The Super Bowl is still a couple weeks away yet, but there are only four teams who are still at work hoping to lock down the Lombardi Trophy. There are four possible matchups for Super Bowl 50, and we'll take a second to analyze what the point spreads could be for any of the four options leading into conference championship Sunday.
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NEW ENGLAND VS. CAROLINA
This is the favored Super Bowl matchup right now at +153, as both of these teams are mild favorites in their respective conference title games. In this circumstance, the Patriots would end up being favored by at least a couple points unless Carolina can put on a full 60 minute show comparable to the first 30 minutes that it had against Seattle last week at home.
We just have to think that giving Bill Belichick two full weeks to prepare for Cam Newton isn't fair. Newton might be the MVP of the league this year, but he hasn't played on this stage quite yet, and his playoff history isn't anywhere near as good as Tom Brady's.
NEW ENGLAND VS. ARIZONA
The total for a Super Bowl involving the Cardinals would surely be higher than any other possibility of the bunch. Arizona's totals have consistently been high here in the second season, and this week isn't an exception in the NFC Championship Game.
That said, we would expect a similar spread in this game against New England regardless as to the NFC foe. The Pats would probably be laying around 3 or 3.5 in this prospective matchup. Many believe that Arizona has the most talented team in the league pound for pound, but we still don't see a situation in which the Brady Bunch won't be favored assuming that all of Brady, Rob Gronkowski, Julian Edelman and some of those great New England defenders are still available for the Super Bowl 50.
DENVER VS. CAROLINA
If the Broncos are to get to the Super Bowl, they're going to do it on the back of their defense. This unit is one of the best in the NFL, and it's right up there with as good as those Seattle defenses have been the last two seasons. Aqib Talib and Chris Harris Jr. are lockdown corners, and one would like to think that that would essentially keep Carolina one-dimensional.
There's just one problem, though. Newton and the running game for the Panthers is based on speed. There isn't a faster defense in the front seven in the NFL than that of the Broncos, and that's why Denver would very likely be a short favorite in the Super Bowl against Carolina. The spread though, would surely be less than a field goal, while the total would be in the low-40s, the lowest of any of the prospective four matchups for Super Sunday.
DENVER VS. ARIZONA
Though the Denver/Arizona matchup is the least likely at +404, it might make for the most entertaining game. Seeing this Broncos defense up against the Arizona offense would be a sight to behold, especially if Carson Palmer looks like himself against the Panthers this coming Sunday.
This would serve as Peyton Manning's farewell game, but bettors surely would remember the last time he was in the Super Bowl against a hyper-aggressive defense like the one he's going to be facing in this possible matchup. We have a hunch the Cardinals would end up being favored in the Super Bowl if this is how it all shook out, but just like Denver's prospective matchup with Carolina, the spread wouldn't end up being more than maybe a point or two in either direction.
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