Why are the Las Vegas Super Bowl Odds makers showing the Green Bay Packers favored over a veteran Pittsburgh Steelers team full of a roster with two-time Super Bowl Champions? Super Bowl XLV kicks off, Sunday Feb 06, between the Green Bay Packers vs Pittsburgh Steelers, in Dallas, Texas. Vegas oddsmakers are leaning toward the Green Bay Packers as -3 point favorites to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers and become Super Bowl XLV Champions. Be sure to check the 2011 Super Bowl Lines and bet on the Green Bay Packers vs Pittsburgh Steelers Spread before kick off on Sunday February 6th.
The Steelers haven’t been an underdog in two months, and now in the biggest game of the season they’re a dog? Green Bay has been an underdog twice already in these playoffs and they struggled against Philadelphia in the Wild Card round and against Chicago against a third-string quarterback for the second half. The Steelers enter Super Bowl XLV with a collective 54 Super Bowl rings amongst them. Only two Green Bay Packers have ever played in a Super Bowl, and only one has a ring and that is John Kuhn who got his as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers practice squad in 2005. The Steelers have the better quarterback, a better rushing attack, a better defense and most importantly a better postseason history.
The point spread does not always indicate who the better team is. The oddsmakers have to anticipate where the money will come and adjust accordingly. And once again it looks like Las Vegas hit it right on. It has been almost two weeks since the line came out, and it has remained steady at Green Bay -3 at most sportsbooks with even action reportedly being wagered on both sides. So the oddsmakers got it right in terms of the point spread regardless of what happens.
Las Vegas got it right with the point spread as evidence by the almost even wagering, but is Green Bay really the better team? Maybe the oddsmakers will be right in both regards, favoring Green Bay and setting a line that attracts equal betting. After all Las Vegas is 7-0 in picking Steelers Super Bowls. The Steelers were favored in the six Super Bowls they won and an underdog in their lone Super Bowl loss. And the oddsmakers have predicted 32 of the past 44 Super Bowls correctly as the favorites are 32-12 straight up in the Super Bowl.
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The Bottom Line: The Steelers have nearly every advantage thinkable on Sunday with the notable exception of one, the oddsmakers appear to be in Green Bay’s corner. Be sure to check the 2011 Super Bowl Lines and bet on the Green Bay Packers vs Pittsburgh Steelers Spread before kick off on Sunday February 6th.
