{"id":10227,"date":"2010-11-03T22:00:08","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T03:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10227"},"modified":"2010-11-03T18:25:02","modified_gmt":"2010-11-03T23:25:02","slug":"nfl-football-predictions-san-diego-chargers-at-houston-texans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-football-predictions-san-diego-chargers-at-houston-texans-10227\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Football Predictions: San Diego Chargers at Houston Texans"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Diego Chargers at Houston Texans
\nSunday, 11\/7\/2010, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Diego -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Diego -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 49.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 50.5
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 San Diego -165 \/ Houston +145<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Houston Texans QB Matt Schaub looks to bounce back after a subpar performance against the Colts on Monday Night Football<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Diego looks to capture back-to-back games for the first time this season in visiting the Houston Texans on Sunday.\u00a0 The Chargers have won five straight November games\u00a0 and are coming off a 33-25 home win over the Tennessee Titans.\u00a0 \u201cAll it did was get us to 3-5,\u201d said quarterback Philip Rivers.\u00a0 \u201cWith the approach we had last week and the preparation, if we can duplicate that this week and try to go win another game, then we get to the bye.\u201d\u00a0 He\u2019s on pace to break Dan Marino\u2019s all-time record for passing yards in a season if he averages 304.4 per game through Week 17 at Denver.\u00a0 The passing game is likely to be without wide receivers Malcom Floyd and Legedu Naanee for another week due to hamstring injuries.\u00a0 The team is 10-3 ATS as a road favorite of three points or less and bettors will be watching the NFL lines page intently.<\/p>\n

The Chargers running game has been by committee this year with Mike Tolbert (79) and\u00a0 Ryan Mathews (78) splitting the carries evenly, as the team is running the ball as often as last season and is on pace for one more carry.\u00a0 \u201cMathews and Tolbert have shown unbelievable improvement in terms of their technique and understanding the importance of handling the football,\u201d head coach Norv Turner stated.\u00a0 \u201cBetween them I think they had 25 carries against Tennessee and the ball wasn\u2019t close to coming out.\u201d\u00a0 San Diego needs to get pressure on the quarterback in this contest and that role may be reserved for linebacker Shaun Phillips to step up.\u00a0 He leads the team with seven sacks, but four of them came in one game, the win over the Cardinals.<\/p>\n

Houston fell 30-17 in defeat to the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium on Monday Night Football and will now look to rebound on a short week.\u00a0 The Texans were 0-for-6 on third downs in the opening half and went into the break trailing 17-3.\u00a0 \u201cThe first half we didn\u2019t play the type of football we normally play,\u201d said wide receiver Andre Johnson.\u00a0 \u201cWe never really got into a rhythm.\u201d\u00a0 The Texans are hoping to turn the page and win their fourth-straight games against AFC opponents at home, with Johnson being a big part of the equation, considering he leads the NFL with 3,738 receiving yards since 2008.\u00a0 It\u2019s a distinct possibility that both of these teams could combine for 1,000 yards of offense on Sunday.\u00a0 Houston is 1-3 ATS at home this season and 8-11 ATS over the last three years.<\/p>\n

The Texans are trying to figure out why quarterback Matt Schaub is at his best when the team is behind and relying on him to bring them back.\u00a0 He was 5-of-15 for 37 yards in the first half, but finished 22-of-38 for 201 yards.\u00a0 Houston had no running game last year and finished 30th in the league in that category, while Schaub threw for more yards than any quarterback in the league.\u00a0 Defensively, the secondary will be challenged in this matchup by Sunday\u2019s opponent, as it entered the Colts\u2019 game allowing 306.2 yards and surrendered 268 to Peyton Manning on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested to find that the Chargers are 0-4 ATS in their last four road games, while the Texans are 8-2 ATS in their last 10 games as a home underdog.<\/p>\n

The NFL handicapping experts at Maddux Sports are getting ready for another action-packed weekend and there\u2019s no better time than now to get in on the fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

San Diego Chargers at Houston Texans Sunday, 11\/7\/2010, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Diego -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Diego -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 49.5 Current Total:\u00a0 50.5 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 San Diego -165 \/ Houston +145 San Diego looks to capture back-to-back games for the first time this season in visiting the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2871,1120,452,1114,1035,2827,298],"class_list":["post-10227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-andre-johnson","tag-houston-texans","tag-matt-schaub","tag-norv-turner","tag-philip-rivers","tag-ryan-mathews","tag-san-diego-chargers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10227"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10229,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10227\/revisions\/10229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}