Defense, Special Teams Not Overlooked in Super Bowl Props

The traditional onslaught of Super Bowl prop bets have now hit the online sportsbooks. But while much of the focus is on offensive performances, the dozens of Super Bowl prop bets covering defensive and special teams exploits should not be overlooked.

New England CB Darrelle Revis gets the nod as the Patriots defender most likely to tally an interception, sporting moneyline odds of 5/2 that he will finish Super Bowl XLIX with OVER 0.5 interceptions, while the UNDER carries odds of 4/13 at the online sportsbooks.

Patriots DB Devin McCourty is a 15/4 bet to pick off at least one Seattle Seahawks pass, while LB Jamie Collins’ odds of making at least one interception sit at 13/4, with the odds of Collins finishing with UNDER 0.5 picks pegged at 2/9.

The Patriots’ Ryan Allen has failed to break the 50-yard mark in eight postseason punts, but cracked the 60-yard mark in six regular season games. The total on his longest punt this Sunday is set at 54.5 in Super Bowl props betting, with both the OVER and UNDER carrying odds of 20/23.

Although the Pats have failed to record a sack this postseason, DE Rob Ninkovich and Chandler Jones are each pegged as 2/3 bets to earn over 0.5 sacks on Sunday, while LB Dont’a Hightower is a 5/8 bet take down a Seahawks passer at least once.

Jones is also pegged at an intriguing 4/1 to record two or more sacks on the Super Bowl betting lines, but a very short 1/6 to fall short of that mark.

CB Richard Sherman leads all Seattle Seahawks defenders with 19/10 odds of being credited with OVER 0.5 interceptions, while FS Earl Thomas is a 5/2 bet and SS Kam Chancellor is pegged at 15/4.

Sherman is also pegged as the favorite to record the first interception in the game, with odds of 7/1, followed by Revis and Thomas, who sit deadlocked at 9/1, while Patriots SS Patrick Chung joins McCourty and Chancellor at 10/1.

Sherman, who trails the favorites in Super Bowl MVP props betting with odds of 25/1, is a 10/1 bet to be credited with two or more interceptions, with odds of 1/20 saying he will fail to pick off two or more passes.

Revis owns long 15/1 odds of tallying two or more picks against Seattle, while a bet on him failing to record at least two interceptions are a heavy 1/30.

Jon Ryan’s postseason may be best remembered for his surprising 19-yard pass to Garry Gilliam, which put the Seahawks on the comeback trail in their 28-22 NFC Championship Game win over the Green Bay Packers. But the Seahawks punter has also averaged 44.1 yards on 61 punts this season.

The total on Ryan’s longest punt on Super Sunday is set at 54.5, with both the OVER and UNDER carrying moneyline odds of 20/23 in Super Bowl online betting.

Seahawks veteran DE Michael Bennett was credited with 7.0 sacks during the regular season, and will hit the turf at Sunday’s Patriots vs. Seahawks Super Bowl matchup at University of Phoenix Stadium as a 10/13 bet to tally OVER 0.5 sacks, while the UNDER carries odds of 1/1.

DE Cliff Avril has recorded a sack in each of the Seahawks’ two postseason games. The betting line on his total number of sacks is also pegged at 0.5, with both the OVER and UNDER currently sporting attractive odds of 20/23.