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Welp. Let’s get silly." upon us , and with it (hopefully) a great game between our Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots.And weird prop bets.What is a prop bet, ye who be not a degenerate gambler say? Certainly you, who has never spent a dollar on the dumbest minutiae of life that has nothing to do with the actual linear relationships of moments that matter but instead on the black matter in between that differentiates man from beast has no idea what a prop bet is. Allow me!A prop bet, or proposition bet, or novelty bet, or side bet, or softhook bet, or sushi bet (look, gambling has long operated in a level of shadows well below the light that requires a language all its own that is both malleable and temporal - try to keep up) is a bet that isn’t tied to the outcome of a specific event. So it’s not about who wins. Or by how much. Or the final score. Or any final outcome. Prop bets (et al) are about the stuff in between “now” and the final “then.”So with that, here are your top 10 most ridiculous prop bets for Super Bowl LIII!#10.) Big Boi setlist inclusionsSportsBettingDime.comShutterbug: 3/2Ms. Jackson: 3/1Royal Flush: 4/1B.O.B.: 5/1International Players Anthem: 6/1 (co-written by Big Boi and name-drops Gladys Knight)NOW LOOK. I AM QUITE BIASED. MY DAMN SCREEN NAME IS 3K (For those of you who don’t follow , Big Boi is part of a rap duo named OutKast that featured Boi and Andre 3000 hence “Three thousand” hence 3k. You should probably get off the internet and/or just use Facebook). IF THEY PLAY THE GODDAMNED INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS ANTHEM AND DRE DOESN’T COME OUT, THE GAME IS OVER. WE DON’T PLAY THE SECOND HALF. IF HE COMES OUT AND TELLS US ABOUT TYPING A TEXT TO A GIRL HE USED TO SEE, MAROOON 5 HAS TO BE SUMMARILY EXECUTED AT THE 50-YARD LINE. THIS IS HEREBY LAW.(I’m pretty sure I could get Roger Goodell to sign off on this.)#9.) Will Gladys Knight kneel during anthem?BetOnline.AGYES +150 NO -200Gladys Knight is 74-years old. Four of the Pips are dead. If she can even kneel without help, we should all just be paying her out.#8.) Color of liquid poured on winning coachBetOnline.AGClear/Water +200 Yellow +250 Red +300 Blue +700 Purple +700Green/Lime +700The great part here isn’t the sadness implicit in betting actual money earned by people who are not employed by the portions of the federal government that are currently not paying those employees on the color of the liquid poured on the liquid coach.No, it’s the usage of the blanket term “liquid.” What are we including here? Gatorade, Powerade, Lucozade, sure. But something else is at play here.Ramade? Have we finally cracked the code of the Rams’ Fountain of Youth when it comes to their continued health?Are the Patriots up to something here that we don’t know? Did they take Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson’s nanobubbles and deflate them by 1psi? Lord knows I don’t trust them cheaters.Are we venturing into X-rated territory here? “Liquid” is a loaded term. Are we wagering on a team (hold up...just give it a sec...) blowing their load at the end of the game?#7.) Mercedes-Benz Stadium Roof Open at KickoffBetOnline.agYes -200 (1/2)No+150 (3/2) ALL HAIL SUPREME ROBOANUS#6.) How many times will Ted Rath be mentioned during the broadcast?BovadaOver 3.5 -190Under 3.5 +1453.5?! The world has finally learned of our nutrijacked young boy because he holds Rams Head Coach Sean McVay back on the sidelines, and all the sudden he’s going to merit four mentions?!No. The world should know of our strength and conditioning coach for more. Much more.#5.) Who will the Super Bowl MVP thank firstSportsBettingDime.comTeammates: 5/6God: 7/2Mom/Dad/Family: 9/1Coach: 19/1Fans: 24/1Owner: 50/1FIELD: 75/1Donald Trump: 5000/15000/1. Cmon, man.#4.) Number of plays Tony Romo correctly predictsSportsBettingDime.comOver/Under: 2.5Forget Jim Nantz. Just let Romo try to predict every single play.#3.) Will Maroon 5 play “Sweet Victory” at halftime as a SpongeBob SquarePants tribute?BovadaYes -220No +155I had to look this one up...but if they don’t do this after SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg passed away in 2018 , they missed a real opportunity.(And yes, there is a chance well above 0% that Goodell somehow worries this will be too offensive)#2.) Rams CB Nickell Robey-Coleman called for pass interference during gameBetOnline.agYes +200 (2/1) No-300 (1/3)Rude.#1.) Will Billy McFarland be caught selling counterfeit tickets to the Super Bowl?BovadaYes +2500No -10000Screw this.Odds that Billy McFarland is the NFL Commissioner in 2025: 3/2.Don’t @ me. The Patriots have been adept at masking most of their issues this season.After a 1-2 start by New England that seemed to offer at least a sliver of opportunity for someone to end its streak of nine straight AFC East titles, it hushed those rumblings by running off six straight victories.But recent injuries, mounting issues on the offensive line and mistakes on defense returned during a 34-10 loss at Tennessee on Sunday.It left coach Bill Belichick with a refrain he repeated both after the game and again Monday when asked for his assessment."None of it was good enough," he said.It's also brought back a small cloud of uncertainty about the prospects of a team that now enters its bye week facing the task of playing catch-up to a 9-1 Kansas City Chiefs team for home-field advantage in the AFC playoffs."You better learn from a game like this, because the weeks get harder and harder," receiver Julian Edelman said following Sunday's loss. "We've got to fix it because this is when you start separating or you start falling behind."Tom Brady put together an MVP season in 2017 despite losing Edelman to a preseason knee injury. He was able to do it largely because of the strong seasons from tight end Rob Gronkowski, running back Dion Lewis and receiver Brandin Cooks.And despite a slow start, the defense was strong down the stretch, ending the regular season allowing just 18.5 points per game.Fast-forward to 2018 and so much has changed following roster changes in the offseason.Lewis signed with the Titans in free agency , creating a hole at running back that the Patriots have had trouble plugging. Cooks was traded and Brady has yet to develop consistent chemistry with a revamped group of receivers that has also had injuries.As a result, Brady spent a good portion his 300th career NFL game Sunday under increasing pressure. He was sacked three times and hurried a total of six times by the Titans. He's only been sacked 16 times this season, but he's working harder in the pocket.Brady already has seven interceptions in 2018, one fewer than he had in all of 2017. They haven't all been the result of pressure from the defense. But he's had more overthrows working behind an increasingly injury-battered line that may be missing the leadership of free agency departure Nate Solder at left tackle.Trent Brown, who the Patriots acquired to fill Solder's spot, has started all 10 games and been solid. But he's now part of a growing list of offensive linemen nursing injuries.Brown missed the final drive of the first half against the Titans because of illness. LaAdrian Waddle replaced him for that series, with Brown returning early in the third quarter. But Brown left again with an injured back.Even more concerning for the Patriots (7-3) was the sight of Edelman leaving with an ankle injury. Gronkowski, who sat out Sunday, has now missed two of the last three games with ankle and back injuries. His backup, Dwayne Allen , could also miss some time after injuring his knee against Tennessee.Brady tried to lean on Josh Gordon, who has shined in recent weeks since his trade from Cleveland. But Gordon had just four catches on 12 targets against the Titans.It added up to Brady being held without a touchdown pass for the second time in three weeks. His passer rating is down from 102.8 last season to 94.8 this season.Defensively there are concerns, too. After finding a groove in the second half of 2017, the Patriots haven't quite turned the same corner with linebacker coach Brian Flores calling plays following the departure of former defensive coordinator Matt Patricia. They are allowing 24 points and giving up 381 yards per game and continue to struggle with mobile quarterbacks.Brady said this upcoming bye week must feature a lot of self-assessment."I think the coaches will do a lot of self-scouting. I think we as players have to do the same thing," he said. "Hopefully we learn from it. All of these games are a little bit different. ... The ones that we're going to play will be a little bit different. Winning football takes a lot of things. It takes a lot of good performances from a lot of people. Losing football is the exact opposite."Winning in the NFL is hard. You can't just show up expecting to win."