2011 Superbowl & NFL Football Betting News

With four weeks remaining in the 2012 regular season, the Houston Texans have again nosed ahead of the New England Patriots as the favorites to win it all.  Despite an overtime loss to the St. Louis Rams, the San Francisco 49ers remain slight favorites to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl, while the 11-1 Atlanta Falcons and the Green Bay Packers are gaining fast.

Here are your current Super Bowl XLVII odds for all 32 NFL teams:

• 1. Houston Texans +475 to win the Super Bowl, +225 to win the AFC (Last Week: T1): 11-1 after a two-touchdown road win over the Titans
• 2. New England Patriots (T1) +475, +240: 9-3 after a seven-point road win over the Dolphins
• T3. Denver Broncos (4) +550, +250: 9-3 after an eight-point home win over the Buccaneers

After needing overtime to win for the second straight week, the Houston Texans have fallen from Super Bowl favorite to Super Bowl co-favorite.  The New England Patriots share the co-favorite title after another blowout win, while the San Francisco 49ers remain the favorite to represent the NFC in the Big Game. While the 49ers seemingly can win no matter who’s at quarterback, the next-best bet in the NFC is now the ten-win Atlanta Falcons.

Here are your current Super Bowl XLVII odds for all 32 NFL teams:

• T1. Houston Texans +450 to win the Super Bowl, +225 to win the AFC (Last Week: 1): 10-1 after a second straight long OT win, this time at Detroit on Thanksgiving
• T1. New England Patriots (T2) +450, +225: 8-3 after a blowout road win over the Jets on Turkey Day

Despite needing almost all of overtime to beat the pathetic Jacksonville Jaguars at home on Sunday, the Houston Texans continue to be the favorites to win it all. There’s now a tie at the next best bet as the Denver Broncos have risen up to tie the New England Patriots and Denver Broncos.  After an impressive Monday night win over the Chicago Bears in a battle of understudy quarterbacks, the San Francisco 49ers are back as the favorites to represent the NFC in the Big Game.

Here are your current Super Bowl XLVII odds for all 32 NFL teams:

• 1. Houston Texans +500 to win the Super Bowl, +225 to win the AFC (Last Week: 1): 9-1 after surviving a home OT scare from the feisty Jaguars
• T2. Denver Broncos (3) +550, +250: 7-3 after sweeping their season series with the Chargers with a 30-23 home win

ESPN’s Chris Mortenson is reporting that San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith won’t play Monday night against the Chicago Bears.  The matchup of first place teams will also be a backup QB duel as Chicago’s Jay Cutler is also out, meaning the Bears will send out veteran Jason Campbell against SF’s inexperienced backup Colin Kaepernick.

Both Smith and Cutler were concussed and knocked out of games last week, Smith in a tie at home to the St. Louis Rams and Cutler in a home loss to the Houston Texans.

According to Mort, Smith took most of the first team reps at practice this week, but “was unable to get clearance from a neurologist” to play on Monday Night. Smith had been awfully good in his last two MNF starts. In wins over the Cardinals last month and the Steelers last December, Smith went a combined 36 of 50 (72.0%) with four touchdown passes and a 123.7 QB rating.