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Welcome to the National Football League most valuable player awards. But don't be mistaken, this award should be renamed the NFL most valuable quarterback award. Ten of the last 11 NFL MVP awards have gone to a signal caller. Minnesota running back Adrian Peterson (2012) is the only player to disrupt that streak. Legendary QB Peyton Manning holds the record with five league MVP awards.

The seven-month wait is finally over — the NFL is back and opening weekend is jam-packed with juicy matchups! Week 1 is generally the toughest week to wager on since there's so much turnover across the league during the offseason. Before you make any wager, check out which three bets we think deserve your hard-earned money!

Before you go racing off to the sportsbook to place your bets on the Philadelphia Eagles winning Super Bowl LIII, repeat after me: Super Bowl champions no longer repeat the process. It's happened once since 2000, when the New England Patriots captured Super Bowls XXXVIII and XXXIX. But faced with the opportunity to do so against the Eagles in Super Bowl LII, the defending champion Patriots dropped the ball.

A win in Super Bowl LII, and the New England Patriots will join the Pittsburgh Steelers with a share of the record for most Super Bowls won. Each franchise would have six victories. A win in Super Bowl LII and the Philadelphia Eagles would remove themselves from the list of teams that are winless in multiple Super Bowl appearances, a group that also includes Buffalo, Minnesota, Cincinnati, Atlanta and Carolina.

What do Joel Embiid, DeMar DeRozan and Russell Westbrook have to do with Super Bowl LII? Well, nothing you'd think, unless some of those athletes from other sports are fans of the New England Patriots or Philadelphia Eagles and therefore hold a vested interest in the outcome. But you'd be wrong. Thanks to Bovada's Super Bowl cross-sport wagers, you can play all of them in a Super Bowl bet.

Super Bowl Sunday is often referred to as Sports Betting Christmas, because it is the largest single wagering day of the year in North American sports. And you can bet on everything surrounding the game. Who will win the coin flip? How long with the National Anthem last? What color will Pink's hair be when she sings it? Welcome to the wild world of Super Bowl exotic prop bets.

You've made your bets on the outcome of Super Bowl LII. You chosen your moneyline, point spread and over/under picks between the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles. Now the real fun begins, because that's what Super Bowl game props are all about. Which quarterback will pass for the most TDs? How will the first score of the game be made? Who will make it? Have at it and enjoy.

New England bucked a recent Super Bowl trend when they defeated the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl LI, becoming the first betting favorite to win the big game since the Green Bay Packers downed the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV, and just the second favorite to win the big game in a decade. The moneyline favorite is a mediocre 7-7 in the last 14 Super Bowls.

Beyond the straight up determination and point spread wagering on who will win Super Bowl LII between the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles, there's also over/under or total wagering available, clearly the toughest of the three wagers to call. Straight up, favorites are 35-16 in Super Bowls, and 28-19-2 against the spread. But the over/under is almost a perfect split, going 26-24-1.