Best Early Super Bowl LVI Player Prop Bets
While bettors may be distracted by the myriad of prop bets offered for the Super Bowl (coin toss, length of the national anthem, the color of the Gatorade dumped on the winning coach, etc.), various player prop bets remain at the heart of these offerings. In a game with a projected total of 48.5 points, there are seemingly plenty of ways to cash in on some player prop bets. Or are some of these lines overinflated based on the projected high total?
Here is a look at the best early Super Bowl LVI player prop bets.
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Best Super Bowl LV Player Prop Bets
Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook
Cooper Kupp OVER 102.5 Receiving Yards (-140)
One may not love the juice of -140 attached to Kupp’s receiving yards total, but it will not matter much if the bet cashes. And as Bets Stats pointed out on Twitter, Kupp has cashed the over on his projected receiving yards with regularity this season.
Kupp had a season for the ages, becoming just the fourth wide receiver since 1970 to win the league’s receiving triple crown (most receptions, yards, and touchdowns). Kupp followed up a spectacular regular season with an incredible three-game run in the playoffs to this point. He has averaged 10.7 targets and 128.7 yards and has at least one touchdown (four total) this postseason. Kupp now faces a Bengals pass defense that finished the regular season ranked 26th against the pass, averaging 248.4 yards allowed per game.
Each time Kupp finds the endzone, many often wonder, “how could the defense allow him to get so wide open?†The answer may simply be that Kupp is uncoverable and is a great bet to turn in another dominant performance on the biggest stage.
Joe Mixon OVER 26.5 Receiving Yards (-110)
We are backing another player’s over receiving yards total, but this one does not come with the same egregious juice as Cooper Kupp’s odds. Mixon has had at least 27 yards receiving in all three playoff games thus far and has totaled at least 27 receiving yards in each of his last five games overall.
Many are concerned with Cincinnati’s chances to beat the Rams, citing the advantage Los Angeles’ ferocious pass rush has against the Bengals’ weak offensive line. Against Tennessee in the Divisional Round, Burrow was under constant duress and tied a playoff record by taking nine sacks. To combat that pressure, Burrow often looked Mixon’s way, and he caught six of seven targets for 51 yards out of the backfield. Head coach Zac Taylor knows that a great way to beat pressure is with quick passes or screen passes, and Mixon should be a huge beneficiary of that game plan on Super Bowl Sunday.
Mixon is not the only running back that has thrived in Cincinnati’s passing game, as Samaje Perine took a screen pass 41 yards to the house in a momentum-swinging play in the AFC Championship. However, in the biggest of all games, we expect Mixon to get a large percentage of snaps in the backfield and have plenty of opportunities to cash this over.
Tyler Boyd Anytime Touchdown Scorer (+275)
Tyler Boyd is one of Joe Burrow’s favorite red zone targets and has scored a touchdown in four of the team’s last six games. While Ja’Marr Chase has been a target hog of late, he will also have one of the game’s best cover cornerbacks, Jalen Ramsey, shadowing him in this contest. Thus, that should open up more opportunities for receivers like Tee Higgins and Boyd, especially if tight end C.J. Uzomah cannot play or is compromised by a knee injury suffered in the AFC Championship. During the regular season, Boyd’s receptions, targets, yards, and touchdowns all ranked third on the team. But with Chase potentially being locked down by Ramsey, Boyd is well positioned to post a big day and find the endzone at least once.
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