Our official handicapper, Vegas Vic, dropped the Super Bowl line to the Patriots minus 5 points on Wednesday evening. It had been New England minus 5.5 to beat the Eagles.
The opening line immediately after the Eagles finished off the blowout of the Vikings in the NFC title game was Patriots by 6. But the confetti had barely landed on the field at Lincoln Financial when the line dropped to -5.5 points, which indicates that early money was being bet on the Eagles. That trend obviously has continued enough to drop it to 5.
MGM properties in Vegas were at New England at minus 4.