49ers Favored to Win NFC West, Bet on It!
by James Brady on May 26, 2010 2:35 PM PDT
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PrintI'm not a betting guy in the usual sense. In that, I don't really follow Vegas or official betting odds, whenever I make a bet it's usually between myself and a few buddies with a nice round of smack talk to accompany a monetary wager. I do, however, find it interesting at least follow when it comes to my (our?) Niners and how much they are favored.
I'm quite enjoying the fact that so many people are thinking the 49ers will win the west in 2010. The last couple seasons, the team has always been listed as a "break out" team. Writers and analysts had the Niners as their "team to watch" in the upcoming season, and it's never quite went the way we'd like. It does feel different this time, though, with so many sources picking the team to actually win the division. Feels good.
Among the sources 'betting' on the 49ers, BetVega.com has the Niners as the favorite to win the NFC West. Now, the Seahawks are the smart team to go with, if you're one to take a chance and get yourself a nice payoff at +300 (3-1), but you know. The odds are listed as...
San Francisco 49ers (-125 Odds to win NFC West)
Arizona Cardinals (+250 Odds to win NFC West)
Seattle Seahawks (+300 Odds to win NFC West)
St. Louis Rams (+1500 Odds to win NFC West)
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I love it!
Over the last several years I’ve gotten pretty sick of hearing how the Niners suck and aren’t going to do well. I know what the media says doesn’t really mean a darn thing, but it’s nice to hear them speak positively about the Niners after so long.
I can't wait for Mango's sig to say "0 days to go".
i agree!
but i think if we do well enough we can go 12-4. but thats just my hopes and dreams! lol
Rugby for Pu***s: That's what he and his teammates call American football.
- Gareth Thomas (Rugby Pro Player for the Cardiff Blues)
I love football, but that is just too funny to be angry at. Rugby is truely a harder sport than American Football.
Ha
Only teams with GOOD quarterbacks can get 12 wins.
Hopefully we have one on our roster, heck we got two former #1 overall picks.
Here’s to hoping Alex finally has his big year. CHEERS!!!
well
that is true, but im an optimistic.
so in saying that. i do believe that alex smith will blow away all the critics this year and shut them up for good.
so if he can (and hopefully will) do that, then i do believe that we can make it to 12 wins. but like i said, i am an optimistic when i want to be. but i also know how to be real about teh situations.
so like u said Crumpedup15..
Here’s to hoping Alex finally has his big year. CHEERS!!!
cheers hermano
Rugby for Pu***s: That's what he and his teammates call American football.
- Gareth Thomas (Rugby Pro Player for the Cardiff Blues)
I love football, but that is just too funny to be angry at. Rugby is truely a harder sport than American Football.
by imjuliooo89 on May 27, 2010 11:41 AM PDT up reply actions
I think we win the West ,even if Alex only plays mediocre(because of all the improvements all across the roster). But if alex improves,then we win the West more easily and if he really improves a great deal and starts playing real NFL caliber QB,then we may actually do some damage in the playoffs !!!
Edggy,you still don't get it !
Of course it is a team game ,sinshine,lol.
But the point is that the rest of the team is coming together nicely. Like all the experts predict,we will win the west,because we have the best roster . But if the QB doesn’t play better it will hold us back.
Get it ? We have a team,we need a QB. If alex can be that QB then we will easily win the west. If Alex keeps sucking,then we will struggle to win the West. Sunshine
Ok Cupcake ...
…it’s pointless to reply to you , so this will be it …obviously you know little about the team concept and for all eleven player’s to exacute on any givin play , that play has to be damn near perfect .. if any one player fail’s his responsibility there’s a high probility that that play fail’s .. and as for you , your a hater and IMO ignorant …!!
Kewl
well we should be picked
the niners our the best team in the division its not a guessing game the niners have most talent and they fixed the thing we had wrong wich was our line people that pick the seahawks make me laugh really they all say well our qb was hurt that why we sucked WRONG!!! you dont win 5 games just by your qb being hurt there is much more wrong with your team no line offense or defense linebackers questionable and terriable corners and no running back featured anyway and you have a coach that has not cut it in 2 tries in the nfl it will be no diffrent
cppeter
Don't tell me, show me.
For me, nothing really feels all that different. Reason? It’s because of who the team still has as their starting QB.
Until he shows me, I’m not jumping the gun and saying that the 49ers will win the west.
I hear Seattle has made some improvements as well. Lendale White comes in and along with Julius Jones could provide that 1-2 punch in the rushing game. Leon Washington we know is a stud with blazing speed. Golden Tate… Biletnikoff winner… remember him? He comes in and will play alongside proven receivers in T.J. who’sYoMama, and Deion Branch. On defense, they have Aaron Curry, that tofu guy, and they drafted Earl Thomas and that Okung kid.
I guess my point in all of this is, let’s not discount the Seahawks. And for that matter, let’s not discount Sam Bradford and the Rams, and the Warner-less Cardinals. The 49ers would be kidding themselves if for one second they’re thinking that these teams will just lie down.
by Waiting4JoshMorgan on May 26, 2010 3:50 PM PDT reply actions
ya cool story brah
nobody is descrediting the offseason work of the seagulls but to look at the teams and the roster its pretty easy to say the niners have the best team in the west NFC. seattle? julius jones sucks. Have you ever seen goldent tate in the NFL? ya me either. only people we have on are team that are iffy is our QB and the rookies. We have one of the fastest and beastly defenses in the league hands down. TJ is good but not if the QB cant get the ball to him with all those badd azzz Niners all in there throat
You must be a surfer, or some "koo" hawaiin guy, correct?
Basically what you’re saying is that on paper they look like the best team in the league, which may or may not be true, but to say that they will win the NFL west based on how they look on paper is absolutely ludicrous.
I smell “homer” all the way in your tone, and for a moment there you sounded like that arrogant Bob Fitzgerald guy on KNBR. (Sorry, but I don’t appreciate rude people who make things personal when it’s not necessary). I’m sure you were one of the guys who said Crabtree would be a stud even before he set foot on the field. So why question Tate? Again… Biletnikoff winner. Last I check, that award means you’re pretty damn good.
Lastly?
Blockquoted paragraph TJ is good but not if the QB cant get the ball to him with all those badd azzz Niners all in there throat bq. Blockquoted paragraph
I’m sure you realize that it’s not the 49ers against the Seahawks for all 16 games, so that “point”, really, is pointless.
And thanks about my cool story. I thought your sentence was cool. :)
by Waiting4JoshMorgan on May 26, 2010 4:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Golden Tate
Yea he won the Biletnikoff award , but dont we have a player on our team who won it twice. I understand where your coming from this division could be a crapshoot at who takes it, but the niners should be the favored. Seattle is rebuilding (and whoevers says they are not is full of Shid) the Rams Rookie QB, 1-15 last year nuff said. The only team i see the niners competing for the NFC west is the Cards. They have the weapons and lets not forget they won the division last year.
I agree
Its not the the Niners will hands down win the division. I would say at this point it is theirs to loose (which they most certainly can) based on where all four teams are at this point in the Offseason. All this can and probably will change come the season..
the cards?
you have faith in leinart? i think leinart will be benched. mrgn is right. we can’t sleep on the seahawks. they did have the best draft, & while draft enhancements take time to develop, the hawks r NOT gonna be a slouch next yr. for some reason, i think winehurst is gonna play ok. (i hate it but my gut says it) i hope hasselbeck stays hurt. the 9ers should be favored but this division is up in the air. in a qb driven league even the rams could have a miracle this yr. unwarranted cockiness has been a plague for this team and its fans. let’s not be delusional. we had a great offseason but we haven’t PROVEN on the field that we’re good enough all around, yet. i’ll stay humble until we prove that we’re good.
"There is no pressure. Pressure only exists when you're not prepared."
-The Samurai
Alex Smith is garbage...
There are no miracles
This is the NFL. Only the good teams go the the playoffs.
Any team can win a couple games but only the good ones can win when it counts.
right
and my point is that ANY team in the nfc west could end up being good this year. we’re not a shoe-in by any means.
"There is no pressure. Pressure only exists when you're not prepared."
-The Samurai
Alex Smith is garbage...
by redrum21225 on May 27, 2010 12:33 PM PDT up reply actions
This is why you question Biletnikoff winners....
because winning awards in college doesn’t translate into NFL success.
"Lord, beer me strength."
No one said they would lay down
Look, Alex Smith hater, he posted his best season ever with a horrible no blocking O-line. After missing 2 years because of a bad shoulder, Smith had 18 TD’s to 12 INT’s (in 10 and a half games) and if you watched the games he had a few INTs that bounced off of WR hands. He was 2nd in the NFL at taking care of the ball, just behind Manning for passes off target. Smith enters his 2nd year of the same offense and is just now getting comfortable with the offense. So that means he went 18 and 12 when he wasn’t confident. Now with a swagger and self-entitlement he is ready to carve out his best season ever and take us to the playoffs.
by ericalancanty on May 26, 2010 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions
The Seahawks probably have the worst RB situation in the NFL. Julius Jones is washed up, LenDale White sucks, and Leon Washington is coming off a season where he broke his leg.
I wouldn’t worry about the Seahawks this year. And thinking the Rams could do anything this year is just crazy.
I survived the David Carr Press Conference Thread 3/06/2010
Credit to iaalexeeff
Also surviving member of the underwhelming Jed York Conference Thread 3/22/2010
Eat Shitake!
by Hoopers Judge on May 26, 2010 4:58 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
You should be banned for making too much sense.
You ought to read more post draft hype, Seattle won the draft partly because they traded for two RBs no wanted or had a use for.
Washington could be good.
I really don’t think he’ll lose a step, but he’s no threat to us.
And then God created Saturn.. And he liked it, so he put a ring on it.
Eureka 49ers, my Niners blog.
lol.
Speaking of the Seahawks draft, you know your team had a good draft when one of your 1st rounders’ claim-to-fame in college was getting owned by Crabs…. and Crabtree.
I survived the David Carr Press Conference Thread 3/06/2010
Credit to iaalexeeff
Also surviving member of the underwhelming Jed York Conference Thread 3/22/2010
Eat Shitake!
by Hoopers Judge on May 26, 2010 6:28 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
its cool 4 us fans
to get caught up in all the hype, the national attention is nice. I like the buzz, i also have faith in coach because i know he still believes in “Don’t tell me, show me”But it sure does feel better to be thinking div. champs again than, how high a draft pick were gonna get. I think were all tired of top 15 picks (unless its through trade).
Can u c coach sing's vision? I do!......We all know PATRICK WILLIS is our future!
May 12 2010 comment of the day award winner on the nuggets!
I think Alex has over 4000 yards for the season
30 TD’s 10 INT’s 4120 yards….3 rushing TD’s : )
by ericalancanty on May 26, 2010 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions
ok this is not
Price is Right lmao but the bigger the better god I can’t wait for the season!
It's all good!
my sense of optimism springs from one question:
What changed?
For the 49ers, nothing changed for the worse…all players who left were scrubs, retired, punt muffers, one-year-injury-wonders, etc. None of the core starting lineup was lost, two stud OL prospects picked up, another year of experience, cohesiveness, etc. for the guys we have…nobody’s getting too terribly old (who starts)…we got some nice depth in the draft and FA.
We are the same team that should have won 10 games in 2009, another year smarter, plus some new toys…simply put.
Can you say the same thing for Seattle and Arizona?
"I will speak at times, when it's necessary, but I don't believe in talking just because you can." - P-52
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I wish we had Shaun Hill still just so we can have him co host the joe show
Alex doesn’t seem to love it like shaun did.
Shaun Hill
That’s how bad we were. Shaun Hill was our starting QB.
true...BUT
he did help us win a few games.
but unfortunately he did not have the passing skills to keep on helping us win.
and without that we were not able to win as much as we could.
and thats why he’s now a backup in detroit…
Rugby for Pu***s: That's what he and his teammates call American football.
- Gareth Thomas (Rugby Pro Player for the Cardiff Blues)
I love football, but that is just too funny to be angry at. Rugby is truely a harder sport than American Football.
Just a fun fact about the NFC WEST
We have 3 WR. who won the Bellitnikoff award Crabs=2, Fitz=1, and Tate=1,
We have a 2 time Butkus award winner in P-DUB (one in college and one in the pros)
We have a Heisman winner in Bradford
And another one in Leinart
This division is going to get better in about a year or two i can see this division being one of the best in the NFC for years to come.
ALL the so called experts say we need a QB
Let’s hope Alex finally comes out of his 5 year funk this season and we don’t have to hear all the experts keep saying the obvious,that the Niners are looking good but still need a QB.Hopefully alex can be that QB,if not we have a bunch of talent on the roster behind Alex now,unlike in years past.
If alex finally plays NFL caliber QB,then we are golden,if not then hopefully Carr can step in and perform at a higher level than alex and be the bridge to the Nate Davis era (or even the Everette Brown era, etc).
Whatever happens at QB,it seems clear to just about all the experts that the Niners are a team on the rise and the only thing that can hold us back is if we don’t get good QB play.
I believe we are a good enough roster now that even with just adequate QB play we can win the West in 2010.But if we are to take the next step up to becoming a true contender for the SB,we MUST have better than adequate QB play.
I think the Brass agree with that and that is why they have stocked the roster with 4 guys that might be that guy,good job Niners !
This season will be fun !
+1
i agree on all points made.
Rugby for Pu***s: That's what he and his teammates call American football.
- Gareth Thomas (Rugby Pro Player for the Cardiff Blues)
I love football, but that is just too funny to be angry at. Rugby is truely a harder sport than American Football.
Since we are talking QB's I have something to say about Nate Davis.
I don’t mean any disrespect to anyone including Mr. Davis (those are not just words. I heartfully mean that.)
We need to eat his contract & let Nate go. Yes he looks good when he gets to chuck the rock. Yes the coaches speak nicely of him. Lets pretend: two, three years from now Nate is our starting QB. For what ever reason (this is pretend remember) Sing & Raye-Raye are not coaching the 9’ers anymore. New HC, new OC. Now Nate has to learn a whole new playbook, language, everything. He has to learn all that in one off season. In about four months. Now this part is not pretend. Nate has a learning disability. Basically he is slow. This is a league where you have to learn fast. Especially if your are the starting QB. We saw how Alex handled that situation. It happened to him five times (new OC). We saw how he played. Can Nate do that once, & be ready to play in September. Thinking forward, do the 49’ers want to put themselves in that position? I have read that the same Coaches that spoke “nicely” about him, has also said that, “Nate still does not have a good handle on the playbook yet.” It’s been a year. Twelve months, for real, not an off-season, four months like I said. Put Brown on the PS, & let Nate go.
"Moving Forward."
dude there is stability in this organization finally after most of the decade
jed debartolo is not getting rid of singletary anytime soon. Relax I know you’ve gotten used to all this change evey year, but I’m thinking singletary will have this job till he’s ready to step down.
Not because Jed would be afraid to fire him……………..that does sound intimidating though, but because we will be contenders every year he is running the show. Last year we showed we could compete with anyone, now its about getting to the next level and with the core of guys we have were lookin at atleast 5 to 10 years of 9er ball again. Hopefulley we can win a few championships too!
Can u c coach sing's vision? I do!......We all know PATRICK WILLIS is our future!
May 12 2010 comment of the day award winner on the nuggets!
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