The Off The Ball Podcast

New York Giants @ San Francisco 49ers -2.5  The New York Giants take on the San Francisco for the right to be in the Super Bowl. The G-Men havelooked absolutely great this postseason, they dismantled the Falcons and ended the Packers shot at a back to back championship opportunity. Eli Manning has showed the NFL world why he truly is an "ELITE" quarterback and the defense has looked like the defense Giants fans have been waiting to see all year. The 49ers have continued there cinderella story of a season with a instant classic vs the high powered Saints offense. Alex Smith has prove the world wrong especially with his 2 late game comebacks and their defense made big plays by causing numerous turnovers. This game unlike the AFC title game in my eyes will come down to the last minutes of the game. Eli is going against a defense that led the league in turnovers and cause alot vs the Saints last week. If Eli can limit those mistakes and try to establish a running game with Brad

Baltimore Ravens @ New England Patriots -7.0  This game is the ultimate Potent Offense vs Dominant Defense. You have in one corner the high powered Patriots offense led by their general Tom Brady and in the other corner you have the big bad Baltimore Ravens defense led by Ed Reed and their fearless leader "Sugar" Ray Lewis. The Patriots are coming off a beat down of Tebow and the Broncos. They did everything right that game and look like world beaters. I know you probably thinking it's the Broncos, but that is the same team that defeated the defending AFC champions. Brady was on point and the defense made plays. On the other side the Baltimore Ravens looked ehhhh ok in their win vs the Texans. The offense looked stagnant and the defense didn't apply any pressure on young T.J Yates(0 Sacks) and benefited from his rookie mistakes. I flat out wasn't impressed with Baltimore performance and with Joe Flacco. This game i feel is not going to be close, maybe in the be