Early betting lines have the New Orleans Saints and Kansas City Chiefs reaching the Super Bowl.
Such a pairing would put quarterbacks Drew Brees and Patrick Mahomes against each other. With Brees due to turn 40 on Tuesday and Mahomes a 23-year-old first-year starting quarterback, that’s one story line that would be sure to dominate the conversation leading into the game.
But first, the Saints and Chiefs need to win their conference championship games.
Many Las Vegas sports books have the Saints favored by 3-1/2 points against the Los Angeles Rams and the Chiefs favored by 3 points against the New England Patriots.
For the Saints, the 3-1/2-point betting line is the narrowest since the Rams came to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome as 2-point favorites in a Week 9 game the Saints won 45-35. One week earlier, the Saints went to Minnesota favored by 2-1/2 points and won 30-20.
The Saints in their last nine games have been favored by 6 points or more but have failed to cover in five of the last six games.
Against the Eagles, the Saints were favored by 8-1/2 points and won the NFC divisional game 20-14. In that game, the missed 52-yard field goal by Wil Lutz with 2 minutes, 58 seconds remaining made a difference in the betting world.
