Friday, May 18th, 2012
The San Francisco 49ers (6-1) have been one of the biggest surprises in the NFL this season, and they’ll try to keep their winning ways going in Sunday’s road game against the Washington Redskins (3-4).
The 49ers have a perfect 3-0 record on the road this year and will be facing a Washington team that is 2-1 at home.
These teams last met up in 2008 when San Francisco grabbed a 27-24 home win as 3-point favorites.
Washington and San Francisco have met up 3 times since 2004 with every game going over the total.
San Francisco is a 3.5-point road favorite for the 2011 meeting, and the 49ers have covered the point spread in every single game this season.
The total opened up at 39 but has been bet down to 37 or 37.5 depending on where you look.
Close to 75% of tracked NFL bettors are taking the 49ers to cover the point spread, and that consensus might help explain why the line has been bet up from its opener of San Francisco -2.5.
The Redskins benched Rex Grossman (1132 yards, 55.8%, 6 TD, 9 INT) despite his 3-2 record as a starter, and replacement John Beck (604 yards, 58.8%, 1 TD, 3 INT) has gone 0-2 since taking over.
Washington has lost outright while failing to cover the point spread in each of their last 3 games this year.
The Redskins have gone under the total in 5 of their last 6 overall.
49ers quarterback Alex Smith (1267 yards, 63.2%, 9 TD, 2 INT) hasn’t been asked to do much, but he’s come through time and time again at key moments.
San Francisco has gone 5-0 since losing in overtime to the Dallas Cowboys in week 2, and 3 of their last 5 games have gone under the total.
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