The second match in the NFL Championship games comes from the NFC where the top two seeds meet for the last place at the Super Bowl as the San Francisco 49ers host the Green Bay Packers in what should be a cracking contest.
Levi’s Stadium will stage the match between two sides who only delivered six losses between them over the course of the regular season and who have already come through the divisional round of these playoffs.
San Francisco 49ers
There was a time halfway through the regular season where the San Francisco 49ers were set to break plenty of records and while the second half of their campaign wasn’t absolutely as they wanted with injuries hurting them quite badly, they have turned things around again with players coming back and delivered a very good performance to come through against the Minnesota Vikings last weekend.
Everything about that display was spot on. Their offense worked well both on the ground and through the air and their defence went quarterback hunting to decent success. They looked back to that dominating side last week and you have to think they are going to take a lot of stopping from here on in. Whenever George Kittle is fit the 49ers seem to go up another gear, so he is very much a key player for this one.
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Green Bay Packers
The season hasn’t been quite as convincing for the Green Bay Packers even though they ended up with the same record as their opponents here over the regular season. The campaign started with their defence stealing the show but latterly it has been their offense which has taken over in terms of being key to getting the job done. If they are going to win this match then they are going to need both departments at their absolute best.
If there is an advantage for the Green Bay outfit it probably comes in the form of their quarterback Aaron Rodgers who has all the experience needed in these situations. He won’t be able to get it done on his own though so the likes of Devante Adams and Jimmy Graham will need to come up big. The Packers showed against the Seahawks last week that they can overcome a stubborn defence but this could be another level entirely.
Betting
These two have already met on this ground once this season and San Francisco 49ers ran out comfortable winners on that occasion and I suspect we might be seeing much of the same here too. Maybe not quite as easy as a 37-8 scoreline but potentially enough for San Francisco 49ers to cover the handicap. This is a Championship game though and it is just about winning so I’m not interested in taking the cap. I do like a player market though.
Aaron Jones has a rushing line of 64.5 yards and that looks too high to me. He only rushed for 62 yards in a winning effort last week and when these two teams met earlier in the season he could only rush for 38 yards. The 49ers kept the best rusher in the league to just 18 yards last week so that line for Jones looks way too high for me, especially were Green Bay to fall behind early on and by a couple of scores. This line feels high so I’ll take the under.
Tips
WON – Back A.Jones – Under 64.5 rushing yards for a 4/10 stake at 1.90 with Coral
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