The penultimate round of the NFL playoffs is here and all that matters right now is who will be able to win on Sunday and progress to the Super Bowl 50 game. This means we have just three games to go before we crown this year’s winner of the coveted Lombardi Trophy, so this is your chance to jump on the NFL lines and fish all you can before the pro football betting season comes to an end. For those of you looking for an ultimate handbook on how to bet on the Conference Championship games, today’s your lucky day, as we have a breakdown of the two games slated for Sunday, complete with choice NFL picks for SU, ATS and OVER/UNDER bettors.
AFC Championship Game: New England Patriots at Denver Broncos
When: Sunday, January 24, 2016Kickoff: 3:05 PM ETWhere: Denver, COStadium: Sports Authority Field at Mile HighSpread: Patriots -3Moneyline: New England -163 vs Denver +143Game Total: 44.5Watch: CBSStream: CBS Sports Listen: New England vs DenverAnalysis: Apparently, if Peyton Manning plays 70 percent of the snaps this Sunday and Denver wins the AFC Championship, then the 39-year-old QB will receive 2 million dollars in bonuses. Will that affect Manning’s motivation? Highly unlikely, I’d say. This guy can make twice that much money by simply signing an autograph, not that he needs the extra pocket change anyway, considering how rich he is. Even so, I can strongly bet on the fact that Manning will want to take full advantage of this last shot at winning the elusive Super Bowl as a Denver player. And it just so happens that Manning has the tools to do that; Denver’s running game is proving to be quite a nuisance to opponents in recent weeks, the Broncos defense is as solid as ever, and Mile High has always been a difficult place for the Pats to win (the Pats are 0-2 in the playoffs when playing in Denver during the playoffs and 3-17 in their last 20 overall visits to Denver). If Manning and his passing game can show up just a bit, winning this game should be very possible for Denver.Unfortunately for Manning and the Broncos, Tom Brady and the Pats still have the sweet taste of winning the Super Bowl last year in their mouths and, going by the way they played heartily against the Chiefs last week, they won’t want to let that feeling go away easily. Meanwhile, Brady has his favorite trio all healthy—Robert Gronkowski, Julian Edelman and Danny Amendola—which should allow him to pick a couple of holes in Denver’s defense, probably better than he did when the Pats lost to Denver in overtime in Week 12. Plus, although New England’s defense is not as solid as Denver’s, the Pats are pretty good against the run, at least based on the last time I checked their stats. And who are we kidding, Manning isn’t going to light it up anymore, those days are dead and buried for the beleaguered future Hall of Famer. Did I mention that Brady owns Manning with an overall 11-5 record and he lit up Manning on stat sheets the last time the two met? Well, that’s another thing to keep in mind, underlining the fact that the Pats will be tough to beat.My NFL Picks
SU NFL Picks: Patriots (-165)ATS NFL Picks: Denver (+3.5)OVER/UNDER NFL Picks: OVER 44