/6 mark he looks a good bet for a touchdown here.
National Anthem Length
We can’t let the player and specials markets go by without offering a take on how long it will take the national anthem to be sung. This is always a popular market each year and the signs are that it is no different this time around. The anthem this year will be sung by local star Jon Batiste, who will be singing the anthem at a third high profile sports event in his career having previously sung it at the NBA All-Star game in 2017 and the opening night of the US Open tennis tournament the same year.
On those occasions he took 1:19 and 1:46 to complete the Star Spangled Banner yet here we have a line of under/over 2 mins and half a second and that line just looks too high. If you bet it at Betway then the key thing is that the clock starts when Batiste sings the word ‘Oh’ to start the anthem, not when he plays the first note should he begin his offering with a musical piece as is expected. From that first word to the end he would probably had to put some sort of musical piece in the middle of the anthem to get it beyond two minutes based on his two previous efforts but I would imagine he will have been told once he starts singing to get on with it because this game is so hyped up. Even if he isn’t, he needs to find 15 seconds on his current longest effort and that seems extremely unlikely. Take the under to lock in some profit before the coin is tossed.
Tips
Back P.Mahomes – Over 27.5 rushing yards for a 3/10 stake at 1.83 with Betfair
Back X.Worthy – Over 5.5 rushing yards for a 3/10 stake at 1.83 with Boylesports
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Back D.Goedert – Over 48.5 receiving yards for a 4/10 stake at 1.83 with Betfair
Back J.Hurts anytime touchdown for a 3/10 stake at 1.83 with Boylesports
Back him here:
Back National Anthem – Under 120.5 seconds for a 5/10 stake at 1.55 with Betway
