scdoggy
Moderator (Honorary)
San Francisco -3 -110 six units
Top to bottom Frisco and maybe Seattle, may be the most complete teams left in the playoffs. Aside from a young QB, there is nothing that this team doesn't do VERY well. They are well coached, and across the board as fundamentally sound a football team as you can find in the NFL. So unless Kaepernick completely blows it, I don't see how they don't bring home the money this week.
Green Bay is a great passing team. That's a given. But Frisco has the fourth best pass D in the NFL. And Green Bay doesn't have much of a run game at all. San Fran played four one dimensional offenses who relied on the pass this year:
Won @NE by seven as 4 point dogs
Won @NO by 10 as a one pt fave
Won vs DET by 8 as a seven pt fave
Won @GB by 8 as a six pt dog
They've done it against the best passing teams four times this year, and have done it on the road in three of those games. They'll do it again this week.
Another huge advantage for SF is their run game vs. the Pack defense. Frisco is ranked 4th in the NFL in rushing offense, and nobody (AP included runs with more attitude than Frank Gore.) The guy just runs pissed off. GB has the league's 17th best rushing defense in the league. Counting Frisco's previous matchup with GB, they have gone 6-1 vs teams with 17th or lower run defenses, and have won those 6 games by an average of 21.5 points. If you can't stop the run, Frisco is going to kick your ass.
A few other stats:
SF is 2nd in the NFL in net punting. GB is 21st
SF has a +9 turnover ratio; GB's is +7
GB is less penalized than SF
GB does a better job converting 3rd downs, but SF is better on 4th downs.
Bottom line, I see this as a one dimensional team playing on the road against a team that excels in every aspect of the game with a very short number. This should be a 4.5, and I would still play SF at that number. I see a 27-14ish kind of game
Top to bottom Frisco and maybe Seattle, may be the most complete teams left in the playoffs. Aside from a young QB, there is nothing that this team doesn't do VERY well. They are well coached, and across the board as fundamentally sound a football team as you can find in the NFL. So unless Kaepernick completely blows it, I don't see how they don't bring home the money this week.
Green Bay is a great passing team. That's a given. But Frisco has the fourth best pass D in the NFL. And Green Bay doesn't have much of a run game at all. San Fran played four one dimensional offenses who relied on the pass this year:
Won @NE by seven as 4 point dogs
Won @NO by 10 as a one pt fave
Won vs DET by 8 as a seven pt fave
Won @GB by 8 as a six pt dog
They've done it against the best passing teams four times this year, and have done it on the road in three of those games. They'll do it again this week.
Another huge advantage for SF is their run game vs. the Pack defense. Frisco is ranked 4th in the NFL in rushing offense, and nobody (AP included runs with more attitude than Frank Gore.) The guy just runs pissed off. GB has the league's 17th best rushing defense in the league. Counting Frisco's previous matchup with GB, they have gone 6-1 vs teams with 17th or lower run defenses, and have won those 6 games by an average of 21.5 points. If you can't stop the run, Frisco is going to kick your ass.
A few other stats:
SF is 2nd in the NFL in net punting. GB is 21st
SF has a +9 turnover ratio; GB's is +7
GB is less penalized than SF
GB does a better job converting 3rd downs, but SF is better on 4th downs.
Bottom line, I see this as a one dimensional team playing on the road against a team that excels in every aspect of the game with a very short number. This should be a 4.5, and I would still play SF at that number. I see a 27-14ish kind of game