Super Bowl Betting OverviewWhen the playoffs started, the New England Patriots playing the New York Giants in the Super Bowl would not have been considered one of the most unlikely possibilities. Considering the road each of these teams had to follow in order to get to this point, it did seem unlikely that the Patriots and Giants would survive to play in the big dance. The Giants had to get past the Green Bay Packers in Green Bay and then the San Francisco 49ers in San Francisco. After having a week off against the Denver Broncos in the divisional round, the Patriots had to dispatch the Baltimore Ravens. Both of these teams fought some pretty tall odds to get to this point.
The price per head sports experts have given the Patriots the upper-hand when it comes to odds of winning this Super Bowl and that is another surprise to the NFL fans of the world. The Patriots’ defense hardly seems equipped to stop the Giants’ offense and the Patriots’ offense will not be able to dominate the Giants’ defense. Still, the magic that seems to exist between head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady appears to be unstoppable. But the Giants may have the solution to the puzzle that is the New England Patriots’ offense.
New York Giants
The Giants won what was surely an exciting NFC Championship game by kicking the winning field goal in one of the few championship games ever decided in overtime. The pay per head sports experts did not expect the Giants to roll into Lambeau Field and beat the Packers much less watch the Giants go into Candlestick and beat the 49ers. The Giants’ defense is what won that championship game for New York, and it will be the defense that has to stand up again in the Super Bowl. The Patriots beat a very good defense in the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship game. But the Giants are much more aggressive than the Ravens on defense, and the Giants have an offense to go along with that defense.
New England Patriots
There is no way that the 31st ranked defense in the NFL should be playing in the Super Bowl. Sportsbook reviews of the New England defense showed a unit that could not stop the run or the pass in the regular season. Yet, in the playoffs, the Patriots’ defense responded with solid pressure on the quarterback and good linebacker play to stop the run. But the Patriots did not play an offensive line like the one the New York Giants have. The Baltimore offensive line had problems blocking throughout the playoffs and it was bad blocking that prevented Baltimore running back Ray Rice from being a factor in the championship game. The Patriots’ defense is going to have to find a way around this Giants’ offensive line if it wants to win a fourth Super Bowl in the Belichick-Brady era.
The Bottom Line
Whether you write football blog or a soccer betting blog, you can see the advantages that each team has in this game. The Giants’ have an offense unlike anything that the Patriots have faced so far in the playoffs. That will be the difference in this game.
BSNblog Pick: New York Giants
