2008 Super Bowl Player Proposition Bets

Player to Score First Touchdown in Game:
Eli Manning +3000
Brandon Jacobs +600
Ahmad Bradshaw +1500
Plaxico Buress +750
Amani Toomer +1000
Kevin Boss +2000
Steve Smith +1200
David Tyree +4000
Madison Hedgecock +4000
Tom Brady +2000

Laurence Maroney +550

Kevin Faulk +1300
Heath Evans +2000

Randy Moss +350

Wes Welker +500
Donte' Stallworth +1500
Jabar Gaffney +1200
Benjamin Watson +900
No TD Scored in Game +15000
Field (Any Other Player) +700


Player to Score Last Touchdown in Game:
Eli Manning +2500
Brandon Jacobs +1200
Ahmad Bradshaw +1200
Plaxico Buress +800
Amani Toomer +1200
Kevin Boss +1800
Steve Smith +1500
David Tyree +3000
Madison Hedgecock +3000
Tom Brady +2500

Laurence Maroney +600

Kevin Faulk +1000
Heath Evans +2000

Randy Moss +500

Wes Welker +700
Donte' Stallworth +1500
Jabar Gaffney +1200
Benjamin Watson +1200
No TD Scored in Game +15000
Field (Any Other Player) +450

Who Will MVP of Game Thank First?
Teammates +225
God +200
Family +200
Coach +400
Doesn't Thank Anyone +600

Who Will Be Super Bowl XLII MVP?
Ahmad Bradshaw +1500
Amani Toomer +1500
Antonio Pierce +4500
Brandon Jacobs +1000
Corey Webster +4500
Eli Manning +350
Gibril Wilson +4000
Lawrence Tynes +3000
Michael Strahan +3000
Osi Umenyiora +3000
Plaxico Burress +800
Sam Madison +4500
Steve Smith +3300

Adalius Thomas +1500
Asante Samuel +1500
Benjamin Watson +3000
Donte' Stallworth +2000
Jabar Gaffney +2000
Junior Seau +2500
Kevin Faulk +1200
Laurence Maroney +500
Randy Moss +400
Rodney Harrison +1800
Stephen Gostkowski +2500
Tedy Bruschi +2500
Tom Brady -200
Wes Welker +500
Field (Any Other Player) +550

Looking For An Edge

One of the main ways bettors can help themselves is to shop for the best lines, as propositions vary greatly from sportsbook to sportsbook. An example would be last year, when Devin Hester scored the first touchdown. Hester was +800 at Harrah's and +3000 at the Las Vegas Hilton.

From a statistical standpoint, bettors can gain a slight advantage in betting that Tom Brady's first pass will be a completion, as he completed his first pass in 16 of 18 games this season, but I would certainly shop around and look for odds in the -240 range.

Eli Manning, on the other hand, completed his first pass in 11 of 19 games, so a bettor would have a bit of an edge wagering that his first pass was incomplete, as long as they were taking the +160 offered at Bodog, or better odds at another sportsbook.