Super Bowl 47 Betting Line & Prediction: February 3rd 2013
By Eric Williams

By now, NFL football gamblers across the globe know that Baltimore Ravens’ future Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Lewis is set to retire following the completion of Super Bowl 47. What gridiron gamblers need to know is whether or not Lewis and company will be successful in their quest to take down Colin Kaepernick and the well-balanced San Francisco 49ers in their quickly-approaching Super Bowl XLVII showdown. Well, thanks to this expert Super Bowl 47 betting preview, pro football betting buffs everywhere will get the information they’ll need in order to make a potentially-winning wager on the big game. The final two teams standing will battle on Sunday, Feb. 3 at 6:30 PM ET, live from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, LA.

Betting Line: San Francisco -3.5 Over/Under 47.5
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Baltimore Ravens (13-6 SU, 9-9-1 ATS, 10-8 O/U)
Lewis and the Ravens have won three straight playoff games(just as I predicted), including two straight as an underdog over Denver and New England as they picked off Peyton Manning and Tom Brady two times apiece. Baltimore has gotten a series of outstanding performances from numerous players on both sides of the ball during their surprising) postseason run.

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Dating back to Week 16 of the regular season, Baltimore has actually won four of its last five games while covering the ATS betting line in each SU victory. The Ravens normally pedestrian offense has even seen a spike in its play, having scored at least 24 points in each of their L/4 SU win while not allowing more than 14 points in three of those wins. Baltimore has also compiled a pristine 4-0 ATS mark in their last four playoff games and enters this Super Bowl 47 matchup on a red-hot 4-1 ATS roll against teams with a winning record.

San Francisco 49ers (13-4-1 SU, 11-7 ATS, 11-6-1 O/U)
The 49ers routed the Green Bay Packers 45-31 in their NFC Divisional matchup two weeks ago and they have won five of their last six games dating back to Week 14 of the regular season while scoring at least 27 points in each of those victories. The Niners also squeaked past the Atlanta Falcons 28-24 in their NFC Championship showdown last weekend, but that performance may have raised more questions than it answered with the Niners looking quite vulnerable in the win. Nevertheless, Frisco has won five of its L/6 games overall while compiling a solid 4-2 ATS record during the span. Frisco has also gone 5-1 ATS in their last half-dozen games against a team with a winning record and 7-1 against the spread in their L/8 games as a favorite of 6.5 points or less.

San Francisco 49ers vs. Atlanta Falcons
Betting Prediction: Atlanta Falcons +5 -110 Odds (January 19th 2013)
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TRUST ME ….. nobody thinks LESS of Mike Smith as a head coach than myself but this is a business and the object is to make money. Smith is without question one of the three worst game plan coaches in the NFL and is an even worse game coach. The thing about it is that he has taken a franchise that was in complete disarray from the Bobby Petrino fiasco compounded by the Michael Vick dog fighting debacle and turned them into a perennial playoff team in virtually no time at all. That said, with the deficiencies of Smith at the helm, you really have to give props to GM Thomas Dimitroff for excellent drafts and talent acquisition. This team just has to be good ….. and they are. This game opened at Atlanta -3 and went to 4-5 like the public had Monday’s paper. Last impressions are indelibly etched in bettors mind and the last thing everyone remembers is Colin Kaepernick running wild vs the Packers. Lets be honest ….. the Packers couldn’t stop me, Jimmy Boyd, and Jack Jones running the ball behind five fat guys. If you dial into your selective memory back less than a month, the Falcons dominated a Seattle team for 55 minutes that literally kicked the sh*t out of the 49ers 42-13 on December 23rd. Atlanta just faced Russel Wilson who is elusive and can run, just like Kaepernick, plus they get their best defensive lineman back (John Abraham) who didn’t even play against the Hawks. Atlanta is a beat at home as we all know, 8-1 in the Georgia Dome this year (San Fran 2-2 in domes TY) with a meaningless loss in Week 17. Most importantly about the win over Seattle is the fact that Atlanta finally got the playoff monkey off their back. In the last six NFC title games where the No.1 and No.2 seeds have met, the top seed as won every time. Further, the dog is 6-4 in this round over the last five years. Even if Smith gums up the works, can’t see this one ending in a rout for either team. All considered, we have a home team that has won better than 85% of it’s home games over the past five years getting points against a rookie quarterback with less than eight career starts. Give us the five and some money line. If you enjoyed this 49ers vs. Falcons NFL Playoffs betting prediction, Don’t miss out on Dennis Macklin’s premium picks for January 19th 2013 at Touthouse.com

2013 NFL Playoffs Predictions
New England Patriots vs. Baltimore Ravens
When: 6:30 PM ET, January 20, 2013
Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
TV: CBS
NFL Playoffs Odds: New England -9.5 Over/Under 51
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New England Patriots (13-4 SU, 10-7 ATS, 12-5 O/U)
Future Hall of Fame signal-caller Tom Brady and the explosive New England Patriots pounded the snot out of the Houston Texans for the second time this season, beating their AFC counterparts 41-28 as a 9.5-point home favorite. New England got a stellar 344 passing yards and three touchdown passes from Brady to move to 2-0 ATS over their last two games.

New England nearly won all of their home games this season, going 10-1 SU at Gillette Stadium but are just 6-5 ATS over the span. Led b the ingenious Brady, the Patriots ranked first in total yards, fourth in passing (291.4 ypg) and a league-leading first in points per game (34.8 ppg).

New England has also compiled some very unattractive ATS numbers in going 2-7 ATS in their last nine home playoff games and a disappointing 2-8 ATS in their last 10 playoff games overall.

Did You Know?
Did You Know that Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco is the only quarterback in NFL history to win at least one playoff game in each of his first five seasons in the league?

Baltimore Ravens (12-6 SU, 8-9-1 ATS, 10-8 O/U)
The Baltimore Ravens are coming off an absolutely thrilling 38-35 win over Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos in their AFC Divisional showdown on Saturday while covering the spread as a huge, 9.5-point road underdog.

The Ravens have won three of their last four games dating back to Week 16 of the regular season while covering the spread in each SU victory to bring home the bacon for their betting backers. Baltimore ranked 11th in rushing and 10th in scoring (24.9 ppg) this season while also ranking a respectable 12th in points allowed (21.5 ppg) in one of the most modest units in Ravens franchise history.

Baltimore has gone 4-1 ATS in their last five games in the month of January and a steady 10-4 ATS in their last 14 road playoff games overall.

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