San Francisco 49ers: Home Field Advantage in Santa Clara?

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00:00 And it is time to preview the NFC Championship game.

00:08 The nightcap here is 630 Eastern, 330 Pacific.

00:11 It is the Detroit Lions going on the road for the first time in the playoffs to San Francisco.

00:17 49ers off of beating the Packers, although not covering.

00:22 And Mark, we are seeing this number pretty much seven across the board.

00:25 That is the 49ers as the home favorite.

00:28 51 being the total.

00:30 Jared Goff, we know about his home-road dichotomy here.

00:33 Not always the same quarterback on the road up against Brock Purdy and the 49ers.

00:38 Christian McCaffrey and the Bunch.

00:41 Good defense here for the Niners.

00:43 Can the Lions kind of continue this, the winning that we've seen in the playoffs?

00:48 And can the 49ers at home cover the seven?

00:51 What are your overall thoughts here, Lions at 49ers?

00:55 Jared Goff at home, 70.1 completion percentage, 19 touchdowns, 107.9 quarterback rating.

01:02 Jared Goff on the road, 64.8 completion percentage, 11 touchdowns, 89.4 quarterback rating.

01:12 That's the difference.

01:13 That's what it sounds like here.

01:14 Look, I'm not going up against the top three defense in the NFL, which he hasn't had to

01:19 do yet in this postseason.

01:22 Because last time I checked, the Rams have an average defense and the Buccaneers have

01:25 an average defense.

01:26 Good luck.

01:27 Now, if Debo Simmons is not playing, and he says that by all accounts he is right now,

01:31 it's going to change things a little bit for San Francisco's offense.

01:36 But I think that's more of a totals thing than anything else.

01:38 I'll go back to what I said earlier.

01:41 The Lions getting to more than 21 in this game is going to be very, very difficult.

01:52 The 49ers just do not allow more than 21 on a routine occasion.

01:57 They gave up 33 to the Ravens, lost that game.

01:59 Gave up 29 to the Cardinals in a game where they were already up 35 to 16 heading into

02:05 the fourth quarter.

02:06 So, to give up 29 there in a game that didn't matter.

02:09 They gave up 31 to the Bengals when Brock Purdy threw three picks in that game that

02:13 led to two touchdowns.

02:14 And then the only time they've given up more than, 23 or more, was the other time it was

02:20 against the Rams when the Rams were down 10 with one second left.

02:25 Sean McVay kicked the field goal to make it 30 to 23.

02:28 It's really hard to score 24 points on this team.

02:32 Very, very, very hard.

02:34 And I don't see how the Lions are going to win this game scoring 22 or less.

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02:42 (bells chiming)