{"id":17206,"date":"2011-08-20T22:00:01","date_gmt":"2011-08-21T03:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17206"},"modified":"2011-08-20T16:25:28","modified_gmt":"2011-08-20T21:25:28","slug":"sunday-night-nfl-preseason-san-diego-chargers-at-dallas-cowboys-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/sunday-night-nfl-preseason-san-diego-chargers-at-dallas-cowboys-betting-preview-17206\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Night NFL Preseason: San Diego Chargers at Dallas Cowboys Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Diego Chargers at Dallas Cowboys<\/strong>
\n Sunday, 8\/21\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBC<\/strong>
\n Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -1<\/strong>
\n Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -1<\/strong>
\n Opening Total:\u00a0 37.5<\/strong>
\n Current Total:\u00a0 38<\/strong>
\n Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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San Diego Chargers WR Vincent Jackson is one of many weapons QB Philip Rivers will be targeting Sunday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Diego will be out for revenge after dropping a 16-14 home game against the Dallas Cowboys during the Week 2 preseason of last year.\u00a0 The Chargers dropped that contest as 2.5-point home favorites despite out-gaining the Cowboys by a 294-194 margin.\u00a0 Head coach Norv Turner brought his team into the Dallas area early this week to participate in dual-team practics, as both teams found them useful.\u00a0 \u201cYou can\u2019t beat this work especially from the young guys getting to see different offenses and defense,\u201d commented Turner.\u00a0 \u201cWe came here with the mindset to get better and I think we got better.\u201d\u00a0 San Diego is 22-16 ATS as preseason underdogs, including covering the number in three of the last four opportunities under Turner.<\/p>\n

The Chargers offense is absolutely loaded against for the 2011 season and quarterback Philip Rivers has his three main targets healthy and available.\u00a0 Wide receivers Malcolm Floyd and Vincent Jackson are vertical threats on the outside, while tight end Antonio Gates is as good as it gets in the middle. \u00a0 San Diego is likely to be able to control the game through the air with Dallas suffering through numerous injuries in the secondary.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the team attempted just 28 passes a week ago.<\/p>\n

Dallas is preparing for its first full year under the direction of head coach Jason Garrett and opened up its exhibition season with a 24-23 home win over the Denver Broncos last week.\u00a0 Third-string quarterback Stephen McGee was the star of the show, completing 14-of-24 passes for 208 yards and three touchdowns.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s always fun to win no matter how it comes,\u201d commented McGee after the game.\u00a0 \u201cFor me, this is my regular season.\u201d\u00a0 He will get more playing time after starting quarterback Tony Romo gets his work in, as he returned to action last week for the first time since suffering a broken collarbone in Week 6 of the 2010 campaign.\u00a0 Dallas is 2-3 ATS as a preseason favorite over the last two-plus years.<\/p>\n

The Cowboys will likely not have the services of wide receiver Miles Austin, who has sat out multiple practices this week with a hamstring injury.\u00a0 Dallas\u2019 offensive front has also been hampered by nagging problems that will likely cause Garrett to lessen the snaps taken by Romo in this contest.\u00a0 Defensively, the secondary will also be missing some key players, including veteran Terence Newman.\u00a0 Defensive coordinator Rob Ryan wan not pleased with his unit allowing 357 yards of total offense last week.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Chargers due to their 19-13 ATS road mark during the preseason, while the Cowboys are 17-30 ATS when favored.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss an opportunity of a lifetime and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash this season.\u00a0 Get in the game today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

San Diego Chargers at Dallas Cowboys Sunday, 8\/21\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NBC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Dallas -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Dallas -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 37.5 Current Total:\u00a0 38 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker San Diego will be out for revenge after dropping a 16-14 home game against the Dallas Cowboys during the Week 2 preseason […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[124,5217,1114,1035,298,538],"class_list":["post-17206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-jason-garrett","tag-norv-turner","tag-philip-rivers","tag-san-diego-chargers","tag-tony-romo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17206","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=17206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17207,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17206\/revisions\/17207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}