Eagles biggest Super Bowl underdogs since '09

he Philadelphia Eagles are the biggest Super Bowl underdogs since 2009.

The Westgate SuperBook in Las Vegas on Sunday installed the Eagles as 5.5-point underdogs to the New England Patriots for Super Bowl LII.


Other sportsbooks went higher. The Wynn opened at New England minus-6.5, and Caesars Palace and Station Casinos each made the Patriots minus-6.
William Hill's Nevada book went a touch lower, with New England opening as a 5-point favorite. The Super Bowl over/under was set at 47.5.


The Patriots will be looking for their second straight Super Bowl title and third in the past four seasons, when they take on the Eagles on Feb. 4, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.


The betting favorite has won 33 of the previous 51 Super Bowls.


Philadelphia is the largest Super Bowl underdog since the Arizona Cardinals were seven-point underdogs to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII.
New England reached its 10th Super Bowl with a comeback win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in the AFC Championship Game. New England erased a 10-point deficit with nine minutes to play and beat the Jaguars 24-20.


The Eagles hammered the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC Championship Game to get back to the Super Bowl for the third time and first since facing the Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX.


The Patriots kicked off the season as the consensus Super Bowl favorites with odds around 5-2 and, after a few early hiccups, remained the team to beat at Las Vegas sportsbooks for the majority of the season.


The Eagles were 40-1 to win the Super Bowl at the Westgate SuperBook in September. They got off to a 10-2 start but lost quarterback Carson Wentz to a knee injury in early December. Backup quarterback Nick Foles stepped in and led the Eagles to back-to-back wins in the playoffs. Philadelphia was an underdog in each of its playoff games, against the Atlanta Falcons and Sunday against the Vikings.


Since Nevada Gaming Control began tracking wagering on the Super Bowl in 1991, the state's regulated sportsbooks have come out ahead in 25 of 27 games. The books are up a net $173.6 million on the Super Bowl during that span, with their only two losses coming in 2008 (Patriots-New York Giants) and 1995 (San Francisco 49ers-San Diego Chargers).

Remember when there used to be double digit dogs?

Haven't seen one of those in a while

The Linesmakers going for the sweep in making the Eagles a dog again....when they going to learn....

That Pitt/AZ SB I had the Cardinals at 99-1 on matchbook before the playoffs started and I hedged a little of it but not much. You really couldn't hedge that much because Pitt should not have been -7/-280 in that game. AZ sucked in the regular season and won that division by default but they had a lot of talent on that team and had come together and were playing really well at that point. So taking Pitt ML to hedge was hard to do.

Just to tie everything together, James Harrison had a pick 6 on Warner before the half in that game and now he will be back in the superbowl with the Patriots. All thanks to his use of needles (no, not those needles), acupuncture therapy has worked wonders for his career.

http://www.espn.com/blog/pittsburgh...l-dry-needles-to-prolong-career-with-steelers

My local as of now. I have a future for $25 to win $1000 if the Birds win the SB. Im gonna hedge a little but Im not sure if I should do it now or wait?

New England and Philly locals are sweating big time...