NFL Playoffs – Super Bowl XLVI Preview: New England Patriots (-3) vs New York Giants
Sports Betting Overview
The Superbowl betting has begun in earnest, and the similarities between this New York – New England Super Bowl and the one from the 2007 season are already being drawn. As he did in 2007, Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes put the Giants into the Super Bowl with a game-winning field goal. As he did in 2007, Giants quarterback Eli Manning turned his game around in the playoffs to become a factor in each of the Giants’ wins. As was the case in 2007, the Giants entered the playoffs and beat incredible odds to march all the way to the Super Bowl. The difference between 2007 and 2011 is that the Patriots are not 18-0 entering the Super Bowl and the Giants are only three point underdogs.
The Patriots look much different in 2011 than it did in 2007. The price per head bookie experts remember that the Patriots had a deep threat in wide receiver Randy Moss in the 2007 Super Bowl. This time around, the Patriots rely mostly on a short passing game to generate offense. The Patriots had all but buried its running game towards the end of the 2011 regular season. But running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis was a huge factor in the AFC Championship win over the Baltimore Ravens. The Patriots do not look like it has a lot to offer in Super Bowl XLVI. But that does not stop the book makers from giving the Patriots the early edge in the odds.
New York Giants
The Giants, under Tom Coughlin, have this strange habit of struggling mightily in the regular season and then thriving in the playoffs. It took a win over the Dallas Cowboys in the last game of the season for the Giants to make it into these 2011 playoffs. But a sportsbook.com review of the Giants’ play since the playoffs started has shown a juggernaut that has beaten the two best teams in the NFC. Even with the extra week off between the championship games and the Super Bowl, the Giants can still keep that momentum going and capture its second Super Bowl under Tom Coughlin.
New England Patriots
The Patriots come to this Super Bowl with a much different look than it had in 2007. It would be a betonline scam to say that this version of the Patriots’ offense is the same as the one that lost the Super Bowl in 2007. The Patriots have been living off of the production of second-year tight ends Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski. The Patriots’ offense does not go without these two players. The Patriots almost lost Gronkwoski to an ankle injury in the AFC Championship game, but he was back on the field before the game ended. The key to beating the Patriots is shutting these two tight ends down and then keeping an eye on wide receiver Wes Welker as well. As most teams have seen so far this season, neither of those tasks are very easy.
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The Bottom Line
Tom Coughlin and the Giants have beaten the Patriots already once this season. The one thing you can be sure of is that the New York Giants know how to play playoff football. The Patriots were a great story in 2007 when it entered the Super Bowl 18-0 and looking for the first ever 19-0 season. The Giants crushed that season in 2007, but it won’t have the same success this year.
Pick: New England Patriots
Sports Betting Overview
The Superbowl betting has begun in earnest, and the similarities between this New York – New England Super Bowl and the one from the 2007 season are already being drawn. As he did in 2007, Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes put the Giants into the Super Bowl with a game-winning field goal. As he did in 2007, Giants quarterback Eli Manning turned his game around in the playoffs to become a factor in each of the Giants’ wins. As was the case in 2007, the Giants entered the playoffs and beat incredible odds to march all the way to the Super Bowl. The difference between 2007 and 2011 is that the Patriots are not 18-0 entering the Super Bowl and the Giants are only three point underdogs.
The Patriots look much different in 2011 than it did in 2007. The price per head bookie experts remember that the Patriots had a deep threat in wide receiver Randy Moss in the 2007 Super Bowl. This time around, the Patriots rely mostly on a short passing game to generate offense. The Patriots had all but buried its running game towards the end of the 2011 regular season. But running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis was a huge factor in the AFC Championship win over the Baltimore Ravens. The Patriots do not look like it has a lot to offer in Super Bowl XLVI. But that does not stop the book makers from giving the Patriots the early edge in the odds.
New York Giants
The Giants, under Tom Coughlin, have this strange habit of struggling mightily in the regular season and then thriving in the playoffs. It took a win over the Dallas Cowboys in the last game of the season for the Giants to make it into these 2011 playoffs. But a sportsbook.com review of the Giants’ play since the playoffs started has shown a juggernaut that has beaten the two best teams in the NFC. Even with the extra week off between the championship games and the Super Bowl, the Giants can still keep that momentum going and capture its second Super Bowl under Tom Coughlin.
New England Patriots
The Patriots come to this Super Bowl with a much different look than it had in 2007. It would be a betonline scam to say that this version of the Patriots’ offense is the same as the one that lost the Super Bowl in 2007. The Patriots have been living off of the production of second-year tight ends Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski. The Patriots’ offense does not go without these two players. The Patriots almost lost Gronkwoski to an ankle injury in the AFC Championship game, but he was back on the field before the game ended. The key to beating the Patriots is shutting these two tight ends down and then keeping an eye on wide receiver Wes Welker as well. As most teams have seen so far this season, neither of those tasks are very easy.
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The Bottom Line
Tom Coughlin and the Giants have beaten the Patriots already once this season. The one thing you can be sure of is that the New York Giants know how to play playoff football. The Patriots were a great story in 2007 when it entered the Super Bowl 18-0 and looking for the first ever 19-0 season. The Giants crushed that season in 2007, but it won’t have the same success this year.
Pick: New England Patriots
