Super Bowl Line Adjusted, Some Shift Seahawks To Favorites
The Super Bowl between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots moneyline just got a serious adjustment.
Three day ago, the Pats were the -2-point favorites. On some sites they are now a -1.5 to -1-point favorites and at BetOnline.com the Seahawks are now the -1 favorites.
The line adjustments began with the brick and mortar Golden Nugget in Las Vegas moving their line to favor Seattle by one-point after the large amount of bets being placed on the team.
Below are some of the trends and odds heading into Super Bowl XLIX.
The Seahawks got here by outing the Green Bay Packers at home in a stunning fourth quarter rally that forced overtime. They were -8.5 favorites in that game and failed to send bettors to the window.
The Pats stomped all over the Indianapolis Colts in a 45-7 victory that saw them easily cover the point spread as -7-point favorites. Deflated balls or not, the Pats were going to win that game and are now in the Super Bowl.
These two teams avoided each other all season by the grace of scheduling, but time in and time out have proved they are the best teams in the NFL one way or another. The Seahawks have proven themselves to be a clutch team, while the Pats have simply stomped all over their competition leading up to Sunday
New England is 14-4 straight up on the season/post season, while going 10-8 against the spread. Historically, the Pats have a hard time covering against Seattle. They are 2-6 against the spread and straight up over their last eight games against the Seahawks.
The Seahawks are also 14-4 straight up this season/post season. They are 10-7-1 against the spread. Seattle has won eight straight games and over those eight games they are 6-1-1 against the spread. They are also 6-2 straight up and against the spread in their last eight games against the Pats.
The total for the Super Bowl is set at 47.5 points. The Seahawks sent OVER bettors to the window in the NFC championship game. New England, on the other hand, favors the UNDER. They went UNDER in the AFC Championship game and have sent UNDER bettors to the window in their last eight games.
The Super Bowl is this Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
