Best Super Bowl 2025 prop bets, predictions by Chris "The Bear" Fallica — Part 2
Here is my second group of props and bets for Sunday’s Super Bowl LIX on FOX, and I figured I would keep the theme.
No, I’m not doing this to be cute. I actually do like these plays.
And who doesn’t like instant gratification? Especially on the contrarian side!
Let's dive in.
Juju Smith-Schuster anytime TD: +550
Juju Smith-Schuster o16.5 receiving yards
We know in these Super Bowls, there is a nice history of completely random Chiefs finding the end zone — see Mecole Hardman, MVS, Kadarius Toney, Skyy Moore and Damien Williams. So let’s throw an educated dart on Smith-Schuster, who, in his last full season in K.C., had 101 targets and is someone Patrick Mahomes knows.
My colleague Geoff Schwartz has talked about the loss of Nakobe Dean really mattering here and JuJu could be a beneficiary of some matchup advantages with Oren Burks. We gotta try and be a little different from the group-think out there and this is a spot where I'll zag when everyone is zigging.
Saquon Barkley longest run u25.5 yards: -130
I already mentioned taking Barkley going under 4.5 yards on his first carry, and I’ll back that up with Barkley’s longest carry at 25.5 yards. DraftKings was the lone spot I saw still with a 25.5 posted, albeit juiced a bit higher.
First holding penalty of game called on Kansas City: -115
While we don’t know which team will get the ball first, I’ll just use a little logic and say the Chiefs will be the team to get called for the first holding penalty. Their offensive line shuffling has created some issues, and we all expect the Chiefs to throw the ball more than Philadelphia. That infers to me that we’re more likely to see a holding penalty called on a K.C. pass play than a Philly running play. And we’ve