We got one of the earliest Super Bowl prop bets out of the way with the opening coin toss. The Philadelphia Eagles called tails, but it came up heads. The New England Patriots elected to defer and will receive the ball to start the game. The Eagles will start the second half with the ball.
Super Bowl 2018 prop bet: Coin toss results in the usual from the Patriots
The 50/50 wager is in, along with a handful of side options!
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This marked the fifth straight year tails came up in the Super Bowl coin toss. Tails has the slight historical edge, now leading 27-25. Teams winning the toss have gone on to lose 27 of the 51 Super Bowls. We’ll see if the Patriots can buck that slight trend:
It is not at all surprising the Patriots elected to defer after winning the coin toss. Bill Belichick is a big fan of deferring, with a 2014 article pointing to them deferring 48 of 50 coin tosses. The Patriots deferred on their first seven opportunities this season, and they went with that strategy again in the Super Bowl.
And of course, they say tails never fails, but that was not to be in 2018. Adjust future personal coin tosses accordingly.
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