The thumb injury to Drew Brees meant a thumbs down to New Orleans Saints Super Bowl odds this weekend.
New Orleans dropped from 8-1 to 18-1 on the Bovada odds to win Super Bowl 54 on the news that Brees would be sidelined 6-8 weeks.
We don’t have a clever segue into the elbow injury suffered by Pittsburgh’s Ben Roethlisberger, but suffice to say the Steelers odds are falling as well.
The Steelers were 26-1 after Week 1 and 50-1 today after it was announced that Big Ben would miss the rest of the season after elbow surgery.
Still all the movement in the top third of the Bet On Super Bowl futures page did not impact the two teams at the top. New England actually shortened their odds atop the table at +333 with a predictable 43-0 blowout at Miami. Meanwhile the Kansas City Chiefs locked into the #2 slot at 7-1 with a huge second quarter to beat Oakland Sunday.
The Rams climbed to 8-1 from 12-1 with another solid victory (and knocking out Brees) while the Cowboys moved to 2-0 and climbed to 12-1 from 15-1 a week ago. Atlanta rebounded from a terrible Week 1 with a sketchy home win over banged-up Philly and climbed to 30-1 from 40-1.
The rest of the table is below, courtesy of Bovada.
| Super Bowl 54 Odds |
| New England Patriots +333 |
| Kansas City Chiefs +700 |
| Los Angeles Rams +800 |
| Dallas Cowboys +1200 |
| Green Bay Packers +1200 |
| Chicago Bears +1600 |
| Philadelphia Eagles +1600 |
| New Orleans Saints +1800 |
| Baltimore Ravens +2000 |
| Cleveland Browns +2000 |
| Minnesota Vikings +2000 |
| Los Angeles Chargers +2200 |
| Seattle Seahawks +2200 |
| Houston Texans +2500 |
| San Francisco 49ers +2500 |
| Atlanta Falcons +3000 |
| Buffalo Bills +5000 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers +5000 |
| Tennessee Titans +5000 |
| Carolina Panthers +6000 |
| Detroit Lions +6000 |
| Indianapolis Colts +6000 |
| Jacksonville Jaguars +10000 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers +10000 |
| Arizona Cardinals +15000 |
| Denver Broncos +15000 |
| New York Giants +15000 |
| New York Jets +15000 |
| Oakland Raiders +15000 |
| Cincinnati Bengals +25000 |
| Washington Redskins +25000 |
| Miami Dolphins +100000 |