Let the hoopla around the Super Bowl begin!
There will be prop bets galore over the next week-and-a-half leading up to Super Bowl 57 between the Kansas City Chiefs and Eagles. While many debate over the ever changing odds of the game that has Kansas City installed as very small underdogs as of this writing, let’s go to the anytime touchdown market and try to get paid next Sunday.
Before I dish out three of my favorites, let’s take a look at the full slate of odds:
Super Bowl 57 anytime touchdown odds
Super Bowl 57 anytime touchdown best bets
- Travis Kelce -120
- Patrick Mahomes +500
- DeVonta Smith +170
Travis Kelce (-120)
There are no locks in life except death, taxes and Travis Kelce scoring a playoff touchdown. That’s the saying, right?
Kelce has caught 14 touchdown passes in 13 playoff games with Patrick Mahomes as the quarterback, hauling one in in 10 of those 13 contests. It’s -120, so this isn’t some longshot bet, but it’s very likely to hit with the state of the Chiefs receiving corps, so I’ll look to line my wallet with Kelce to find the end zone.
Patrick Mahomes (+500)
I’m confident Kelce can give me some insurance to look further down the board for anytime touchdown bets, such as this one.
Mahomes played through a high ankle sprain in the AFC title game, but still moved around the pocket and made plays with his legs, including the biggest play of the game, a scramble for a first down in the final 20 seconds, setting up the game winning field goal.
Now, he will get an extra week to heal up his ankle that was already in better shape than we had initially thought heading into last week’s game.
If his ankle is better, that will mean he is more comfortable taking off with his legs, but I also think that the Eagles pass rush can lead to more scrambles for Mahomes. Philadelphia was second in the NFL this season in pressure rate, so the Kansas City signal caller may need to use his legs more often.
DeVonta Smith (+170)
The Eagles are going to score, duh, and Smith is my favorite player to target in this market. While AJ Brown had 11 touchdowns, Smith hauled in seven and is was targeted as Brown in the regular season (only seven less targets).
Jalen Hurts favors targeting his former Alabama teammate, evident on the controversial fourth down conversion early in the NFC championship game, and given the difference between the odds for Brown (+115) and Smith (+170), I’ll go with the second year pro.
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