Superbowl Betting – Questions and Answers

Superbowl 44 betting action is just six days away, and with that, BetOnline Sportsbook poses five burning questions that NFL gamblers are asking about the biggest game of the season…

1: Will both of these offenses really just be able to go up and down the field at will? One blind look at the statistics suggests that this will probably be the case. The Colts finished up the regular season as the #9 offense in the game, but everyone knows that if QB Peyton Manning had actually played the last game and a half of the year, things would’ve been significantly different. New Orleans boasts the top scoring offense in the NFL, and has put up 76 points in two postseason games this year. Both defenses are in the bottom 10 in the league in total yardage allowed; a recipe ripe for an expected shoot-out!

2: The Saints were all over QB Brett Favre in the NFC Championship Game. Can they do the same to QB Peyton Manning on Super Sunday? This may be the key to the entire Superbowl betting proceedings. It’s not that the Saints have figured out how to actually record sacks in this postseason considering they only actually registered one sack in two playoff games. However, they bruised and battered both QB Kurt Warner of the Cardinals and QB Brett Favre of the Vikings. On the flipside, there isn’t an offensive line that does a better job of protecting its quarterback than Indy’s. So, the likelihood is the Saints will struggle to get its licks on Manning, which leaves it up to a sketchy Saints secondary to limit the damage. Not good if you’re a Saints backer!

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3: How many stops will the Saints pull out of their bag of tricks? HC Sean Peyton is known as a gambler, and quite often, he comes up with innovative plays to try to fool the opposition. We haven’t seen a heck of a lot of that trickeration in the postseason, but he has had two weeks to scheme for an Indianapolis defense that is built on speed and often fails in terms of executing assignment football. Take for example the long TD pass and catch Sanchez and Edwards combined on in the AFC Championship Game. Inevitably, there will be some razzle-dazzle from the boys in black and gold, and it could ultimately allow for them to call themselves champions come Sunday night.

4: Will QB Peyton Manning be able to find his favorite targets on a consistent basis? Perhaps the better question is whether it will matter or not. Manning hooked up with little-known receivers Austin Collie and Pierre Garcon a combined 18 times for 274 yards and two TDs in the AFC Championship Game. Neither WR Reggie Wayne nor TE Dallas Clark had much of an effect on the game. Wayne is the only man that has ever caught a TD pass from Manning in a Superbowl, and one would like to think that he’ll be able to step up against a suspect New Orleans secondary on Sunday.

5: Bottom Line: Who is winning Superbowl 44? Even though there very well could be a reason that the Colts have jumped from -3.5 all the way up as high as -6 at times, the Saints could be the selection on Superbowl Sunday. Minnesota had its share of chances to off this team in the NFC Championship Game, and it just seemed like something magical was in the air that day.  This is a franchise that deserves its first Superbowl ring, and if QB Drew Brees can move New Orleans’ attack up and down the field, the defense should be able to do just enough to win a shootout of a Superbowl.