NFL Super Bowl XLV Spread Betting Odds
The Indianapolis/New Orleans lead differential is set at 4-6 points. Spread buyers would enjoy an outcome similar to the Colts’ huge 41-10 win when the teams last met on Kickoff Weekend in 2007. However, spread bettors will know that the Saints they’re a much better team and have recorded some big wins of their own this season, most recently a 45-14 win over Arizona in the divisional playoffs. Spread bettors will also know that New Orleans will get the help of the most supportive nations thanks to the role the franchise is playing in the post-Hurricane Katrina rebuilding effort. On the other hand, diff buyers will appreciate that the superior experience of the Colts balances this out. Reggie Wayne, Dallas Clark, and of course Peyton Manning, among others, all own Super Bowl rings.
Buyers of the Sporting Indexes total points spread, at 58, will be with the neutrals expecting a high-scoring thriller. The season record would suggest this will be the case, as the Colts possess the second-ranked passing offense while the Saints can boast the fourth-best passing attack. The pass defense record isn’t all that impressive, as New Orleans is 26th, while Indy is 14th. Music to the ears of point buyers. Buyers and sellers of the touchdown yardage spread should also keep this in mind.
Just like last year when Kurt Warner and Ben Roethlisberger went head-to-head, bettors can expect a lot of attention to be paid to the two quarterbacks. There was plenty of spread support for Colts superstar QB Peyton Manning during the regular season, but despite throwing for 33 touchdowns, he was outshone by Drew Brees. The Saints Brees have thrown 34 TD passes and 4,388 yards so far and as explained, punters can expect a few more. Sporting Index offers a differential of quarterback passing yardage supremacy, so both buyers and sellers of differentials should be interested in the teams’ passing averages this season. New Orleans ranks first with a 403.8-yard average, while with 363.1-yard equivalent, the Colts are only ninth in the NFL. The salesmen of Saints supremacy, however, will know that Manning cannot be written off in this biggest game and he will be brimming with confidence with the memories of three touchdown passes last time out against the Saints. In the same game, Brees completed 28 passes but for just 192 yards.