Read on for a quick look at the backdrop surrounding Super Bowl XLIV and stick with Sportsbook.com from now till kickoff of the big game for more great coverage.<\/p>\n
Peyton Manning survived an early knockout attempt by the Jets, guided the third-biggest comeback in AFC Championship Game history\u201411 points\u2014and shredded Gang Green\u2019s No. 1-ranked defense in the process. The NFL\u2019s regular season Most Valuable Player threw for 377 yards and three touchdowns in a 30-17 victory that ended far better than it started.<\/p>\n
The Colts scored the game\u2019s final 24 points and routinely made big plays against a New York defense that rarely allowed them through its first 18 games. Manning completed five throws of at least 20 yards and turned the tide with a four-play, 80-yard drive late in the second quarter that cut the 11-point deficit to just 17-13 at halftime. Head coach Rex Ryan\u2019s team never recovered.<\/p>\n
New Orleans proved to be equally resilient despite being dominated in almost every aspect of last Sunday\u2019s NFC Championship Game by Minnesota, including total yards (475-257) and time of possession (36:49-27:56). The Saints squeaked by the Vikings, 31-28 in overtime, to advance to the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history.<\/p>\n
Along with Manning, Super Bowl XLIV also features the runner-up in the NFL MVP race, New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees, who finished the regular season with 34 touchdowns and has added six more in two postseason victories. There are few differences between the two signal-callers, other than Manning\u2019s overwhelming postseason experience. The Colts quarterback is now 3-2 in AFC title games (9-8 overall) and looks to win his second Super Bowl title in the last four seasons.<\/p>\n
Regardless of who\u2019s in the huddle, the two quarterbacks never lack confidence in flinging the ball around. Against the Jets, Manning\u2019s top targets, Reggie Wayne and Dallas Clark, who each had at least 100 catches and 1,000 yards receiving during the regular season, combined for seven grabs and 90 yards. So, he turned to second-year wideout Pierre Garcon (11 catches, 151 yards, one touchdown) and rookie Austin Collie (7, 123, 1). Brees spread the ball around to eight different receivers, three of whom scored in the NFC title game.<\/p>\n
The overall series between the teams is tied at 5-5, but the Colts have won the last two meetings, the most recent a 41-10 blowout in 2007.<\/p>\n
Head over to Sportsbook.com now for all of your Super Bowl XLIV action. Be sure and monitor the Betting Trends page to see who the public in betting on. There is no better way to predict a potential line change than by monitoring who the public is backing.<\/p>\n
Comment on this game below, hit us with your pregame NFL picks and predictions…<\/strong><\/p>\n The SuperBowl 44 matchup is set, with the AFC South champion Indianapolis and New Orleans Saints getting two full weeks to prepare for their showdown in Miami. Oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com have already installed the Colts as 4-point favorites…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[10331,164,334,470,502,548,582,2244,23306,1487,5990,825,840,844,870,2521,1490,23304,23305,4661,15638,10334,9794,23307,9821,1294],"class_list":["post-18587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sportsbooks","tag-2010-superbowl","tag-betting-lines","tag-colts","tag-free-pick","tag-gambling-lines","tag-handicappers-predictions","tag-indianapolis","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-indianapolis-vs-new-orleans","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-nfl-betting-preview","tag-nfl-free-picks","tag-nfl-odds","tag-nfl-picks","tag-nfl-spreads","tag-nfl-trends","tag-saints","tag-saints-colts-spread","tag-saints-vs-colts","tag-sportsbookcom-odds","tag-super-bowl-44","tag-super-bowl-44-odds","tag-super-bowl-predictions","tag-superbowl-free-pick","tag-superbowl-xliv","tag-vegas-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18587"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109409,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18587\/revisions\/109409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Grab yourself a 50% SIGN UP BONUS today at Sportsbook.com Sportsbook! (Plus you grab yourself a $25 Free Bet!!!) – CLICK HERE NOW!<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"