Props To Prop Bets

Props To Prop Bets

This weekends Sunday action is the last slice of football you’re going to see until the Super Bowl on February 7th. Gridiron Experts, along with many (many) of you are definitely going to go through NFL withdrawals, but until then check out these prop bets that you may find interesting (or insulting if you’re a New York Jets fan).

For those who don’t know, these are bets you can place in Vegas or with online sportsbooks on individual player achievements. You can get everything from the coin toss to Superbowl Odds. Most of the time these bets are based on an average of a team or players numbers throughout the year, making the bet not worth a second look, but this week a couple bets caught my eye, in kind of a humorous fashion. (The .5 is so there are no ties)

Prop Bet #1]  Over/Under Mark Sanchez will complete 13 passes. 13…that’s it? I understand the Jets have gotten to where they are now with their top defense and power running game, but 13 passes? Wow! So if you were to lose this bet, Sanchez would only average 3 completed passes per quarter. Not a lot of faith for a guy who is one game away from going to the Super Bowl.

Prop Bet# 2] Will Either Team Score 3 Straight Times w/o Other Team Scoring. This bet pays 2 to 1 that a team will accomplish this task. I’m not going to say who, but Colts fans out there would arrogantly take this crazy bet as I’m sure they haven’t watched too many Jets games, pass.

Prop Bet #3] Total Sacks by Both Teams Combined Over/Under 3.5 – This bet made me do a double take. The Colts have arguably one of the leagues best combos in Robert Mathis and Dwight Freeney, while the Jets are a smart, aggressive bunch led by one of the most clever minds in the game. How in a dome could there only be 3 sacks? I know Peyton never gets touched but one sack off a corner blitz might catch him off guard. I’ll be watching for this one bet the most on Sunday as to me it seems very do-able.

Prop Bet #4] Brett Favre will score Over/Under 1.5 touchdown passes- The funny thing abut this one is that Drew Brees’s prop bet for the same thing has him at 2.5 touchdown passes. I expect a shoot out in this game and see at least 2-3 touchdown passes by both of these quarterbacks. I mean the game was over last week, and Favre was still padding his stats.

Prop Bet #5] Will Sidney Rice have more than 79.5 receiving yards?- There’s no way Rice can top last weeks performance with 3 touchdown passes, but this bet seems very possible. I’m going to definitely use a BetEd bonus code for this one.

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