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Super Bowl XLII Props

Eli Manning Under 21 ½ completions (- 150)

In 14 of 19 games, Manning has had 21 or less completions. In the earlier season game vs. the Patriots, he had 22 completions while the Giants scored 35 points. I don’t think the Giants will come close to matching those points therefore Eli will not have that many completions.

Will Tom Brady throw an interception? No (- 115)

Brady has thrown an interception in only 7 of 18 games this year. He’s played in 2 games off a bye week, and he’s thrown 8 touchdown passes and 0 interceptions. After throwing 3 in the AFC Championship game, Brady will be on top of his game and not throw an INT here.

NY Giants longest field goal Over 42 ½ (+ 125) … Must be 1 FG for action

Lawrence Tynes has been very consistent this year. He made 85% of his kicks (23 of 27) including a perfect 8 of 8 between 40 and 49 yards. 5 of those 8 were 43 yards or longer.

Will there be a special teams or defensive touchdown? Yes (+ 140)

Both teams were in the top 5 of the league scoring defensive touchdowns. The Patriots scored 6 defensive touchdowns, and had 2 returns for TD’s. The Giants scored 5 defensive touchdowns, and had 1 return for a TD which came in the earlier season meeting.

NE Patriots Longest field goal Under 39 ½ (- 120) … Must be 1 FG for action

Stephen Gostkowski only attempted 24 field goals this year. Of those, only 5 of them were longer than 40 yards. He only made 3 of those attempts.

Total pass attempts by both teams Under 72 ½ (- 115)

If you add the pass attempts in each game of Brady and Manning, only 5 games saw them combine for more than 73 pass attempts with an average of 67.3 pass attempts. In the Week 17 game, the QB’s did combine for 74 pass attempts. But it’s unlikely this will be a back and forth game like that which had a combined 73 points scored.