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Favorite or Underdog? What's The Smart Super Bowl Play?

Article posted on Tuesday 30 January - 12:57 EST

Bovada lists the New England Patriots as 4.5 favorites to defeat the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LII Sunday in Minnesota, and on the surface, that doesn't seem like a lot of points to give - at least it doesn't until you do your homework and realize that twice previously in Super Bowl history, a team has been favored by 4.5 points, and neither team covered the spread.