The Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots will play in Super Bowl 60 on Sunday, February 8 in Santa Clara, California. Seattle is the No. 1 seed. 1 in the NFC after compiling a 14-3 regular season record. New England also went 14-3, giving it the No. 2 seed in the AFC.
Let’s take a look at the game odds and my two favorite prop bets for Patriots vs. Seahawks.
Super Bowl 60 odds
Money line: Seahawks -230 / Patriots +190
Spread: Seahawks -4.5 (-115) / Patriots +4.5 (-105)
Total: Over 45.5 (-110) / Under 45.5 (-110)
Super Bowl prop betting: Kenneth Walker III Over 19.5 receiving yards (-110)
Walker’s receiving yardage has been on a steady decline since opening. Really, though, it has to go up. The Michigan State product will likely exceed that number comfortably in Super Bowl 60. His career will obviously be high as Seattle’s backfield is completely his own with Zach Charbonnet suffering an ACL loss in the divisional round of the playoffs. As a lone wolf in the backfield, Walker rushed for 111 yards from scrimmage and one touchdown for 23 touchdowns in the NFC Championship. Of those 23 touches, four were receptions — which he turned into 49 yards. KW3 has gained at least 29 yards receiving in three straight games and in four of the last five. In his final three regular-season contests, Walker went 64 and 36 yards — and that’s when he shared time with Charbonnet. Seattle now faces a New England defense that allowed the fifth-most sacks (84) to opposing running backs in the regular season.
Super Bowl prop betting: Hunter Henry Over 37.5 receiving yards (-110)
While the Seahawks defense is all stellar (pass defense included), this isn’t a particularly bad matchup for Henry. Seattle gave up the fifth-most receptions to opposing tight ends (105) and the sixth-most yards to tight ends (1,080) in the regular season. Expect that trend to continue on Super Bowl Sunday. Cornerback Devon Witherspoon will be tasked with containing Patriots receiver Stefon Diggs, which will put pressure on Henry to step up — and give him every opportunity to do so. The former Arkansas standout torched the Chargers for 64 yards and a touchdown in the wild-card round before inclement weather prevented anyone on offense from doing much against the Texans and Broncos, respectively, in the final two games. Henry surpassed this number of 37.5 10 times during the regular season, including five of the last seven contests. During that time he finished with less than 35 yards just once.
