One of the great props unveiled for the Super Bowl is the chance to bet on how one of the SB players fares in a cross-sport competition against a player who is competing in another sport on Super Bowl Sunday. There are a handful of these for Super Bowl XLVI between New England and the New York Giants on Bovada’s NFL football odds.
 
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Let’s start with Giants QB Eli Manning against Miami Heat star LeBron James. The Heat host the Toronto Raptors on SB Sunday, one of the NBA’s worst teams. The prop on this is Manning’s completions total vs. James’ points, with LeBron the -150 favorite. James is second in the NBA in scoring at 29.5 ppg behind Kobe Bryant. LeBron hasn’t faced the Raptors this year and should have a big day against a terrible Toronto defense. Last year in three games vs. Toronto, James averaged 28.0 ppg. Manning, meanwhile, averaged 22.4 completions during the regular season (20 in the November meeting with New England) and 25.3 in three playoff games.
 
Another prop involving LeBron is his assists against the number of receptions for Patriots WR Wes Welker, with both at -115. James is averaging 7.0 assists per game this season. He averaged 8.3 in three games with Toronto in 2010-11. Welker led the NFL this season with 122 catches, which is about 7.6 per game. He had nine in the regular-season meeting with the Giants. Welker has had six catches in each of New England’s two playoff games.  
 
There’s also a prop on the number of touchdown passes by Patriots QB Tom Brady vs. the number of 3-pointers made by Boston’s Ray Allen in Sunday’s home game vs. Memphis. Brady was fourth in the NFL this season with 39 TD passes (2.4 per game) and had two in the regular-season game with the Giants. Brady had six TD passes in the playoff opening win over Denver but none in the AFC title game vs. Baltimore. Allen is the NBA’s all-time 3-point leader. This year he is averaging 2.7 3-pointers made per game on an incredible 57 percent shooting from long range. Allen’s Celtics haven’t faced Memphis yet this year.
 
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