The first rule about Pro Bowl is . . . No one talks about Pro Bowl. Or at least who wins Pro Bowl. We probably shouldn’t even talk about the Over/Under, but we will.
It is easy to feel there will be no defense played and to just grab the Over (opened at 56 in most places, down to 55.5 now) and be done with it. But that would be wrong. Here are the O/U postings and results for the Pro Bowl since 1986. We included the score, but not the winner. (Go back and see Rule No. 1.)
As you can see, there was a time when Over was the only way to go. Not so much now.
Under has come in four of the last five Pro Bowls, and the only Over (2016) was by a single point (76/75). In fact, the total points scored in the last two games (80) would have been a push for the O/U in just the 2017 game.
Keep in mind, the 55.5 would be the lowest Pro Bowl O/U posted since 2004. That was the year the NFC and AFC put up a 107 points (55-52) to blow the Over out by 58.5 points (48.5). The posted number rose to 63 the next year and has gone as high as 90 (2014) since then.
Maybe the number has just gotten too low (only three of the last five were Under that number) and the Over really is the play, but not for us.
Pick: Pro Bowl Total Points Under 55.5 ($5/-110)