NFL Week 13 Odds: Green Bay Packers Big Favorites Over San Francisco 49ers

Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesThe Green Bay Packers host the San Francisco 49ers Sunday in a critical game for both teams.Each is trying to keep pace within their respective divisions and both are one game back. The 49ers (4-7) trail both the St. Louis Rams and Seattle Seahawks who are 5-6 in the NFC Jets 6 Sanchez Jersey
West, while the Packers (7-4) are behind the 8-4 Chicago Bears in the NFC North. NFL odds for this showdown at Lambeau Field show us a line of Green Bay -9 over San Francisco with a total set of 41 points.The 49ers will try and end a long regular-season drought against the Packers on the road. They have not beaten Green Bay at Lambeau Field in 20 years during the regular season, and the Packers have won seven straight in this series overall.San Francisco last beat the Packers on the road 24-20 back in 1990, and their last win overall came with a home playoff victory in 1999.These teams met up last season at Lambeau, with he Packers winning 30-24 behind a great game from Aaron Rodgers. Green Bay’s quarterback completed 32 of 45 passes for 344 yards and two touchdowns to really stick it to Alex Smith.If you remember, the 49ers chose Smith with their No. 1 overall pick in the 2005 draft while passing up on Rodgers. These two have clearly gone in opposite directions. Rodgers is now an elite quarterback in this league, while Smith is basically and afterthought and is on his way to becoming one of the biggest busts of all-time.The 49ers have replaced Alex with Troy Smith, who is 3-1 as a starter for San Francisco.Though the 49ers won Monday night’s meeting with the Arizona Cardinals 27-6 overall, they suffered a big loss.Frank Gore will be out for the rest of the season due to a fractured right hip. Brian Westbrook came in and did an admirable job, rushing for 136 yards and a touchdowns on 23 carries. Westbrook will remain the featured back this week, while Anthony Dixon gives him a breather and likely takes the goal-line carries.But Gore will be missed, as he was 40 percent of the 49ers offense coming into their game against the Cardinals.“Frank is a big part of what we do—heart, soul, everything he brings is what you want,” coach Mike Singletary said. “But thankfully, Brian 4 Brett Favre White jersey
Westbrook is a mature, experienced leader and we just have to be careful about how we use him and how much exposure we allow him to see. I think there will be a good mixture between Brian Westbrook and Dixon. We’ll just have to see how we do that.”While the 49ers still have a running game, the Packers are still in search of one. Green Bay has only rushed for over 100 yards just once in their last six games, and a big reason has been the play of starting running back Brandon Jackson. He has compiled just 54 rushing yards on 24 carries, and this team clearly misses Ryan Grant.They have had to rely on Aaron Rodgers kind of like the Colts lean on Peyton Manning.Rodgers ranks fifth in the league in passing yards with 2,945, and he threw for 344 in a 20-17 loss to the Atlanta Falcons last Sunday.Rodgers drove them 90 yards and found Jordy Nelson on 4th-and-10 for a touchdown to tie the game at 17-17.But there were 56 seconds remaining, and a 15-yard penalty on special teams gave Atlanta the ball at midfield.The rest was history, as Matt Ryan drove them down and set up the game-winning field goal from Matt Bryant. Rodgers will be seeking his third straight game with at least 300 passing yards, a feat he has not accomplished in his young career.Green Bay is still playing well, and all four of their losses this season have come by three points each. So that’s how close they are to being undefeated, and they came into the Atlanta contest on a three-game winning streak where they had outscored their last three opponents 85-10.This team has been overcoming injuries all season and they simply show up every Sunday. The 49ers had every reason to pack it in after starting 0-5, Dallas Cowboys jersey
but have managed to win four of their last six overall to get right back in the division race.It helps that no team in the NFC West has a winning record, though.Projected Score: Packers 25, 49ers 16Jack Jones is red hot with his NFL picks, currently on a 66-41 (62%) NFL Sides run.