The Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots will square off in Super Bowl 60 on Sunday, February 8 in Santa Clara, California. Seattle is the No. 1 seed out of the NFC after compiling a 14-3 regular-season record. New England also went 14-3, which gave it the No. 2 seed in the AFC.
Let’s take a look at the game odds and two of my 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 bet: Kenneth Walker III Over 19.5 receiving yards (-110)
Walker’s receiving yardage quota has been on a steady decline since it opened. Really, though, it should be going up. The Michigan State product will likely exceed this number comfortably in Super Bowl 60. His volume of work will obviously be high now that Seattle’s backfield belongs entirely to him with Zach Charbonnet having suffered a torn ACL in the divisional round of the playoffs. As the lone wolf in the backfield, Walker promptly delivered 111 yards from scrimmage and one touchdown on 23 touches in the NFC Championship. Of those 23 touches, four were receptions — which he turned into 49 yards. KW3 has gained at least 29 receiving yards in three straight games and in four of the last five. In his last three regular-season contests, Walker had performances of 64 and 36 air yards — and that was when he was sharing time with Charbonnet. Seattle now faces a New England defense that allowed the fifth-most catches (84) to opposing running backs in the regular season.
Super Bowl prop bet: Hunter Henry Over 37.5 receiving yards (-110)
Although the Seahawks’ entire defense is stellar (pass defense included), this is not a terrible matchup for Henry in particular. Seattle gave up the fifth-most receptions to opposing tight ends (105) and the sixth-most yards to tight ends (1,080) during 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 will 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 adverse weather conditions prevented anyone on offense from doing much against the Texans and Broncos, respectively, in the last two games. Henry exceeded this 37.5 number 10 times in the regular season, including in five of the last seven contests. During that stretch he finished with fewer than 35 yards just once.