Eagles-Chiefs sees huge line motion as 69% of cash pours in on Philly
Eagles bettors expect they will expertise a nice Super Bowl night, as 69% of the early money at BetMGM is relying on Philadelphia to cowl the unfold in opposition to the Kansas City Chiefs. Sixty-eight p.c of the moneyline deal with can also be using on Philly to win straight up in a sport that pits brother versus brother, Andy Reid versus his old team, and Eagles fans versus greased poles.
Fly, Eagles line
Minutes after Kansas Metropolis defeated the Cincinnati Bengals in the stadium formerly known as Burrowhead, the Chiefs opened as 1.5-point favorites over the Eagles. It took lower than an hour for that line to swing closely in direction of Philadelphia, who have been shortly established as 2.5-point favorites. By Monday morning, the unfold settled at Eagles -2.
If Philadelphia stays the favourite when the Tremendous Bowl kicks off, it is going to be the tenth time in Patrick Mahomes‘ 94-game profession that the Chiefs are underdogs. Mahomes is 7-1-1 against the spread and 6-3 straight up when the opposition is favored.
Chiefs hobbling into the large sport
The final time Kansas Metropolis appeared within the Tremendous Bowl, they have been lacking 80% of the starters on their offensive line. That ended up taking part in a big position of their 31-9 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Two years later, a spate of accidents affecting their ability positions and high cornerback threaten to derail them once again.
Mahomes suffered a high-ankle sprain in opposition to the Jaguars within the divisional spherical, which prompted him to spend a lot of Sunday night time’s sport hopping round on one leg.
Three of the Chiefs’ high 4 receivers have been knocked out of the championship spherical with numerous accidents. Kadarius Toney (ankle) performed 6% of offensive snaps, Mecole Hardman (pelvis) logged 22%, and Juju Smith-Schuster (knee) recorded 45% earlier than leaving the sport. This left Kansas Metropolis with a wideout rotation of Marquez Valdes-Scantling, rookie Skyy Moore, and Marcus Kemp, who had 4 profession receptions since getting into the league in 2017.
Cornerback L’Jarius Sneed is in concussion protocol after struggling a concussion on the fourth play of the Bengals sport.
Stats offered by Professional Soccer Reference and StatMuse.