Super Bowl 42: Brady driving the Patriots down to "-11"

Thanks to Tom Brady and his mysterious injury, the Super Bowl point spread is favoring the New England Patriots less and less each hour.

Super Bowl 42: Brady driving the Patriots down to -11 The New England Patriots, who started the NFL playoffs as the ultimate favorite to win the Super Bowl 42, are now finding themselves getting cut shorter and shorter by the online odds makers. The New England Patriots opened -12.5 points favorite against the spread on the Super Bowl 42, but the latest rumor and pictures of Tom Brady walking around New York with cast on his leg, made the impossible happen - the bookmakers are cutting the odds and point spread. At the online sportsbook Bodog Sports, the Super Bowl point spread is now down to -11 points chalk the Patriots and more "downsizing" is soon to come. Meanwhile the bookmaker has pulled back the Super Bowl 42 betting odds for revision.

It's a similar situation at another popular online betting firm - Bookmaker, where the New York Giants are now the favorite among the bettors to win the Super Bowl game. At the bookie, the Giants as favorite to cover the spread are the number one bet on event so far this week, and the NY Giants winning the Super Bowl is the second most bet on sporting event. The betting odds on the New England Patriots to win the game are now down to only -455 and the odds on the Giants are sitting at +375. The bettors are loving the potential value the bookmakers are offering on the New York Giants and bets on them are pouring in by the hour, driving the odds on them and the betting odds on the Super Bowl down.

Published on 01/22/2008