Super Bowl 52 odds: Patriots early betting favorites over Eagles

Tom Gatto

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The Patriots, to no one's surprise, are the early favorite to win Super Bowl 52 over the Eagles on Feb. 4 in Minneapolis.

One initial point spread lists New England as 5 1/2-point choice over Philadelphia. 

The over/under (total points scored) was set at 47.5, which would indicate something like a 28-20 Patriots win if the favorite covers and the over hits.

STEELE: Eagles have defense to challenge Pats 

New England is 10-2 against the spread in its last 12 games, although it failed to cover Sunday as a 7 1/2-point favorite in the AFC championship game against the Jaguars.

Philadelphia, meanwhile, continues to cash as a home underdog. It won outright Sunday while getting three points in the NFC title game against the Vikings. That makes three consecutive underdog wins for Nick Foles-led Philadelphia.

Tom Gatto

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Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.