How I’m Attacking Conference Championship Weekend
Championship Weekend in the NFL is always a great Sunday of action as we've got familiar teams battling out with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line. Players can make names for themselves during this game and subsequently get two weeks to talk about it after they win, but with two Conference Championship games this year that are rematches from the regular season there is plenty to talk about this week: Lines; Green Bay (+7.5) vs. Seattle (-7.5); Total set at 46.5 Indianapolis (+6.5) vs. New England (-6.5); Total set at 53.5 As most of you may know, I've always been a totals guy to the core and that won't change this weekend. I like both of these numbers where they sit right now and have made premium plays on both of them. As far as the sides go, both underdogs are the ones with revenge here after the Packers and Colts lost by double digits earlier this year to their respective opponents and I would not be shocked to see at least one of them win outright. However, to me this weekend has all the feel of Seattle and New England moving on so we can get two weeks of talk about how Seattle will be the "greatest defense ever" if they take down Manning and Brady in consecutive Super Bowls. Talking heads in the media love their storylines and there isn't one much bigger than that in my opinion. If I had to make wagers on these spreads, I'd lay the chalk with Seattle even at 7.5 because I think they blitz Rodgers and his sore calf early and often to not let him get it loose and come back strong in [...]