Seahawks, Rams favored in wide-open SB LXI field

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The Seattle Seahawks won Super Bowl LX after entering the season as +6000 long shots. They’ll enter the next season favored to win Super Bowl LXI, but their relatively long odds suggest the field is unprecedentedly wide open.

Seattle is tied with the Los Angeles Rams at +950 to win the NFL’s championship in 2027, followed by the Buffalo Bills at +1100, and the Philadelphia Eagles, Baltimore Ravens and AFC champion New England Patriots tied at +1300, according to DraftKings odds.

If they hold until the beginning of

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Point blank: Books want low-scoring Super Bowl

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The betting total for Super Bowl LX is unusually low, but sportsbooks will be rooting for the final result to be even lower.

At 45.5, according to DraftKings odds as of Friday afternoon, Sunday’s matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots is the ninth-lowest Super Bowl over/under in the past 40 seasons and the lowest since Super Bowl 50 between the Panthers and Broncos in 2016 (44), a 24-10 Denver win.

All time, the over is 29-28-1, excluding Super Bowl I, which has total data missing, according to ESPN Research.

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Early action for this year’s contest saw

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Seahawks favored over Pats for Super Bowl LX

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The Seattle Seahawks will be favored over the New England Patriots for Super Bowl LX… and no matter who wins, the champion will be among the biggest preseason longshots to take home the Lombardi Trophy in over two decades.

Seattle opened as a 3.5-point favorite before quickly jumping up to -4.5, according to DraftKings odds; the sportsbooks across the marketplace did not have a consensus opening spread, ranging anywhere from -3.5 to -5. Once the dust settled on the initial wagering Sunday night, Seahawks -4.5 or -5 emerged as the most common line.

On the moneyline,

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