Far too often during the regular season, the defensive side of the football draws the short straw when it comes to proposition bets. The glamour position of quarterback never gets left out, and the players that are on offense and scoring touchdowns have all been the focus of a bet. But for the “prop-tastic” event that is the Super Bowl, we also get a full slate of defensive propositions.
Defensive Sack Props
When the Philadelphia Eagles played the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl two years ago, the Eagles went into the game with one of the best pass rushes in NFL history. They had 70 sacks as a team, which is tied for third all-time, and was only two sacks off the record set by the 1984 Chicago Bears.
In Super Bowl LVII, the Eagles came away with zero sacks, and the Kansas City offensive line wore commemorative “0 Sacks” shirts during their Super Bowl victory parade.
Philadelphia had just 41 sacks this season, and that could be a problem against Patrick Mahomes in Super Bowl LIX. If the Eagles are going to slow the Kansas City offense, they need big games from defensive tackles Jalen Carter and Milton Williams, linebacker Nolan Smith, and defensive end Josh Sweat.
Sweat led the team with 8.0 sacks in 2024, and he is paying +153 to get a sack on Sunday. Smith had 6.5 sacks during the season, four more in the playoffs, and he is +107 to sack Mahomes. Smith is +588 to get two or more sacks in the game.
Williams is paying +245 and Carter is at +131, and if he were to match his two-sack performance from the Divisional Round he pays +670.
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen was the toughest QB to sack in 2014, with just 14 on the season and only one sack in his last six games of the season. But the Chiefs sacked him twice and pressured him multiple times during the AFC Championship Game.
Leading the way for K.C. is three-time First-Team All-Pro Chris Jones. He is +124 to sack Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts and +660 to get at least two sacks. Defensive end George Karlaftis had 3.0 sacks in the Divisional Round, and he is +113 to get a sack on Sunday. He pays +589 to get at least two.
Charles Omenihu missed the Super Bowl last year because of injury, and he is +230 to get a sack in Super Bowl LIX. Defensive tackle Tershawn Wharton, who had one of the sacks of Buffalo’s Allen, is +235 to get one against Hurts.
Player Interceptions
Patrick Mahomes has three Super Bowl MVP awards, but he also has five Super Bowl interceptions. He hasn’t thrown an interception in eight straight games, but this a very good Eagles team on the backend. An interception would be a game-changing moment, and the Eagle most likely to come away with a pick are Chauncey Gardner-Johnson (+500), Darius Slay (+600), Reed Blankenship (+700), Cooper Dejean (+750), and Quinyon Mitchell (+800).
As a team, the Eagles had 13 interceptions in the regular season and four more in the playoffs.
The Chiefs had 13 interceptions this season, but Hurts hasn’t thrown a pick since Week 10. And if that streak is to be broken by Kansas City in the Super Bowl, Second-Team All-Pro cornerback Trent McDuffie is the most likely to do it. He pays +650 to get an interception on Sunday.
Other possibilities include Jaden Hicks (+800), Justin Reid (+850), Jaylen Watson (+900), and Bryan Cook (+1000).
Defensive Touchdowns
A huge swing in Super Bowl LVII came when Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton returned a fumble 36 yards for a touchdown. The Eagles had possession with a chance to go up by two touchdowns, but in an instant, the game was instead tied.
Defensive touchdowns are hard to predict, but as prop bets they do lead to big paydays. For the Eagles, the shortest defensive touchdown odds belong to Dejean (+4000), Gardner-Johnson (+5000), Slay (+5000), and Mitchell (+5000).
Oddsmakers have determined that the Chiefs defensive players most likely to score a touchdown are Bolton (+6500), Reid (+6500), Chamarri Conner (+6500), Karlaftis (+8000), and Jones (+8000).
If Jones were to score a touchdown, it would be the first of his career.
With over 25 years of experience as a distinguished sports writer for renowned platforms such as Fox Sports and ESPN, Kyle Garlett is a sports betting specialist who has been at the forefront of documenting the global surge in sports betting and online gaming. Based in Denver, Colorado, Kyle hosts an NFL betting YouTube show and podcast. Kyle also has two sports books published by HarperCollins.
Kyle graduated the Azusa Pacific University in 1996 with a B.A. Degree in Communication and Journalism.
