Thursday, May 17th, 2012
It will be a battle of 1-0 teams in the Bay area as the Seattle Seahawks face off with the San Francisco 49ers in a key NFC West game. Kickoff time in San Francisco is scheduled for 4:15PM Eastern Time with regional coverage provided by Fox Television. The LVSC NFL odds makers have set the opening numbers in this game and the home team San Francisco 49ers opened as 1 ½ point favorites with the over under coming in at 42. The early money came in from the NFL sports betting public on the home team, as the San Francisco 49ers are currently a 1-½ point favorite. The total has been pounded towards the under as the current total is currently 39 ½. NFL money line bettors can make a play on the favored San Francisco 49ers at –125 with the underdog Seattle Seahawks bringing back +105 to win straight up without the points.
The Seattle Seahawks enter this game with the San Francisco 49ers off of a 28-0 win over the St Louis Rams. The Seahawks exploited the weak Rams defense to a tune of 446 total yards of offense. But this Sunday they will face a defense the polar opposite of the Rams and the 49ers defense is one that plays intense football and can get pressure on the passer. The Seahawks committed 3 turnovers last week and with that many against the 49ers they face a possible loss. Matt Hasselbeck showed no ill signs from last year’s injury as he went 25 of 36 for 279 yards and 3 touchdowns but 2 interceptions. The running game was going last week as the team behind 34 carries had 4.9 yards per carry average. Julious Jones who had 117 yards on just 19 carries led Seattle on the ground. The Seahawks defense was good last week limiting the Rams to no points and just 77 yards rushing. On the San Francisco side they did a good job of putting pressure on Kurt Warner last week and that’s the key to stopping explosive offensive attacks. The 49ers fate on defense will heavily depend on their pass rush. The big negative for the 49ers was their lack of success running the football as behind running backs Frank Gore and Glen Coffee the team rushed for only 21 yards on 25 attempts for a mere 0.8 yards per carry. Starting quarterback Shaun Hill was 18-31 for 209 yards last week with 1 touchdown and no interception but took 4 sacks. An interesting trend was the 49ers passing ten times and running only once on first down.
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NFL Trend: The over is 5-1 in San Francisco’s past 6 home games.
The Wagerline consensus has 53.8% of the NFL bettors on Seattle +1 1/2
The Wagerline consensus has 58.7% of the NFL bettors playing over 39 1/2
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