The Picks Are In – ESPN Experts Are All Picking The Same Team To Win Super Bowl 60
This article was originally published on Total Pro Sports.
The Super Bowl finally takes place on Sunday. The NFL season will end in Santa Clara, California. The Seattle Seahawks will play the New England Patriots at Levi’s Stadium. Fans from both sides expect an exciting and emotional game.
Very few people expected these two teams to reach the Super Bowl. Both Seattle and New England started the season with low expectations. That changed as the season went on. The Seahawks earned the No. 1 seed in the NFC. The Patriots battled their way to the No. 2 seed in the AFC. Now both teams are just one win away from the Lombardi Trophy.
ESPN experts think they know who will win. A large group of analysts shared their predictions this week. Most of them picked Seattle to win the championship.
ESPN Panel Strongly Favors Seahawks
ESPN asked 58 football experts to predict the Super Bowl winner. Most of them picked the Seattle Seahawks. Forty-eight experts chose Seattle, while only 10 picked the New England Patriots.
That means about 83 percent of the panel supports Seattle. Seahawks fans will feel confident seeing those numbers, but Patriots fans may not like them.
Many experts also predicted the Super Bowl final score. The most common guess was Seattle winning 27-17. Four analysts chose that exact score. Even with the heavy support for Seattle, several experts still expect a close game. Thirty-five voters think the game will be decided by seven points or less.
Sports betting odds also favor Seattle. Las Vegas lists the Seahawks as 4.5-point favorites. The team enters the game playing well and carrying strong momentum.
The panel also predicted the Super Bowl MVP. Twenty-two experts picked Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold. Nineteen selected wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Patriots quarterback Drake Maye received six votes.
Overall, analysts believe Seattle has the stronger team right now. Still, the Patriots feel motivated to prove people wrong. Predictions do not decide games. The result will be decided on the field when both teams compete for the championship.
