Super Bowl LVII: The Touchdown Wire guide to… everything

Super Bowl LVII is here, and Doug Farrar, Laurie Fitzpatrick, and Luke Easterling give you all the tape, stats, and analysis you need for the big game!

Super Bowl LVII pits the Philadelphia Eagles against the Kansas City Chiefs. Both teams are looking for their second Lombardi Trophies in the post-merger era. The Chiefs, who sent the American Football League out of business in the best way possible with a 23-7 win over the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV at the end of the 1969 season, also won Super Bowl LIV, at the end of the 2020 season, by a 31-20 score over the San Francisco 49ers.

The Eagles finally got the franchise’s first Super Bowl win in LII at the end of the 2018 season, beating the New England Patriots, 41.33.

The storylines are compelling. Andy Reid was the Eagles’ head coach from 1999-2012, compiling a 130-91-1 regular-season record and a 10-9 postseason mark that included an appearance in Super Bowl XXXIX — a 24-21 loss to the Patriots at the end of the 2004 season. Reid, hired by the Chiefs before the 2013 season, has a 117-45 regular-season mark, and an 11-7 postseason record, including that Super Bowl LIV win.

Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts are making history as the first starting Black quarterbacks to face each other in a Super Bowl, and Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and Eagles center Jason Kelce are the first brothers to face each other in a Super Bowl.

The matchups in this game are even more interesting. And here’s where we at Touchdown Wire have endeavored to give you as much quality analysis as possible to get you ready for the big game. Here are all of our tape-heavy, stat-loaded previews, to (hopefully) give you all the insight you need to watch the game with a very full brain!

The 5 best prop bets for Super Bowl LVII

The five best NFL player prop bets to make for Super Bowl LVII.

We’ve reached the end of the line for the 2022 NFL season with the two top-seeded teams squaring off (as it should be).

We have five props for the final game of the year – giving away too much for a guy to score a touchdown (but he will), a league MVP who won’t hit the Over on a lofty O/U number, two running backs that history says will both go over their projection, and a big-play receiver who can hit his O/U if he just keeps doing what he’s done the last two months.

Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook

NFL Picks: Office pool pick’em – Super Bowl LVII

Use our staff’s weekly pick’em against the spread and straight up for the win.

NFL picks are provided for straight up (moneyline) and against the spread (ATS) NFL pick pools.

Each week’s spread picks are graded by the line as of when the person entered their picks. This will create situations in which a movement of the line can result in two participants having the correct pick but with different teams chosen during an individual game.

Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook

Super Bowl LVII picks: moneyline & against the spread


Season-to-date rankings: moneyline


Season-to-date rankings: ATS


NFL all-time picks leaderboard: moneyline

Straight Up DMD SG KP HS CC CJB HCG
2021 Record 167-104-1 159-112-1 179-92-1 176-95-1 175-96-1 176-95-1 174-97-1
2020 Record 161-94-1 161-94-1 165-90-1 164-91-1 174-81-1 166-89-1 172-83-1
2019 Record 162-93-1 156-99-1 161-94-1 161-94-1 164-91-1 157-98-1 163-92-1
2018 Record 167-87-2 158-96-2 179-75-2 153-101-2 165-89-2 157-97-2 n/a
2017 Record 168-88 161-95 171-85 165-91 180-76 160-96 n/a
2016 Record 157-97-2 149-105-2 156-98-2 152-102-2 156-98-2 139-115-2 n/a
2015 Record 154-102 137-119 156-100 155-101 165-91 n/a n/a
2014 Record 166-89-1 158-97-1 164-91-1 163-92-1 177-78-1 n/a n/a
2013 Record 163-92-1 160-95-1 170-85-1 153-102-1 n/a n/a n/a
Accuracy entering 2022 1,465-846-9
(63.1%)
1,399-912-9
(60.3%)
1,501-801-9
(64.7%)
1,442-869-9
(62.2%)
1,356-700-8
(65.7%)
955-590-7
(61.5%)
509-272-3
(64.9%)

NFL all-time picks leaderboard: ATS

ATS DMD SG KP HS CC CJB HCG
2021 Record 141-130-1 142-129-1 154-117-1 136-135-1 152-119-1 143-128-1 151-120-1
2020 Record 118-138 122-134 123-133 129-127 130-126 143-113 130-126
2019 Record 121-135 133-123 133-123 139-117 121-135 137-119 139-117
2018 Record 132-124 131-125 145-111 133-123 132-124 130-126 n/a
2017 Record 129-127 136-120 135-121 132-124 136-120 131-125 n/a
2016 Record 110-146 125-131 127-129 124-132 132-124 127-129 n/a
2015 Record 125-131 121-135 126-130 123-133 141-115 n/a n/a
2014 Record 122-134 124-132 143-113 132-124 123-133 n/a n/a
2013 Record 115-136-5 119-132-5 117-134-5 117-134-5 n/a n/a n/a
Accuracy entering 2022 1,113-1,201-6
(48.1%)
1,153-1,161-6
(50.7%)
1,203-1,111-6
(51.9%)
1,165-1,149-6
(50.2%)
1,067-996-1
(51.7%)
811-740-1
(52.3%)
420-363-1
(54.1%)

DMD – David Dorey, SG – Steve Gallo, KP – Ken Pomponio, HS – Harley Schultz, CC – Cletis Cutts, CJB – Cory Bonini, HCG – HC Green


[betwidget_tipico]

[betwidget_betmgm]


Gannett may earn revenue from audience referrals to betting services.  Newsrooms are independent of this relationship and there is no influence on news coverage.

The 3 best bets for Super Bowl LVII

The smartest wagers to make ahead of Super Bowl LVII.

A lot of people have lost money betting against the Patrick Mahomes-led Kansas City Chiefs. It’s a bet fraught with peril, because he wins at an 80 percent clip – better than Brady. But, he’s an underdog in the Super Bowl against a Philadelphia Eagles team that could deny him (for now) his rightful place in history as a players with chips – not chip – by no fault of his own.

You have two of the league’s top three offenses going against each other, but the Eagles were one 20-yard reception during the regular season from being the NFL’s top-ranked defense. In this game, the key is going to be Philly’s offensive line and its defensive line rotation – where vets like Ndamukong Suh and Linval Joseph are situational backups in it for a ring. The Eagles can hurt you in a lot of ways, and the Chiefs have too many rookies on defense being asked to make big plays against a largely veteran Eagles offense. This war will be won in the trenches.

Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook

What are Chargers’ current odds to win Super Bowl LVII?

The Los Angeles Chargers are receiving favorable odds.

The Chargers selected eight players in the 2022 NFL draft, bolstering the offensive and defensive line, getting faster in the secondary, and finding a complement to Austin Ekeler.

After Los Angeles stacked deck, how did that impact their odds of winning Super Bowl LVII?

At the moment, L.A. is tied for the fourth-best odds to hoist the Lombardi Trophy next February, along with the Broncos and 49ers at +1500, per Tipico Sportsbook.

That means if you bet $100 on the Chargers to win the Super Bowl, you would take home $1500 if the team won it all.

The Bills have the best odds at +600, followed by the Buccaneers at +700. The Packers, Chiefs, and Rams are tied at +1000

After making upgrades this offseason, specifically on the defensive side of the ball with notables J.C. Jackson, Khalil Mack and Sebastian Joseph-Day, Justin Herbert, Brandon Staley, and the Bolts are primed to contend for a Super Bowl.

Gannett may earn revenue from audience referrals to betting services. Newsrooms are independent of this relationship and there is no influence on news coverage.