Boris "Bubs" Malloy
Ugh, I can’t believe there are still 12 days until the Super Bowl! As much as it is common courtesy to pretend anybody cares about the build up, let’s be honest: these next two weeks are just a useless run of people making knee-jerk proclamations (i.e. Cam Newton is the best player in the league) that they will surely back down from come summertime (i.e. we didn’t mean it, Aaron Rodgers, you’re still number one!).
Even Media Day, a supposed “grand tradition,” kind of sucks. It’s biggest moment probably came from Marshawn Lynch refusing to speak, a seemingly fundamental part of being interviewed.
So, as you can tell, I’m not a huge fan of having to wait until Feb. 7 for the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos to lock horns. But at least that gives me extra time to throw together this list of Super Bowl props.
Have a look; there are, like, a bunch!
Game Props:
Odds to win Super Bowl 50:
- Carolina: 10/21
- Denver: 7/4
O/U on the final score: 45.5
O/U on the score after the 1st quarter: 9.5
O/U on the score at halftime: 22.5
Odds on the Super Bowl going to overtime: 7/1
Odds the Super Bowl winner returns to the Super Bowl next season: 7/3
Odds a kicker misses an extra point:
- Graham Gano: 19/1
- Brandon McManus: 25/1
Odds on which team gets more sacks:
- Denver: 2/3
- Carolina: 6/5
O/U total sacks: 4.5
O/U total turnovers: 3
Odds on which team will force more turnovers:
- Carolina: 5/7
- Denver: 11/10
Odds of scoring a defensive TD:
- Carolina: 2/1
- Denver: 8/3
Odds to win Super Bowl MVP:
- Cam Newton: 8/11
- Peyton Manning: 4/1
- Jonathan Stewart: 12/1
- Von Miller: 18/1
- Luke Kuechly: 18/1
- Greg Olsen: 22/1
- Emmanuel Sanders: 22/1
- Demaryius Thomas: 25/1
- Josh Norman: 28/1
- CJ Anderson: 28/1
- DeMarcus Ware: 35/1
- Ted Ginn Jr.: 40/1
- Aqib Talib: 60/1
- Owen Daniels: 80/1
Peyton Manning Props:
O/U passing yards: 218.5
O/U TDs: 1
O/U “Omaha” calls: 7.5.
O/U number of overthrows: 2.5
Odds this is Manning’s last game in NFL: 1/9
Odds this is Manning’s last game as a Bronco: 1/13
Odds for what team (if any) Manning plays for next season:
- Denver: 1/6
- New York Jets: 15/1
- L.A. Rams: 20/1
- Indianapolis Colts: 25/1
- Toronto Argonauts: 100/1
Odds Manning announces his retirement before the Super Bowl: 12/1
Odds Manning announces his retirement during post game press conference: 2/1
Odds Manning announces his retirement on The Players Tribune: 24/1
Odds Manning announces his retirement with a poem: 100/1
Odds Manning is part of the Super Bowl broadcast next season: 7/1
Odds on Peyton Manning’s future:
- Odds that Manning becomes a broadcaster/TV analyst: 3/1
- Odds that Manning becomes an NFL coach: 15/1
- Odds that Manning becomes a college coach: 33/1
- Odds that Manning begins a movie career: 50/1
- Odds that Manning becomes a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live: 70/1
- Odds that Manning has a one-man show on Broadway: 80/1
- Odds that Manning starts his own commercial production company: 90/1
- Odds that Manning stars in a pilot on television: 100/1
- Odds that Manning records a rap album with Eli: 120/1
- Odds that Manning buys an NFL franchise: 300/1
Cam Newton Props:
O/U jump celebrations: 4
O/U rushing yards: 40.5
O/U passing yards: 245.5
O/U total TDs: 2.5
O/U number of towels on his body at once: 2.5
O/U time on screen with a smile: 3 minutes 15 seconds
O/U number of Super Bowl appearances (career): 3
O/U number of Super Bowl titles: 1.5
(Photo credit: Pantherfan11 [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.)
