NFC and AFC Championship Numbers Comparisons

While the OffshoreInsiders.com will certainly be checking religiously on the injury updates of Antonio Gates, Philip Rivers and most importantly, LaDainian Tomlinson, we take a look at some key numbers comparisons of import to the sports bettor for the AFC and NFC Conference Championship games.

Chargers-Patriots

On offense, the offense of the Pats has the upper hand to the surprise of probably nobody. They get 7.2 more first downs per game, 90.4 more yards, 1.0 more yards per play, but the Bolts to get 5.6 more rushing yards per game. What might surprise some is that New England has the edge in rushing yards per carry, though a negligible .1.  The Pats get 1.37 more passing yards per attempt and complete 9.8 more pass completions.

New England has modest edges on defense. They allow 29.2 yards per game less, though yards per play is a dead heat. In fact, all other key comparisons are pretty close. The Chargers turnover ratio is six better.

NY Giants-Green Bay

Green Bay gets 59.8 more yards per game on 1.1 more yards per play. The Giants do accumulate 16.4 more rushing yards per game and .1 more rushing yards per attempt. Green Bay gets 1.86 more passing yards per attempt.

Time to use that word again: "negligible". That's how to describe the defensive numbers comparisons. The 7.5 yards per game and .1 yards per play edge that the Giants have are demonstrative of how close they are across the board.

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