4 hours Ago By ESPN staff
There's officially in the . The will face off against the two-time reigning champion on Sunday at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans for . Which team will take home the Lombardi Trophy? Which player will win Super Bowl MVP? We asked ESPN's NFL analysts, writers, commentators, columnists and pundits to make predictions for the big game.
More than 60 experts picked the winner of Eagles-Chiefs, including the final score of the game and who they think will win Super Bowl MVP. Here's a breakdown of their picks, plus betting odds from . Check out all of our for more news and analysis ahead of the game.
The Chiefs have the advantage, 41-25 Of the 66 experts who weighed in, the Chiefs were favored by 41 of them (62.1%), while the Eagles claimed 25 votes (37.9%).
The most common score predictions were 27-24 (picked by 10 of our experts) and 27-23 (five). The lowest combined total was 31 (17-14); the highest was 73 (38-35). The largest margin of victory predicted was 14 points (38-24).
And 62 experts said this game will be decided by a touchdown or less. currently favors Kansas City by 1.5 points, and the over/under is 49.
5 points. Of the experts in this pool, 54 have the game going over that total, while 12 like the under. The FPI likes the Eagles (56.
1%) by an average of 2.2 points. Predicting a Chiefs win (41) 31-25 33-30 24-21 31-27 32-29 27-24 27-19 24-21 27-24 34-30 27-23 27-24 35-28 28-25 24-20 38-24 38-35 35-34 24-21 32-31 27-24 31-28 34-31 30-26 27-24 28-24 27-24 21-17 27-21 27-24 28-21 31-30 31-28 30-27 30-20 27-21 34-31 27-23 27-24 23-17 27-23 Predicting an Eagles win (25) 31-27 31-28 27-24 31-27 34-32 29-24 24-21 30-24 28-25 22-16 33-30 32-22 35-32 27-23 27-24 27-23 20-17 24-20 28-24 34-30 30-24 25-24 17-14 34-31 28-24 Super Bowl MVP was by far the most common selection to win Super Bowl MVP, finishing with 37 of the 66 votes (56.
1%). He earned the in all three of his previous championships with Kansas City. was second with 18 votes (27.
3%), followed by ' five votes (7.6%). , and each received two votes (3.
0%). Marc Raimondi, Tim Hasselbeck, Ben Baby, Dan Graziano, Marcel Louis-Jacques, Rich Cimini, David Purdum, Todd Archer, Jeff Saturday, Daniel Oyefusi, Jordan Reid, Kevin Seifert, Matt Miller, Kimberley A. Martin, Field Yates, Nick Wagoner, Aaron Schatz, Josh Weinfuss, Michelle Beisner-Buck, Brooke Pryor, Jordan Raanan, Andrew Hawkins, David Newton, Katherine Terrell, Sarah Barshop, Eric Woodyard, Jeff Darlington, Ben Solak, Damien Woody, Mina Kimes, Mike Greenberg, John Keim, DJ Bien-Aime, Dan Orlovsky, Lindsey Thiry, Tedy Bruschi, Jason Reid Joe Buck, Kris Rhim, Paul Gutierrez, Jenna Laine, Michael DiRocco, Rob Demovsky, Jeremy Fowler, Alaina Getzenberg, Courtney Cronin, Alden Gonzalez, Tim Keown, Marcus Spears, Seth Wickersham, Matt Bowen, Turron Davenport, Herm Edwards, Kalyn Kahler, Elizabeth Merrill Seth Walder, Mike Clay, Brady Henderson, Scott Van Pelt, Sal Paolantonio John Buccigross, Mike Reiss Jamison Hensley, Stephen Holder Kevin Clark, Mike Tannenbaum.
