San Francisco at Denver

It's not often that you see 7 point underdogs in the preseason. Denver, coming in off a win against Houston, looked impressive. But, as mentioned above, beating a Dom Capers-led team in the preseason is nothing to be proud of. San Francisco also won and they have reason to continue to try hard (team and new coach in need of confidence). Preseason NFL dogs of a touchdown or more that are off a win in which they scored over 15 points are a perfect 9-0 when facing an opponent also off a win. This spread is just too large to ignore. Alex Smith will Struggle but Tim Rattay showed a lot of heart and skill last week and should do well. He's trying to impress not only the 49ers but other teams as well since he knows the future in SF belongs to Smith. The Niners will be ready and will play well here. Two stars on the Bay Area bunch.