Online Betting OverviewVery few people outside of New York or San Francisco expected this season’s NFC Championship game to be played in San Francisco and feature the Giants and the 49ers. The price per head sports experts were sure that the defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers would walk into the Super Bowl unscathed. It seemed like a logical bet. The Packers were rested and healthy going into its divisional game against the Giants. But under Tom Coughlin, the Giants have this Jekyll and Hyde thing going on. In the regular season, the Giants are ugly and barely make the playoffs. But once New York is in the playoffs, they turn into a football machine.
The San Francisco 49ers got to listen to people say all week how the New Orleans Saints were going to come into San Francisco and just run up the points on the 49ers’ defense while the San Francisco offense sat by and helplessly watched. But the price per head bookie experts were shocked to find out just how much of a team the 49ers really is. While the San Francisco defense did its best to keep the best offense in the league under wraps, the 49ers’ offense went score for score with the Saints and wound up striking the last blow. It sets up a very interesting NFC Championship game.
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers is well-coached, disciplined and hungry for a championship. It also helps that San Francisco has one of the most talented defenses in football. The schemes that the 49ers ran on defense did a good job at keeping Drew Brees and the New Orleans offense under control. A sportsbook review of the Giants’ offense shows that New York does not have near the same amount of fire power that New Orleans does, but the Giants attack is very balanced. The 49ers will have its linebackers up more in the play in this game to try and combat the running game of the Giants, while the San Francisco defensive line will do its best to keep quarterback Eli Manning under control. If the 49ers can disrupt Manning, then the Giants can be beaten.
New York Giants
The New York Giants did something that no one thought it could do. It went into Lambeau Field and defeated a Packers team that was supposed to be ready. The Packers did its part to give the game to the Giants, but the Giants also did its part to take advantage of those Green Bay miscues. The 49ers will not make the same mistakes that the Packers did, which means that the Giants will have to play a flawless game to make it into the Super Bowl.
The Bottom Line
Whether you are an NFL writer or you own a soccer betting news blog, there is no way that you could have anticipated this NFC Championship matchup. The New York Giants just seem to know how to win in the playoffs and these 49ers are still new to the idea of having success. This San Francisco team will be around for a long time, but this year will be one more step in the learning experience for this young team.
BSNblog Pick: New York Giants
