Some absolutely unhinged individual in New Jersey looked at the Super Bowl MVP odds board and thought: yeah, give me the kickers.

A bettor at BetRivers dropped $1,000 on Patriots kicker Andy Borregales at 300/1 to win Super Bowl MVP, which would pay $300,000. Then, because apparently that wasn't degenerate enough, they also put $1,000 on Seahawks kicker Jason Myers at 100/1, good for a potential $100,000 payout.

The Quick Hit

• What happened: One bettor wagered $1K on each starting kicker to win Super Bowl LX MVP
• The damage: Borregales at 300/1 ($300K payout), Myers at 100/1 ($100K payout)
• Why you should care: No kicker has EVER won the Super Bowl MVP award
• The move: Respect the audacity, but probably don't tail this one

The Math Behind the Madness

Let's be clear about what we're dealing with here. In 59 previous Super Bowls, a kicker has never won the MVP trophy. Not once. Not Jan Stenerud, not Adam Vinatieri—who literally won two Super Bowls on last-second field goals—not anyone. The award has gone to quarterbacks 32 times. Wide receivers and running backs split most of the rest. Kickers? Zero.

So this bettor is asking for something that has literally never happened in the history of the sport. And they invested $2,000 in the proposition.

But here's the thing—and this is where the degen brain works differently from the civilian brain—the payout profile isn't actually terrible. You're risking $2,000 total for a chance at either $300K or $100K. If you believe there's even a 1% chance of a kicker-driven Super Bowl (think: multiple overtime, 15-12 final, five field goals from one guy), the expected value math gets interesting in a hurry.

When Could a Kicker Actually Win It?

It would take a very specific type of game. Low-scoring defensive slugfest where one kicker hits four or five field goals, including the game-winner. The over/under is currently 45.5, and both defenses are legitimately good, so an under scenario isn't crazy.

BetRivers confirmed they've only taken "a handful" of MVP bets on kickers, though "several of them are relatively large." So our Jersey degen isn't totally alone in this fever dream.

For context, Sam Darnold sits as the MVP favorite at +115, followed by Drake Maye at +500 and Jaxon Smith-Njigba at +550 on DraftKings. The kickers are dead last on the board, which is exactly where the degen value hunters like to shop.

A $100K Coin Toss Bet Is Also Out There

While we're talking about peak degeneracy, an Iowa bettor put $100,000 on the coin toss landing tails at -103 odds. That's a hundred grand on a literal coin flip that resolves three seconds after it's placed. The coin toss is the most-bet novelty prop this year and has the eighth-most volume of ANY market on the board, including the spread and total.

The Bottom Line

We are $2,000 deep on kickers winning MVP and $100,000 deep on a coin toss. The Super Bowl hasn't even kicked off yet and the degeneracy is already at peak levels. This is why we love this sport—and this community. Somewhere in New Jersey, a person is going to be watching field goal attempts on Sunday with $300,000 on the line, and that is the most beautiful sentence I've ever written.