Kansas City Chiefs early Super Bowl money, no prop bets from Taylor Swift
Super Bowl 58 will be held on Sunday, February 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas and is a rematch of Super Bowl 54 between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers. The early betting crowd is predicting a replay of the marquee game will result in a similar outcome - a Chiefs championship.
The Chiefs defeated the Niners 31-20 to win the 2019 NFL Championship (February 2, 2020). But at that time, San Francisco did not have a rising center star like Brock Purdy.
In just his second year, Purdy led San Francisco to a 12-5 record. He led the 49ers to two exciting playoff victories, including a 24-21 victory over the Green Bay Packers and Sunday's 34-31 victory over the Detroit Lions.
Purdy's postseason heroics, especially overcoming a 17-point second-half deficit against the Lions, have oddsmakers believing the 49ers are favorites to play in Sunday's Super Bowl two weeks later team.
However, their AFC opponent is the league's current dynasty after the New England Patriots. Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes and coach Andy Reid have made it to the Super Bowl in four of the past five years.
The Chiefs are the defending champions, but some questionable midseason moves have dampened enthusiasm for the preseason favorite. In recent weeks, those concerns have largely been dispelled.
The Chiefs defense was able to shut out Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens, allowing Kansas City to win 17-10 and clinch a berth in Super Bowl LXXVIII. The Chiefs have defeated the Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills and Ravens this postseason, shutting down most of the AFC's high-powered offense.
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Caesars Sportsbook and several others have opened Super Bowl LLVIII markets, with San Francisco leading by two points. Adam Pullen, assistant director of trading at Caesars Sportsbook, said the book would make the 49ers a field goal favorite against the Chiefs before the division championship game. The foul line was cut off after another stellar performance from Mahomes and the Chiefs defense.
Earlier this week, we projected the 49ers to be 3-point favorites against the Chiefs. Looking at today's game, our roster is a little shorter due to the 49ers' recent defensive issues and the Chiefs' dominance in Baltimore that eliminated the Ravens," Pullen explained. "Ultimately it comes down to the eye test. In the opposite scenario, we could be at -3 points against the 49ers again. "
The first move comes against the Chiefs, which knocks San Francisco down one more point as the top seed. The opening was 48 points, and the over/under was 47.5 points.
As for MVP of this game, Mahomes is the favorite at +130. Purdy is at +230, 49ers RB Christian McCaffrey is at +480, and Chiefs TE Travis Kelce is at +2000.
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Many social media users questioned how many times CBS would play Taylor Swift during the Super Bowl 58 broadcast. Swift's relationship with Kelce received a lot of media attention and many die-hard NFL fans scoffed at it.
Swift was scheduled to perform a concert in Japan the night before the Super Bowl, but it appears the pop star made it to Las Vegas in plenty of time for the big game.
The ongoing coverage of Swift and Kelce's relationship will reach a boiling point in Las Vegas in less than two weeks. But the oddsmakers — at least the legal ones — won’t go into detail about how often CBS will attack Swift in their zone, or whether Kelce will be on the field to make a suggestion if the Chiefs win .
State gambling regulators have historically avoided allowing sportsbooks to accept entertainment-oriented side bets. There are concerns that the results could easily be influenced or manipulated.
However, some states also allow other game requirements, such as whether a coin toss is heads or tails. Regulators in Illinois, Louisiana, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., West Virginia and Wyoming also allowed bettors at Super Bowl LXXVII to predict what color Gatorade would paint the winning coach .
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