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2009 Super Bowl Predictions

Written by Jimmy Boyd

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With four teams making exits after Wild Card Weekend, the playoff field is down to eight teams. According to BetUS NFL odds makers, the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Steelers will be meeting in the Super Bowl. The Giants are the favorites to win at +275 and the Steelers are listed at +400.

Longshot lovers will feast their eyes on the Arizona Cardinals, listed at +3000 at BetUS. While the value is good, bettors will have to decide if they are just giving their money away on a team that is a 10-point underdog to the Carolina Panthers, +450 to win the Super Bowl, in Saturday’s NFC Divisional matchup. While the Cardinals have noticeably struggled in the eastern time zone, they did play the Panthers as tough as anyone did in Charlotte this season. They also have a former Super Bowl winning QB, Kurt Warner, playing like he did nearly a decade ago when he was winning NFL MVP awards.

Many experts are speculating that the winner of this Sunday’s Eagles versus Giants matchup will decide which team represents the NFC in the Super Bowl and I’m ready to jump on that bandwagon. The Eagles are listed at +750 to win the Super Bowl. Making your NFL picks on Philadelphia have paid off down the home stretch as the Eagles enter the divisional round as one of the hottest teams in the league. The Eagles have now won five of their last six games and one of those wins was in New York against the Giants a month ago. The reason why we even breathe life into teams like the Eagles and the Chargers having a shot is because of teams like the Giants and the Steelers. Pittsburgh faced a slew of do-or-die games to make the playoffs in the 2005 season and they went on to navigate their way to a Super Bowl title. And of course, the Giants had to get the job done on the road on their way to winning the Super Bowl last season. As four-point favorites, the books have the Giants advancing to a second straight NFC title game.

Odds makers are giving the Pittsburgh Steelers the edge to make it to the Super Bowl out of the AFC, despite Tennessee being the No. 1 overall seed. The Titans are listed at +550 to win the Super Bowl. Part of that is because the Titans are facing a challenging Ravens team this weekend and part of that is because the Steelers have more postseason success in recent years. But Tennessee has been playing the card that it has not received enough respect all season long and I expect the Titans to continue to play that card in the postseason. They do have all the intangibles that it takes to win it all. They have a strong running game and a strong defense, just like the Giants did last season. What it came down to for New York was Eli Manning making big plays went it counted and that will hold true for veteran QB Kerry Collins, who likely never thought he’d be starting in the NFL again, let alone be in position to make a Super Bowl run.

The San Diego Chargers are listed at +900 to win the Super Bowl and they are the longshot of the AFC. But they appear to be showing some solid value considering that they played in the AFC title game a season ago and were among the preseason favorites to win it all. They are a six-point underdog this week to a Steelers team which only beat them by a single point during the regular season.

Be sure to make your Super Bowl predictions wisely and think about the matchups before you blindly lay money on a big dog or a big favorite. If you’re looking for winners in the divisional round, try Jimmy Boyd’s award winning NFL expert picks on for size.

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