The 49ers have the better defensive team, especially up front, and a much better running game, which should allow them to control the clock in the fourth quarter.
Betting
The over/under for Sunday’s title game between the Chiefs and 49ers moved down at a few Las Vegas sportsbooks, and no 55s were available Friday.
Hank “The Hammer” Goldberg likes San Francisco to cover as a 1-point underdog to Kansas City and expects the game to go under the total of 54½.
Using the alias Booty Blockers, Isaac Meier went 57-25-3 ATS (69.5 percent) to top a field of 1,875 in the Circa Sports Million Pro Football Contest.
The 2019-20 college basketball season tips off Tuesday with four of the favorites to win the 2020 title, as Michigan State plays Kentucky and Kansas meets Duke.
Michigan State is the 6-1 favorite at the Westgate sportsbook to win the 2020 NCAA title, and Gonzaga has the highest season win total, 27½, at the DraftKings sportsbook.
UNLV is 1-6 ATS in its last seven conference road games and hasn’t covered the last three against Colorado State. Rams coach Mike Bobo is 2-7 as a home favorite since 2017.
Drew Brees returned for New Orleans in Week 8 and the Saints covered for a sixth consecutive game and now are 6-2 against the spread this season.
San Francisco is 7-0 straight up and 5-2 ATS after crushing the Carolina Panthers 51-13 on Sunday and has gone under in five of its seven games.
UFC president Dana White confirmed Thursday the organization is working toward finalizing a bout between McGregor and Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone for January.
The 14 races to be run over the next two days promise plenty of drama. But there’s also an underlying tension arising from the surge of horse deaths this year at the racetrack.
Mattress Mack didn’t get the Hollywood ending he wanted where he’d throw a party to refund $20 million to his customers after winning $25 million in wagers on the Houston Astros to win the World Series.
The Las Vegas professional sports gambler needs $58,485 to top the total of $2,520,700 won by Ken Jennings during his 74-game winning streak in 2004.
Opening and closing lines and point-spread highlights from the Elite Eight games.
A harness race at The Raceway at Western Fair in Ontario in which the $46 winner paid more than the exacta highlights a continuing problem with parimutuel wagering that needs to finally be addressed.