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When it comes to starting quarterbacks Tom Brady and Eli Manning odds of winning the Super Bowl MVP for 2012, sports bettors might want to take notice of some past trends listed below. Their odds were +130 and +210, respectively, at BetDSI.com, the name you have trusted for all your sports betting needs since 1997.
Over the last 10 Super Bowls, the Most Valuable Player award was given to a quarterback, including Tom Brady on two occasions and Eli Manning after his team’s 2008 Super Bowl win, against none other than Tom Brady’s Patriots.
Wide receiver Deion Branch was named Super Bowl MVP in 2005 when the Patriots won that year.
In both of the Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl wins over the past 10 years, two different wide receivers took the honor, Hines Ward and Santonio Ward.
The only other time a quarterback was not presented with the Super Bowl MVP over the past 10 years occurred in 2003 when safety Dexter Jackson won it for Tampa Bay.
The five years previous to 2002, quarterbacks were named Super Bowl MVP in 5 of 10 championship games.
It seems almost inevitable that one of the two starting quarterbacks will be honored with the Most Valuable Player award at this year’s Super Bowl since oddsmakers only have Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski with single digit odds (+450), and he is suffering from an ankle injury.
