{"id":32858,"date":"2014-02-02T08:45:38","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T13:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32858"},"modified":"2014-02-02T08:45:38","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T13:45:38","slug":"super-bowl-xlviii-betting-preview-seattle-seahawks-vs-denver-broncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/super-bowl-xlviii-betting-preview-seattle-seahawks-vs-denver-broncos-32858\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl XLVIII Betting Preview: Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos
\nSunday, 2\/2\/14, 6:25 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Seattle -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 47.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 48
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Seattle Seahawks will try to get running back Marshawn Lynch established offensively<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seattle was the NFC\u2019s top seed and advanced to this stage by eliminating the San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints in the postseason, as it prepares to play in the world\u2019s biggest game at MetLife Stadium.\u00a0 \u201cIt will be a great matchup,\u201d commented Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll about his team\u2019s top-rated defense going against the league\u2019s most explosive offense.\u00a0 The Seahawks led the NFL in allowing just 14.4 points and 273.6 total yards per game, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your pro football picks.\u00a0 Seattle is 4-1 ATS when the betting line is between +3 and -3 since the start of the regular season.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks will try to feature running back Marshawn Lynch offensively, as he ran for a playoff-leading 249 yards and three touchdowns in this year\u2019s playoffs.\u00a0 Seattle also has a X-factor in wide receiver Percy Harvin, who might play a big role in this game due to Denver allowing a league-high average of 29.3 yards on kickoff returns during the regular season.\u00a0 Quarterback Russell Wilson will need to take care of the football and rely on his playmaking ability which has led to a 27-9 combined record in this first two years as a professional.<\/p>\n

Denver reaches Super Bowl XLVIII by becoming the AFC champions after moving past the New England Patriots and San Diego Chargers.\u00a0 The Broncos are led by five-time NFL MVP Peyton Manning, who set single-season records in passing yards and touchdowns during the regular season.\u00a0 He has been protected by an offense line that didn\u2019t surrender a sack during the playoffs, while the unit punted just once in those two affairs.\u00a0 Denver is 22-12-3 ATS as a favorite the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Broncos became the first team in history with five players scoring at least 10 touchdowns from scrimmage.\u00a0 Denver topped 40 points a team-record six times and tied a record by eclipsing the 50-point mark in three contests.\u00a0 In its 202 offensive possessions, the team scored a touchdown 35.1 percent of the time.\u00a0 Manning also led the squad to six points rather than three or none in 51 of 67 trips inside the red zone.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Seahawks due to their 34-16-1 ATS mark in their last 51 overall games.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos Sunday, 2\/2\/14, 6:25 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Seattle -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 47.5 Current Total:\u00a0 48 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Seattle was the NFC\u2019s top seed and advanced to this stage by eliminating the San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints in the postseason, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[570,3403,31,791,1287,282,417,599],"class_list":["post-32858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-denver-broncos","tag-marshawn-lynch","tag-nfl","tag-percy-harvin","tag-pete-carroll","tag-peyton-manning","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-super-bowl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32859,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32858\/revisions\/32859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}