With Super Bowl LVII mere hours away, over 70 of ESPN’s expert reporters, analysts, insiders and on-air personalities have revealed their picks for the winner and MVP of Sunday’s contest:
- Fly Eagles Fly: Out of the 71 ESPN experts, 45 picked the Eagles (63.4%) and 26 picked the Chiefs (26.6%).
- Super Bowl MVP: Jalen Hurts was the most popular MVP choice amongst ESPN’s experts, earning 46.4% of the vote. Patrick Mahomes earned the second most votes with 28.1%. Non-quarterbacks earning votes were Eagles DE Hasson Reddick, Chiefs TE Travis Kelce, Eagles RB Miles Sanders and Eagles WR J. Brown.
- Close Game Alert: According to 87% of ESPN’s experts, Super Bowl LVII will be decided by one touchdown or less.
An additional breakdown of the vote can be found on ESPN.com.
Prophetic Preseason Predictions
Prior to the 2022 NFL season premier, ESPN experts shared their predictions for the year. Reporter Jeff Darlington, analyst Keyshawn Johnson and insider Louis Riddick predicted the Chiefs would be AFC Champions and Darlington and Riddick both predicted the Chiefs would win Super Bowl LVII. Also, at that time, analyst Matt Bowen and reporter Sal Paolantonio picked Philadelphia to represent the NFC.
| NAME | SUPER BOWL LVII CHAMPION | FINAL SCORE | MVP | |
| Todd | Archer | Kansas City Chiefs | 37-34 | Patrick Mahomes |
| Ben | Baby | Kansas City Chiefs | 30-21 | Patrick Mahomes |
| Sarah | Barshop | Kansas City Chiefs | 27-21 | Patrick Mahomes |
| DJ | Bien-Aime | Philadelphia Eagles | 30-23 | Jalen Hurts |
| Matt | Bowen | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-24 | Haason Reddick |
| Tedy | Bruschi | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-24 | Jalen Hurts |
| Joe | Buck | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-20 | Jalen Hurts |
| Michelle | Beisner-Buck | Kansas City Chiefs | 27-24 | Patrick Mahomes |
| Rich | Cimini | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-23 | Jalen Hurts |
| Mike | Clay | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-26 | Jalen Hurts |
| Tristan | H. Cockcroft | Philadelphia Eagles | 37-31 | Jalen Hurts |
| Linda | Cohn | Kansas City Chiefs | 31-27 | Patrick Mahomes |
| Courtney | Cronin | Philadelphia Eagles | 30-28 | Jalen Hurts |
| Jeff | Darlington | Kansas City Chiefs | 31-24 | Patrick Mahomes |
| Turron | Davenport | Philadelphia Eagles | 30-24 | Jalen Hurts |
| Rob | Demovsky | Kansas City Chiefs | 30-24 | Travis Kelce |
| Michael | DiRocco | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-23 | Jalen Hurts |
| Elle | Duncan | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-24 | Jalen Hurts |
| Michael | Eaves | Kansas City Chiefs | 30-24 | Travis Kelce |
| David | Flemming | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-22 | Haason Reddick |
| Jeremy | Fowler | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-24 | Miles Sanders |
| Alaina | Getzenberg | Philadelphia Eagles | 34-27 | Jalen Hurts |
| Alden | Gonzalez | Kansas City Chiefs | 31-24 | Patrick Mahomes |
| Dan | Graziano | Kansas City Chiefs | 27-24 | Patrick Mahomes |
| Robert | Griffin III | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-27 | Jalen Hurts |
| Paul | Gutierrez | Philadelphia Eagles | 26-24 | Haason Reddick |
| Matt | Hasselbeck | Kansas City Chiefs | 26-25 | Patrick Mahomes |
| Tim | Hasselbeck | Kansas City Chiefs | 24-20 | Travis Kelce |
| Brady | Henderson | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-26 | Miles Sanders |
| Jamison | Hensley | Kansas City Chiefs | 31-20 | Travis Kelce |
| Stephen | Holder | Kansas City Chiefs | 26-23 | Patrick Mahomes |
| John | Keim | Kansas City Chiefs | 23-20 | Patrick Mahomes |
| Tim | Keown | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-14 | Haason Reddick |
| Doug | Kezirian | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-17 | Jalen Hurts |
| Mina | Kimes | Kansas City Chiefs | 28-27 | Patrick Mahomes |
| Mel | Kiper | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-23 | Jalen Hurts |
| Jenna | Laine | Philadelphia Eagles | 34-21 | Jalen Hurts |
| Steve | Levy | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-24 | Hasson Reddick |
| Marcel | Louis-Jacques | Kansas City Chiefs | 35-28 | Patrick Mahomes |
| Kimberley | A. Martin | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-27 | Jalen Hurts |
| Tim | McManus | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-24 | Haason Reddick |
| Todd | McShay | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-24 | Jalen Hurts |
| Elizabeth | Merrill | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-30 | Jalen Hurts |
| Matt | Miller | Kansas City Chiefs | 27-24 | Patrick Mahomes |
| Phil | Murphy | Kansas City Chiefs | 30-22 | Patrick Mahomes |
| Kevin | Negandhi | Philadelphia Eagles | 38-34 | Jalen Hurts |
| David | Newton | Kansas City Chiefs | 32-29 | Travis Kelce |
| Dan | Orlovsky | Philadelphia Eagles | 30-28 | Jalen Hurts |
| Brooke | Pryor | Kansas City Chiefs | 27-24 | Patrick Mahomes |
| Jordan | Raanan | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-26 | Jalen Hurts |
| Jason | Reid | Kansas City Chiefs | 34-31 | Patrick Mahomes |
| Jordan | Reid | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-24 | Jalen Hurts |
| Mike | Reiss | Philadelphia Eagles | 30-24 | A.J. Brown |
| Louis | Riddick | Kansas City Chiefs | 30-24 | Patrick Mahomes |
| Michael | Rothstein | Kansas City Chiefs | 31-23 | Travis Kelce |
| Rex | Ryan | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-21 | Jalen Hurts |
| Aaron | Schatz | Kansas City Chiefs | 28-26 | Patrick Mahomes |
| Kevin | Seifert | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-30 | Jalen Hurts |
| Michael | Tannenbaum | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-28 | Haason Reddick |
| Adam | Teicher | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-20 | A.J. Brown |
| Katherine | Terrell | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-21 | Jalen Hurts |
| Lindsey | Thiry | Kansas City Chiefs | 28-24 | Patrick Mahomes |
| Jake | Trotter | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-27 | Jalen Hurts |
| Nick | Wagoner | Philadelphia Eagles | 26-23 | Jalen Hurts |
| Seth | Walder | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-20 | Jalen Hurts |
| Josh | Weinfuss | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-24 | Jalen Hurts |
| Ed | Werder | Philadelphia Eagles | 34-27 | Jalen Hurts |
| Seth | Wickersham | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-23 | Haason Reddick |
| Damien | Woody | Philadelphia Eagles | 34-27 | Jalen Hurts |
| Eric | Woodyard | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-23 | Jalen Hurts |
| Field | Yates | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-24 | Jalen Hurts |
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