Fearless Freddie’s Football Forecast
FANTASTIC FOUR. A trip to the Super Bowl is at stake Sunday for a quartet of very talented NFL teams.
The AFC title game has the explosive Kansas City Chiefs playing host to the ever improving Tennessee Titans. Expect the Chiefs to delight the home fans and swagger into Miami for the Super Bowl behind the marvelous Patrick Mahomes.
The NFC finale will see the San Francisco 49ers peak against an overmatched Green Bay Packers club.
Both home teams are favored by about a touchdown and should cover the point spread.
CHEATERS. In other disturbing sports news, Major League Baseball came down hard on the Houston Astros for stealing signs through electronic means. Other teams may be similarly punished, but individual players will not.
One wonders what level of bad behavior would be needed for MLB to actually vacate a championship the way college sports or cycling has done.
Betting on baseball has always been an offense penalized with an individual lifetime ban. Why isn’t cheating by an entire team worthy of anything less?
HOME teams are capitalized. Teams picked to win the game are listed first, followed by the expected margin of victory. The official Las Vegas odds are in parentheses.
PROS
Sunday
AFC Championship
KANSAS CITY +9 over Tennessee (+7.5)
NFC Championship
SAN FRANCISCO +11 over Green Bay (+7)
WEEK: 3-1 (.750). Vs line 1-3 (.250)
YEAR: 162-100-1 (.616). Vs line 138-125 (.521)
COLLEGES
WEEK: 0-1 (.000). Vs line 0-1 (.000)
YEAR: 217-56 (.795). Vs line 137-136 (.502)