Seahawks vs. Patriots: Super Bowl LX Predictions

After two weeks of waiting, Super Bowl LX is about to kick off between the favored Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots in a rematch of Super Bowl XLIX.

Since the day after the lines came out, the Seahawks have been four-and-a-half-point favorites, with the money line currently at -245 at the time of writing.

Nobody could have seen this matchup coming, as this is just the second time in NFL history that the Super Bowl is being played by a pair of teams who came into the season as +5000 or worse to win it all. The Seahawks came into the year at +6000, while the Patriots, who finished 4-13 last season, came in at +12000.

Ahead of the big game, we're going to give you a number of our biggest predictions for Super Bowl LX.

All odds via FanDuel as of Feb. 8 at 7:30am

Under 27.5 (+1000)

We're going way under with this game, with both defenses in blistering form.

Opposing defenses have absolutely eaten New England alive in the postseason, forcing five sacks in each of their three games. Unfortunately, for New England, the Seattle Seahawks are the best of the bunch in terms of scoring defense.

The Patriots are far from the most threatening offense in football, heavily benefiting from the weakest strength of schedule in the NFL during the regular season. Their playoff schedule wasn't the greatest either, facing a heavily-injured Los Angeles Chargers, CJ Stroud with major yips, and the Broncos without Bo Nix.

The Patriots also possess an extremely underrated defense. They've only allowed two touchdowns and 26 points all postseason, good for just 8.7 points per game.

The Seahawks, meanwhile, have shut out all teams other than the Los Angeles Rams for the past two months. In their last six games against those other teams, they allowed just 44 points combined, just 7.3 points per game.

We're smashing the under in this game. The big question for us is whether Seattle's offense can crack the Patriots' defense.

First Half: Under 21.5 (-110)

For us, this is a no-brainer. We're not expecting more than 27 points in the entire game, and Super Bowls, like most championship games, tend to be a bit slow coming out of the gate. We're just going to keep slamming all of the under props.

Number of Three-and-Outs: Over 5.5 (+100)

Unfortunately, all of the major retailers took the total sacks prop off the board; otherwise, we'd be slamming the over on that prop. However, we still think that a double-digit number of sacks is going to lead to a lot of short drives. We're pretty surprised this number is so high, given that the average is roughly four per game, but we still think it's going to go over with ease.

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Drake Maye Most Rushing Yards in Super Bowl LX (+700)

Maye has enjoyed a pair of 65+ yard outings and has become the most reliable player with his legs that the Patriots have to offer. We think he's going to be scrambling a lot today. We don't necessarily think that the number is going to be obscene, but another 50-to-60 yard performance could be enough to clinch this prop.

Super Bowl MVP: Rashid Shaheed (+4500)

In a game where we expect very little scoring, we're going to go after some unbelievable value with our Super Bowl MVP pick.

While we think it could go to a defensive player as well, we're going to go with Rashid Shaheed to either return a kick for a touchdown or blow the game wide open with one or two extremely long receptions.

Final Score: Seahawks 17 Patriots 10

We're expecting a very low-scoring affair, and a couple of big plays could prove to be the difference. We love a defensive duel, with Rashid Shaheed being the one to blow the game open.

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