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10 best bets for Super Bowl 54: Game, Totals, Half, Quarters and more

Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports The Super Bowl is the last gasp to bet on football – outside of the XFL – and this is the time with most bets possible. People love player props – and books like them too since fans usually lose money on them …

Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports

The Super Bowl is the last gasp to bet on football — outside of the XFL — and this is the time with most bets possible. People love player props — and books like them too since fans usually lose money on them — and we’ve already taken a look at some Chiefs’ play props as well as the Niners’ player props. Now, it’s time to take a look at the game. We’re talking about all aspects of the game. The team totals, quarters, halves, game totals, and obviously the Super Bowl pick.

Spreads and lines come from our friends at BetMGM. Let’s start with the obvious. The first quarter.

First Quarter Lines

San Francisco 49ers v. Kansas City -0.5 points

Over – Under 10.5 points

As aforementioned, we are running out of time here so betting the game and walking away simply isn’t an option. It’s crazy to think that this game which has an over-under of 54 has a first-quarter over-under of ten points. The obvious bet would be to take the over and count the cash. That’s a quick way to start up on the night.

Well, we are taking the under for a few reasons. The first quarter is generally when teams are testing each other out. These two teams haven’t played in two weeks. There will be some rust. These two quarterbacks haven’t ever played in a Super Bowl. The lights are brighter. The speed is faster. It will take time to settle. So under it is. It’s crazy, I know. Also, sprinkle a bit on the Niners plus a half a point. The Chiefs have started out slowly the past two games. There’s no reason to expect less in this game.

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From the national anthem to first player to score, here are some Super Bowl LIV prop bets

Various 2020 Super Bowl prop bets to be considered during the big game

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Super Bowl LIV between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers is just days away, so it’s time to look at the games within the game: prop bets.

Arguably no other sporting event is known for the wide range of wagering possibilities than the Super Bowl, where anything from the over/under of the national anthem, to the color of the Gatorade that will eventually be poured on the winning coach can be bet on. Prop bets are a wager on a specific event or individual player or group of players and not directly related to the outcome of the game.

Here are some of the most interesting prop bets for Super Bowl LIV in Miami Gardens, Florida on Sunday, courtesy of BetMGM.

Which player will score the first touchdown in the game?

  • Raheem Mostert: +600
  • George Kittle: +850
  • Matt Breida: +1100
  • Tevin Coleman: +1100
  • Deebo Samuel: +1300
  • Emmanuel Sanders: +1300
  • Kendrick Bourne: +1800
  • San Francisco D/ST: +2100
  • Jeff Wilson Jr.: +2500
  • Kyle Juszczyk: +4200
  • Jimmy Garoppolo: +5000
  • Richie James Jr.: +6000
  • Ross Dwelley: +9500
  • Levine Toilolo: +10000
  • Dante Pettis: +10000
  • Jordan Matthews: +10000
  • Damien Williams: +600
  • Travis Kelce: +750
  • Tyreek Hill: +800
  • Sammy Watkins: +1500
  • Patrick Mahomes: +2100
  • Mecole Hardman: +2200
  • Kansas City D/ST: +2200
  • Demarcus Robinson: +2700
  • Darwin Thompson: +2900
  • LeSean McCoy: +4000
  • Blake Bell: +7000
  • Byron Pringle: +6500
  • Deon Yelder: +7000
  • Anthony Sherman: +10000
  • No touchdown: +10000

What will be the result of the first drive of the game?

  • A score (touchdown, field goal, safety): -125
  • Any other outcome: +105

What will the last score of the game be?

  • A touchdown (including point after touchdown): -167
  • A field goal: +125
  • Any other not listed: +4000

Time of first touchdown

  • Score before 7:01 elapsed: -112
  • Score after 7:01 elapsed: -112

George Kittle and Travis Kelce to record a combined 200+ receiving yards

  • +1200

How many yards with Raheem Mostert record on his longest rush?

  • Over 15.5: -112
  • Under 15.5: -112

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How many passing yards will Jimmy Garoppolo record?

  • Over 200.5: -20
  • Under 200.5: +195

How many passing yards will Patrick Mahomes record?

  • Over 350.5: +210
  • Under 350.5: -278

How many tackles and assists will Tyann Mathieu record?

  • Over 5.5: +110
  • Under 5.5: -143

Passing yards handicap head-to-head

  • Patrick Mahomes -58.5: -112
  • Jimmy Garoppolo +58.5: -112

Who will record more receiving yards?

  • Tyreek Hill: -228
  • Deebo Samuel: +180

Total interceptions in the game

  • Over 1.5: +150
  • Under 1.5: -189

Will there be a flea flicker attempted in the game? 

  • No: -420
  • Yes: +260

How many yards will Travis Kelce record on his longest reception?

  • Over 21.5: -112
  • Under 21.5: -112

Patrick Mahomes and Jimmy Garoppolo to record a combined 500+ passing yards

  • +175

Jersey number of first touchdown scorer

  • Over 26.5: +115
  • Under 26.5: -139

Player position of first touchdown scorer

  • Running back: +120
  • Wide receiver: +210
  • Tight end: +320
  • Quarterback: +1200
  • Any defender: +1400
  • Any other position: +3300

How many punts will Mitch Wishnowsky record?

  • Over 3.5: -143
  • Under 3.5: +110

Player to record a sack

  • Nick Bosa: -134
  • Arik Armstead: -125
  • Dee Ford: -118
  • Frank Clark; -118
  • Chris Jones: +110
  • DeForest Buckner: +120
  • Terrell Suggs: +150

Coin toss winner wins the game

  • Yes: -104
  • No: -104

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Here’s an intriguing Super Bowl prop bet involving Conor McGregor and Jimmy Garoppolo

How do the bookies come up with these?

Super Bowl LIV between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs takes place Sunday in Miami, and with it will come a whole lot of betting.

Of course, you can wager on normal things like the spread, which lists the Chiefs -1.5, and the over/under, which sits at 54.5, as of this writing, according to BetMGM. There’s also a host of player prop bets to consider – like Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ passing yards total or 49ers tight end George Kittle’s receiving yards total, for example.

There’s just so much you can bet on when it comes to the big game.

But as if there wasn’t enough, there’s also this ridiculous prop bet with the MMA fan in mind that involves picking 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo or UFC star [autotag]Conor McGregor[/autotag] (via online book SportsBetting.ag):

  • Jimmy Garoppolo rushing yards (-200)
    Conor McGregor next fight total rounds (+150)

If you bet on Garoppolo, you’d need to put $200 down just to make $100. If you pick McGregor, a $200 bet would earn you $300.

Now, you look at that, and you go, “I’d put my money on Jimmy G easy.” After all, if Garoppolo rushed for more than 5 yards (the maximum number of rounds a fight could last), it’s a done deal. No waiting to find out what happens in McGregor’s next fight. And 5 yards is nothing.

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But consider: In 18 games, including playoffs, Garoppolo has rushed for more than 5 yards just four times (with totals of 8, 20, 7 and 6 in those games). If you’ve watched Niners football this season, you know Garoppolo rarely runs and sometimes holds the ball too long, resulting in sacks.

So, as ridiculous as this prop bet is, it’s actually pretty intriguing. How do the bookies do this?

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Super Bowl 54 Prop Bets: Which team will score 10 points first?

Will the Kansas City Chiefs or San Francisco 49ers score 10 points first in the 2020 Super Bowl? We analyze the best bet around this Super Bowl prop bet

Super Bowl 54 is here and BetMGM Sportsbook has plenty of Super Bowl prop bets for your consideration. Among them is: Which team – San Francisco 49ers or Kansas City Chiefs – will score 10 points first in the 2020 Super Bowl?

The race to hit 10 points is a difficult one for a couple of big reasons – both involving Kansas City.

The gang at BetMGM Sportsbook has San Francisco as a very solid -106 to be the first team to score 10 points, with the Chiefs at -110. There is a reason.

In both of their postseason games, the Chiefs fell behind big early – 14-0 in less than five minutes to the Houston Texans and 10-0 to the Tennessee Titans in slightly more than nine minutes.

Those were both a deep departure from how the Chiefs played in 2019.

The last time during the regular season that Kansas City didn’t win the race to 10 points was in late October against the Green Bay Packers when Chiefs QB Matt Moore was the starting quarterback – a span of eight games. The last time a Patrick Mahomes-led offense took the field and didn’t win the race to 10 was in late September – ironically to the Detroit Lions – which is the span of 11 games.

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Do you go with the recent or the time-honored?

What may be the tie-breaker is that we can likely feel safe in the fact that San Francisco is going to get the ball first.

In their two playoff games, the Chiefs (as would be expected with coin flips) won one and lost one. They lost the flip against Houston and the Texans opted to take the ball and scored a touchdown on a 54-yard passing play. Against Tennessee, the Chiefs won the toss and deferred. Tennessee marched the ball down the field before stalling and scored a field goal.

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This bet reeks of opportunity. If the 49ers win the toss, they’re going to take the ball and try to make Mahomes wait even longer than he has to for the elongated pregame show. You never hand the ball to a high-octane offense with a full tank. You grind their defense for 12 plays and seven minutes and come away with points.

If Kansas City wins, chances are they will defer with the idea that the Niners will run twice and put Jimmy Garoppolo in a 3rd-and-something situation – potentially getting the ball back quickly and having the advantage of an opening second-half drive after a 45-minute preparatory halftime.

Either way, the 49ers are likely to have the ball first and will have one more opportunity to score twice before the Chiefs until one of them does.

Take San Francisco (-106).

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Super Bowl 2020: First Half Money Line

Analyzing 2020 Super Bowl prop betting odds and lines for the first half money line between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs.

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The San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs meet at Super Bowl LIV on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the betting odds and lines at BetMGM to see which side will be leading after the first half.

Super Bowl LIV first half money line

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Friday at 12:45 p.m. ET.

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People say that championships are decided in the second half but, leaving out the three first-half ties, the team with the lead going into halftime has a 38-12 record in the Super Bowl.

Throughout the season, the Chiefs have been a better first-half team:  Kansas City has a +7.9 point differential compared to San Francisco’s +5.4 point differential. The Chiefs have a higher first-half possession share percentage at 49.5% versus 49ers’ 49.1%. Powered by offensive eruptions, the Chiefs have jumped out to a lead in the first half in three of their last four postseason games, scoring 21, 28 and 24 in those games. Also, the Chiefs have led going into halftime in 13 games, while the 49ers have led in 11 games after the first half.

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However, where I give the 49ers the edge, is their ability to play balanced football and the Chiefs’ struggles against the ground game. Granted they did well against Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry in the AFC title game—giving up just 69 rushing yards on 19 attempts. However, they were 23rd in rushing yards allowed per game, 29th in yards per rush and the 29th-most efficient rush defense plus had the 28th ranked defensive line in adjusted line yards, according to FootballOutsiders.com.

Furthermore, I’m going to take a glass half empty approach to factoring the Chiefs’ postseason first-half leads into this handicap. While they’ve held the lead in three of their past four playoff games, the Chiefs have also fallen behind by double-digits in three of those first halves. Their defense is ranked 28th in first quarter points allowed, and the 49ers are ranked third in first quarter points scored. San Francisco’s second-ranked defense in points allowed in the second quarter (actually tied for second with the Chiefs) should help rein in the Chiefs trademark second quarter onslaught. So basically the 49ers should be able to jump out to an early lead and utilize the run game to hold that lead.

BET 49ERS (-106) ON THE FIRST HALF MONEY LINE. 

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Latest Super Bowl Sunday 2020 odds, spread, point total

The latest Super Bowl 54 betting odds, including moneyline, spread, over/under entering Super Bowl Sunday.

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After almost two weeks of Super Bowl LIV sports betting odds being available around the huge Kansas City Chiefs vs. San Francisco 49ers 2020 Super Bowl matchup in Miami Sunday, the sports betting lines have not changed much from when they opened following the AFC and NFC Championship games.

Sports bettors continue to watch the lines like hawks, waiting for an advantage to surface between what is anticipated a razor-thin margin between the 49ers and Chiefs. Despite some big wagers coming in recently, the spread, moneyline and point total remain largely on par with where they opened.

Latest Super Bowl 54 Odds

Betting odds via BetMGM Sportsbook; last updated Friday at 10 a.m. ET.

Super Bowl LIV Moneyline

Kansas City Chiefs -121

San Francisco 49ers +105

Super Bowl LIV Spread

Chiefs -1.5 (-106)

49ers +1.5 (-112)

Super Bowl LIV Point Total – Over/Under

Over 54.5  (-106)

Under 54.5 (-112)

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8 best bets on Niners Super Bowl 54 player props

The San Francisco 49ers player props may seem obvious, but we pick the best bets to make for Garoppolo, Kittle, Bosa, Buckner, and Mostert.

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The Super Bowl is the last gasp to bet on football — outside of the XFL — and this is the time with most bets possible. People love player props — and books like them too since fans usually lose money on them — and we’ve already taken a look at some Chiefs’ play props. Now it’s time for the Niners.

Jimmy Garoppolo passing yards

Over – Under 238.5

Let’s get this out of the way, expect this game to be more high scoring than we think it’s going to be. Both teams had top-five NFL offenses by almost any metric. The Niners were able to push around the Vikings on the ground. They absolutely ran over the Packers. The Chiefs should be the same . . . right?

Garoppolo averaged 10 yards more — 248 yards — than the total number. The Chiefs will be eight in the box early on in the game. They just stopped Derrick Henry when he was on a rampage. The Niners will have to pass the ball in this game at some point, even if it’s just to keep up with the Chiefs’ high scoring offense. Yes, Garoppolo hasn’t had to pass the ball in the first two games, but this one is different. George Kittle hasn’t been unleashed this playoff. We are taking the over with Jimmy G. Speaking of Kittle . . .

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Mattress Mack is back: $1M bet on San Francisco 49ers to win 2020 Super Bowl

Sports bettor Mattress Mack places big $1M bet on San Francisco 49ers to win 2020 Super Bowl

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Houston furniture salesman Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale has become well-known for his huge bets on sports. He jumped in again for Super Bowl 54 with a $1 million money-line bet on the San Francisco 49ers.

According to BetMGM, the bet at the Mirage in Las Vegas was on the 49ers’ +120 money line. That means Mack wins $1.2 million with a San Francisco victory.

Mack’s huge bet might initially instill some confidence in nervous 49ers fans. However, he lost $12 million betting on the Astros to beat the Nationals in the 2019 World Series. He also bet $1 million against the Chiefs in each of Kansas City’s first two playoff games.

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Mack told 95.7 The Game in San Francisco that he likes the fact the 49ers are a complete team, and said fans should worry because he’s due to win a bet after losing a few in a row.

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The bet does come with a caveat though. He stands to get some business for his Houston-based furniture store if San Francisco wins.

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Bettor places $1 million bet on 49ers

The 49ers got a $1 million vote of confidence from Mattress Mack in the Super Bowl.

Houston furniture salesman ‘Mattress Mack’ has become well-known for his huge bets on sports. He jumped in again for Super Bowl 54 with a $1 million money-line bet on the 49ers.

According to BetMGM, the bet at the Mirage in Las Vegas was on the 49ers’ +120 money line. That means Mack wins $1.2 million with a San Francisco victory.

Mack’s huge bet might initially instill some confidence in nervous 4 9ers fans. However, he lost $12 million betting on the Astros to beat the Nationals in the 2019 World Series. He also bet $1 million against the Chiefs in each of Kansas City’s first two playoff games.

Mack told 95.7 The Game in San Francisco that he likes the fact the 49ers are a complete team, and said fans should worry because he’s due to win a bet after losing a few in a row.

The bet does come with a caveat though. He stands to get some business for his Houston-based furniture store if San Francisco wins.

2020 Super Bowl Prop Betting: 49ers-Chiefs first half totals

Analyzing 2020 Super Bowl prop betting odds and lines for the first half point total between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs.

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The public has been leaning to the Over for Sunday’s Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. The San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs are expected to light up the scoreboard, with a projected points total for the game set at 54.5 at BetMGM. As far as the first-half total is concerned, that’s currently sitting at 26.5, so jump on it if you’re expecting a high-scoring affair, too. It’s very favorable at less than half of the full-game projection.

During the regular season, the 49ers registered 15.7 points per game in the first half, while yielding 8.4 points. They have logged 18.0 points across the past three games before halftime, while allowing just 3.3 points defensively.

For the Chiefs, they allowed just 10.4 first-half points during the regular season, although they have coughed up 16.0 points in the previous three outings. Offensively, QB Patrick Mahomes and company rolled up 17.6 points per game in the first half during the regular season, topping the charts in the NFL. That includes an impressive 19.7 points per game in the past three outings.

2020 Super Bowl first half total odds

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Thursday at 12 p.m. ET.

Line Over Under
24.5 -134 +110
25.5 -129 +105
26.5 -115 -106
27.5 +105 -129
28.5 +120 -154

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How the 49ers and Chiefs have fared so far

Looking to the first half of the NFC Championship Game, the 49ers fired out to a 27-0 lead over the visiting Green Bay Packers. RB Raheem Mostert led the charge, rolling up three rushing touchdowns (36 yards, 9, 18), but you can expect the Chiefs defense to key on him and try and shut his production down like they did for the most part against Tennessee Titans RB Derrick Henry in the AFC Championship Game.

Prior to that game, the 49ers threw up 14 points in the first half while allowing 10 points to the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Divisional Round. It’s fair to say the Chiefs have a higher-octane offense than either of those teams, particularly in the pass game, so it will be an interesting first 30 minutes.

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For the Chiefs, it was all offense and not much defense in the first half of their two postseason games so far. Remember, they fell behind against the Houston Texans by a 24-0 margin before rattling off 41 unanswered points, including 28 to close out the first half for a gaudy total of 52 points in the first 30 minutes. In the AFC Championship Game the first-half total also cashed, as the Chiefs again fell behind 17-7 before posting the final 14 points to take a 21-17 lead into the break.

If you’re playing the first-half total, the OVER 26.5 (-115) is the most intriguing total on the board. It’s fair to say we’ll see at least three touchdowns, and PKs Robbie Gould and Harrison Butker are very dependable, while also kicking in fair weather in South Florida.

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