Chiefs are Super Bowl betting favorites; Patrick Mahomes MVP frontrunner
Oddsmakers have pegged Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs as consensus Super Bowl favorites, persevering with their current run because the staff to beat within the NFL.
Caesars Sportsbook had the Chiefs at 6-1 to win the Super Bowl on Thursday morning, hours forward of their season opener towards the Detroit Lions.
Mahomes is also the favourite to win the regular-season MVP this season at 6-1. Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is subsequent at 7-1 in Caesars Sportsbook’s MVP odds.
It is the fourth time within the final 5 years that the Chiefs have entered the season as Super Bowl favorites at sportsbooks; the Payments have been preseason Super Bowl favorites final 12 months. Within the final twenty years, the New England Patriots (2007-2011) and Chiefs are the one groups to have been preseason Super Bowl betting favorites in 4 of 5 years.
Kansas Metropolis’s 6-1 odds this 12 months are akin to earlier seasons, three of which led to appearances on the Super Bowl, together with a pair of comeback victories authored by Mahomes.
The Philadelphia Eagles (15-2), who misplaced to the Chiefs in final season’s Super Bowl, have the second-best title odds at sportsbooks to start the season. The Eagles, nonetheless, have the help of the betting public. Extra bets have been positioned on Philadelphia to win the Super Bowl than another staff at FanDuel.
The San Francisco 49ers (9-1), Payments (9-1) and Bengals (10-1) make up the following tier of Super Bowl contenders at Caesars Sportsbook.
The New York Jets, who have been 200-1 lengthy photographs to win the Super Bowl final season, are 16-1 this 12 months with quarterback Aaron Rodgers below heart. The Jets attracted bets all through the offseason after opening at 40-1, and stay one of many in style bets to win the Super Bowl. In truth, the Jets successful the Super Bowl would value Caesars Sportsbook more cash than another staff.
The most important Super Bowl guess to date this season at Caesars Sportsbook, although, got here from an unidentified bettor in Nevada, who positioned a $20,000 wager on the Las Vegas Raiders to win the Super Bowl at 40-1 odds. The guess would win a internet $800,000.
The Houston Texans and Arizona Cardinals are the most important Super Bowl longshots, each with odds round 200-1. A DraftKings spokesperson informed ESPN that they acquired an $89 guess on a Texans-Cardinals Super Bowl at 10,000-1 odds.
The 49ers are the most important division favorites, listed at -185 to win the NFC West. The Jacksonville Jaguars (-175, AFC South), Chiefs (-170, AFC West) and Eagles (-140, NFC East) are additionally odds-on favorites of their respective divisions.
The Chiefs have been 4.5-point favorites over the Lions in Thursday’s season opener. The purpose unfold dropped this week, from Kansas Metropolis -6.5, after information of tight finish Travis Kelce struggling a knee damage in observe. The Chiefs have formally listed Kelce as questionable.
