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Darren Sharper Surgery More Severe
And now it all comes out. Darren Sharper of the Super Bowl-winning New Orleans Saints was supposed to be one of the hottest free agents of the off-season. It was quite a surprise that he wasn’t snapped up immediately, but it turns out that he had microfracture knee surgery rather than the much less severe arthroscopic knee surgery as was originally reported.
Sharper re-upped with the Saints on Monday for another year, but his status for the summer and the start of next season is unknown.
Super Bowl Prop Betting Insanity
Pierre Thomas Breaks Tackle for the Game-Winning TD
Super Bowl time is also a time of prop betting insanity. There’s a prop bet to cover every angle including a bunch of prop bets for your favorite players like Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, Reggie Bush and Marquis Colston.
Super Bowl Quarterback Props
betED has a bunch of quarterback props like what will happen first? a touchdown pass or an interception.
As you can probably guess, both quarterbacks are heavily favored to throw a touchdown pass first with Brees at -240 and Manning at -300.
Super Bowl 44 MVP Odds and Preview
Manning already has a Super Bowl MVP award.
Super Bowl 44 MVP odds are out now and they reflect the usual bias towards quarterbacks and running backs. Peyton Manning is, not surprisingly, the overwhelming favorite followed by Drew Brees and the running backs Pierre Tomas and Joseph Addai.
RB Pierre Thomas, New Orleans Saints +800
Thomas didn’t have eye-popping regular season numbers picking up just 793 yards on the season, but that’s mostly because the Saints didn’t give him the ball much.
His 5.4 yards per carry is good, but it’s a little inflated because the Saints pass heavy offense makes it a little easier to knock off a big run.
Super Bowl Early Betting Lines: Colts by 4.5
Manning Receives Super Bowl XLI Trophy
Early Super Bowl lines are out now and the Indianapolis Colts (-215) are favored by 4.5 points over the New Orleans Saints (+170) and the over/under is 55.5.
I think the odds-makers thinking here is that the Saints defense gave up a too many yards against Minnesota and they expect Manning to only do better.
The one thing going in their favor is that the Saints are ball-hawks and basically won the game against the Vikings on the strength of their turn-overs.