Last year, Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson scored the first touchdown of Super Bowl XLV. Who’ll score the first touchdown in this year’s Super Bowl? Vegas oddsmakers have tabbed New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski as the player most likely to find the end zone first in Super Bowl XLVI, followed closely by another Patriots tight end, Aaron Hernandez.
The best bet on the Giants to score the game’s first touchdown is wide receiver Victor Cruz. The odds of their not being any touchdowns scored is at 150/1 — quite a longshot considering there’s never been a touchdown-less Super Bowl, and only one team in history has failed to score a touchdown in the Big Game. Personally, I’d lean towards taking the field at 8/1 as that would cover all defensive and special teams players.
Here are your Super Bowl XLVI First Touchdown Odds:
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is the +140 favorite to win his third Super Bowl MVP award in Super Bowl XLVI, while New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning is the next best bet at +225. Quarterbacks have won the award 24 times in 46 Super Bowls, but there are MVP odds on almost a dozen other players on each team if you’re willing to look further.
Giants wideout Victor Cruz has the best odds of any non-quarterback, and makes sense since the last three non-quarterbacks to win Super Bowl MVP were wide receivers, most recently Santonio Holmes three years ago. Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is next at 10/1, but a tight end has never won the award. Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul has the best odds of any defensive player — the award hasn’t gone to someone on defense since 2003 (Dexter Jackson).
How will New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning fare in his long-awaited Super Bowl rematch against the New England Patriots? If Vegas Over/Unders are any indication, expect Eli to complete more than 25 passes for over 316 yards passing, with no more than two touchdowns and at least one interception. He’ll throw a touchdown pass in the fourth quarter, and brother Peyton will show up on TV a lot.
Here are your Super Bowl XLVI Eli Manning Over/Unders:
- Times Eli’s brother Peyton Manning will be shown on TV during the game: 3.5 (Over -130, Under -110)
- Total Passing Yards: 315.5 (O -135, U +105)
- Total Passing Attempts: 39.5 (O -115, U -115)
- Total Completions: 24.5 (O -125, U -105)
- Total TD Passes: 2.5 (O +150, U -180)
- Total Interceptions: 0.5 (O -200, U +160)
- Longest Completion: 45.5 (O -130, U EVEN)
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning has already reached as many Super Bowls as his older brother Peyton Manning, and will try to become the first Manning to win two Super Bowls this Sunday. There are over a dozen prop bets on how Eli will fare in his second Super Bowl, covering his head-to-head matchup with New England Patriots QB Tom Brady and much, much more.
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