Super Bowl LVI Prop Bets

Cory and Eric are back at it for a third year in a row! After our second round of prop bets, it's safe to say Cory is having significantly more fun than Eric with this exercise.

Cory won $5 from Eric in their Super Bowl LIV prop bets two years ago and then another $12.03 last year. Let's see if Eric can cut into that deficit this year.

Here are our 10 prop bets in the order they were made on the show. As in the past, even odds bests are worth $5 and we'll include potential winnings for Cory and Eric based on the odds they get for each prop.

Prop Bets

1. Will over (+130)/under (-160) 2.5 players attempt a pass in the game?

Evan's contest for Eric and Cory was to guess how many different roller coasters he has ridden in his life. Cory guessed 103 while Eric guessed 86. The correct answer was 112. Cory was closest so he picked the first of our 10 prop bets and selected the over on this one.

Cory stands to win $6.50 from Eric if at least oen player besides Matthew Stafford and Joe Burrow attempt a pass. If it winds up just being those two, Eric will win $3.13.

2. Will there be a sack (-135) or a touchdown (+105) first?

With his first selection, Eric settled on this prop and went with the betting favorite, figuring that there will be plenty of opportunities for either team to record a sack before the first touchdown.

If he's right, he'll win $3.70 from Cory, otherwise he'll have to shell out $5.25.

3. Will Cooper Kupp score a touchdown? (-180 yes, +150 no)

Cory usually jumps all over the props he likes to bet the underdog on, but he's convinced this is a slam dunk. He also took the over on Kupp and Chase combining for at least two touchdowns in our ESPN Playoff Pick 'em contest.

If Kupp reaches the end zone Sunday night, Cory will earn $2.78, while Eric stands to earn $7.50 if the Bengals can keep the NFL's best wide receiver of 2021 away from pay dirt.

4. Will there be a score in the final 3.5 minutes? (-165 yes, +145 no)

With his second pick, Eric took another favorite. We're defining the final 3.5 minutes as the last 3.5 minutes of play, including overtime should we see it for just the second time in Super Bowl history.

Eric can win $3.03 from Cory if there is a score in the closing minutes on Sunday. Cory would get a modest haul of $7.25 if both teams can keep each other off the board late.

5. Will there be over (-150)/under (+120) 6.5 punts in the game?

Cory picked a moderately high scoring game, expecting 48 points in total. Because of that, he figures there probably won't be a ton of punting.

He took the under with the potential to win $6.00 if he's right. As soon as a seventh punt takes place, however, Eric would earn $3.33.

6. Will Matthew Stafford (-140) or Joe Burrow (+110) throw a touchdown first?

Eric picked the Bengals to win the game, granted only because Cory took the Rams and it's the only realistic way Eric can catch Cory in our confidence points contest. That said, he also expects the Bengals to get off to a hotter start, so he took Joe Burrow.

If he's right, Cory will owe Eric $5.50, otherwise $3.57 will trade hands in the other direction.

7. Will it take over (-130)/under (+110) 1 minute 35 seconds for Mickey Guyton to sing the National Anthem?

As always, if we have to sit through it we may as well put some money on the line.

Cory selected this prop and took the over, figuring 95 seconds would be a torrential pace for a Super Bowl. For context, singing at a traditional cadence, it takes Cory about 70 seconds to sing the National Anthem. Last year, Jazmine Sullivan and Eric Church took more than two minutes and the last time a singer hit this under was Kelly Clarkson's 1 minute 34 second rendition in 2012.

If Mickey Guyton takes at least 96 seconds, Cory will win $3.85, but if he's wrong and she sprints through it, Eric wil take $5.50 from him.

8. Will the first team to score win the game? (-190 yes, +145 no)

Eric went with the potential earnings on this one. The first team to score in the Super Bowl is 36-19 all-time, but 0-2 in the last two years. Eric hopes the Rams score first and he gets this right.

If Eric is correct, he stands to add $7.25 to his wallet, otherwise he'll pay Cory $2.63.

9. Will there be more points scored in the first half (+115) or in the second half + overtime (-145)?

With Cory's final selection, he chose this one and predicted that the two teams will get off to a hot start and the scoring will slow down after the intermission.

Cory will happily take $5.75 of Eric's money if he's correct, otherwise he'll have to give up $3.45.

10. Will the Rams (-170) or the Bengals (+125) be the first to 10 points?

And with the final prop, Eric was left with this selection. He took the Bengals and the potential earnings, primarly based on his earlier bet that Joe Burrow will throw a touchdown before Matthew Stafford does.

This prop bet will net Eric $6.25 if the Bengals get off to a hotter start than the Rams, otherwise he'll cough up $2.94.

Adding up all these prop bets, Eric has the highest potential winnings to look forward to, as a 10-0 prop bet record will net him $48.64. Cory, meanwhile, can hope for $46.52 if it goes 10-0 the other way, pretty similar to the situation entering Super Bowl LV a year ago.

From an odds standpoint, this is pretty even as Cory and Eric each have five betting favorites and five underdogs.