Super Bowl 60 betting guide, odds: Our best bets for Patriots-Seahawks

The Super Bowl LX game has been set and the Seattle Seahawks are favored against the New England Patriots. The game will be played on Sunday, February 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, and American bettors on legal US sportsbooks will put down approximately $1.71 billion.

With a huge prop bet menu and many more options to bet on than a normal game, Yahoo Sports NFL Handicappers are here to help you sort through it all to find bet value. Remember, even though it’s the last game of the season, be smart with your bankroll: Nevada sportsbooks have only lost in two Super Bowls since 1991.

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Here are our favorite Super Bowl LX bets – be sure to bookmark this page and check in daily as we’ll be updating it right up until kickoff.

Chances courtesy of PariMGM.

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Matt Jacob: A little more than three field goals per game. That’s the average of the last five opponents against New England’s defense.

The raw numbers: 46 total points and four touchdowns allowed in 300 minutes of action.

Now let’s review the five quarterbacks the Patriots stifled during this dominant defensive run:

• Brady Cook (Jets rookie making his fourth NFL start)

• Quinn Ewers (Dolphins rookie making third NFL start)

• Justin Herbert (Chargers starter)

• CJ Stroud (Texas departure)

• Jarrett Stidham (Broncos backup making fifth NFL start)

A quick note on Herbert and Stroud: the former played behind a makeshift offensive line for most of the season, while the latter treated the football like a hot potato in two playoff games (five interceptions, five fumbles). Oh, and Herbert is now 0 of 3 in the playoffs (all on the road), while Stroud is 1 of 4 as a visitor in the postseason.

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So forgive me for being reluctant to compare the 2026 Patriots defense to the 1985 Chicago Bears defense.

No, I won’t drop an F-bomb (“fraud”) on the New England shutdown unit. I say, however, that recent figures must be taken in context. After all, just before this five-game stretch, the Patriots defense was split by the Ravens (24 points in Week 15) and the Bills (35 points in Week 16). Starting QBs in these games: Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen.

I get it – there’s a large faction of NFL fans (and bettors) who are still waiting for the “real” Sam Darnold to show up. But here’s the reality: Seattle scored 72 points in playoff wins over the 49ers and Rams after averaging 28.4 points per game in the regular season.

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The Seahawks have scored at least 26 PPG in 13 of 18 games (including 10 of the last 13); they reached the 30-point plateau 10 times; and they exceeded 40 points three times.

Did Darnold do it all on his own? Absolutely not. In fact, the defense and special teams had a huge impact on Seattle’s scoring. It was a total team effort – and I bet we’ll see it again in Super Bowl 60 with the Seahawks lighting up the scoreboard one last time.

Bet: Seahawks team total over 25.5 points (-120)

Jacob: The fact that Drake Maye might be moving isn’t exactly breaking news. Opposing defenses have known for some time that the 6-foot-4, 225-pound Patriots quarterback is willing to give up the pocket and — more importantly — capable of picking up chunks of real estate with his legs.

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Do something about it? That’s another story.

In his last seven games, Maye has had at least one run of more than 13 yards five times. The only exceptions: he had long runs of 11 yards against the Jets in Week 17 and 8 yards against Houston in the divisional round.

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In Super Bowl 60, Maye will face an aggressive Seahawks pass rush that I hope will dominate a Patriots offensive line that has allowed five sacks in each of its three playoff victories.

Translation: Maye will get the green light to take off whenever he feels the heat, and I’m counting on him to turn at least one of his sprinters into a big gain — just like Brock Purdy did in the Divisional Round (18-yard run) and old man Matthew Stafford did in the NFC Championship Game (13-yard run).

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Among the quarterbacks who had big runs against Seattle in the regular season: Kyler Murray (29 yards), Jacoby Brissett (15 yards), CJ Stroud (15 yards) and Cam Ward (14 yards).

Bet: Drake Maye, longest run of 13.5 yards (-115)

Jacob: One of the main reasons the Patriots defense has had so much success this season: They haven’t faced many top pass rushers. At this point:

Mike Evans did not play when the Buccaneers hosted New England in Week 10. Ja’Marr Chase was suspended when the Patriots played at Cincinnati in Week 12 (and Joe Flacco was the Bengals’ quarterback). Garrett Wilson was injured in the Jets’ two games against the Pats. Malik Nabers was in street clothes when the Giants visited New England in Week 13. And Tyreek Hill was long gone by the time the Dolphins played Foxborough in Week 18.

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Hill, however, was on the field when Miami hosted the Patriots in Week 2, and he racked up 109 receiving yards.

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The only other notable tight ends and wideouts who faced New England this year: Raiders’ Brock Bowers (103 yards); Dalton Kincaid of the Bills (108 yards in the first game, 34 yards in the second game); Chris Olave (98 yards); Drake London (118 meters), Emeka Egbuka (115 meters); DK Metcalf (32 yards); and Courtland Sutton (17 yards).

Sutton, of course, had Jarrett Stidham as his quarterback. So the only elite pass catchers the Patriots contained were Kincaid (once) and Metcalf.

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Which brings me to Seahawks wide receiver (and former Metcalf teammate) Jaxon Smith-Njigba.

The third-year pro had an NFL-best 1,793 receiving yards in the regular season. He had 90+ receiving yards in 12 of Seattle’s first 14 games. And he exceeded 100 yards 10 times (including 153 yards against the Rams in the NFC championship game).

This That’s why Smith-Njigba will be the Patriots’ defensive priority in Super Bowl Sunday. Will this matter? No.

Bet: Jaxon Smith-Njigba on 93.5 receiving yards (-130)