All 49ers

The 49ers are 7-Point Favorites to Beat the Lions

Oddsmakers expect the 49ers to win by a final score of 29-22. Seems fair considering the 49ers are the home team.
Grant Cohn|
The 49ers are 7-Point Favorites to Beat the Lions
The 49ers are 7-Point Favorites to Beat the Lions

In this story:

San Francisco 49ers

The oddsmakers remain extremely confident in the 49ers despite their shaky performance against the Packers this past Saturday.

According to BetUS, the 49ers are 7-point favorites to beat the Lions this Sunday and the over/under is set at 51, which means the oddsmakers expect the 49ers to win by a final score of 29-22. Seems fair considering the 49ers are the home team.

Still, it's unclear whether Deebo Samuel will play in the NFC Championship -- he injured his shoulder against the Packers and currently has a 50/50 chance to play against the Lions, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. And the 49ers offense hasn't performed well without Samuel this season. In the four games he either missed or didn't finish, the 49ers scored 75 points, or 18.8 per game.

In addition, the 49ers defense hasn't played up to its standard recently. The two veteran safeties, Tashaun Gipson and Logan Ryan, have struggled. Cornerback Ambry Thomas is a penalty waiting to happen. Chase Young is a liability against the run. And the pass rush was non-existent against Green Bay. The Lions had the No. 3 ranked offense in the NFL during the regular season, which means the 49ers defense will have to play its absolute best to win this game.

It seems dangerous to wager on this game without knowing the injury status of Deebo. But if I had to place a wager today, I'd take the Lions and the points, but I still expect the 49ers to win. No excuses.

Published
Grant Cohn
GRANT COHN

Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club. In 2020, Cohn joined FanNation and began writing All49ers. In addition, he created a YouTube channel which has become the go-to place on YouTube to consume 49ers content. Cohn's channel typically generates roughly 3.5 million viewers per month, while the 49ers' official YouTube channel generates roughly 1.5 million viewers per month. Cohn live streams almost every day and posts videos hourly during the football season. Cohn is committed to asking the questions that 49ers fans want answered, and providing the most honest and interactive coverage in the country. His loyalty is to the reader and the viewer, not the team or any player or coach. Cohn is a new-age multimedia journalist with an old-school mentality, because his father is Lowell Cohn, the legendary sports columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 1979 to 1993. The two have a live podcast every Tuesday. Grant Cohn grew up in Oakland and studied English Literature at UCLA from 2006 to 2010. He currently lives in Oakland with his wife.

Share on XFollow grantcohn
Home/News