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Green Bay (-3 1/2) at Pittsburgh
Green Bay's 48-21 win in Atlanta last week was impressive.
Was it so impressive that the Packers deserve to be 3 1/2-point road favorites in Sunday's NFC championship game in Chicago, where they lost 20-17 on Sept. 27? Well, Sept. 27 was almost four months ago, but it was just three weeks ago that the Packers won just 10-3 at Lambeau Field in a game they needed a lot more than the Bears did.
Nonetheless, Aaron Rodgers' performance in Atlanta last week -- heck, the Packers' performance in Atlanta last week -- seems to have convinced the Vegas lads that the Packers are special. It's convinced bettors who already have moved up the line a half-point to a point, helped perhaps by all the talking heads whose view of every team extends no farther than the last game.
There's certainly an argument for Chicago in this game.
Until the Bears let up, perhaps a bit too much, they dominated Seattle last week -- the final score of 35-24 doesn't reflect how one-sided that game was. Granted, the Seahawks really weren't a playoff team, but league rules dictated the NFC West champs get a spot regardless of how bad the division is.
Source: http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2011/01/20/championship-game-picks-packers-steelers-look-super/
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