The New England Patriots are a 4.5 favorite heading into Super Bowl LII, and a majority of ESPN experts agree with this. The Philadelphia Eagles are comfortable with the underdog title, and did get some picks from experts.

The Patriots received 61 picks to win the game, and the Eagles were chosen by 24 of the experts. The experience of Tom Brady and Bill Belichick is just too much to pick against the Patriots. None of the experts had a prediction that both teams scored under 20 points, meaning that a high scoring game is fully anticipated.

One interesting pick was from the ESPN writer Seth Wickersham, who wrote the story about the beginning of the end for the Patriots franchise. He chose the Patriots to win the game with a score of 38-9 — the highest projected score for the Patriots out of all 85 predictions.

NFL analyst Matt Hasselbeck picked the Patriots to win with a score of 28-3, reminiscing on last years Super Bowl.