NFL Conference Championships Betting Preview
The field for this season’s NFL Super Bowl Derby has been narrowed down to four remaining teams after this past weekend’s Divisional Playoffs. This Sunday in a 3:05 p.m. start at CenturyLink Field the Green Bay Packers will square-off against the Seattle Seahawks for the NFC title and over in the AFC in a 6:40 p.m. kickoff, it will be the Indianapolis Colts battling it out against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium for the remaining spot in Super Bowl XLIX.
As far as the current NFL betting odds for the games, the Seahawks have been listed as 7.5-point home favorites against the Packers and 5Dimes has set the total at 47. The Patriots are seven-point favorites in the AFC Championship and 5Dimes has set the betting odds for that total at 53.5.
Green Bay opened this season in Seattle with a 36-16 loss as a 4.5-point road underdog. The Packers will come into Round 2 of this NFC tilt with a dismal 1-8 record both straight-up and against the spread in its last nine road games as underdogs. The Seahawks, on the other hand, are 27-3 SU in their last 30 home games with a profitable 23-7 record ATS. They are also currently riding a SU seven-game winning streak while going 6-0-1 ATS.
Green Bay still has a 6-3 SU (4-3-2 ATS) edge in the last nine meetings despite the earlier loss this year. The total had gone OVER in six of those nine NFL betting games.
The Colts are also trying to avenge an earlier loss after getting clobbered by New England 42-20 on Nov. 16 as three-point road favorites. Indianapolis is coming off a huge 24-13 upset of Denver in the Divisional Round as a 9.5-point road underdog, but it is still just 3-8 both SU and ATS in its last 11 road playoff games. The Colts are also 0-6 SU (2-4 ATS) in their last six games against the AFC East. New England is 4-2 SU in its last six games, but 2-4 ATS. It has also been dominant at home in recent years with a 17-1 SU record in its last 18 games in Foxborough while sporting a 12-6 record ATS.
Head-to-head in this AFC showdown, the Patriots have won the last five meetings SU and they have a slight 3-2 edge ATS. The total has now gone OVER in the last six meetings after going OVER 5Dimes’ closing 58.5 betting odds in that earlier game this season. Top
