{"id":17630,"date":"2011-09-10T20:00:51","date_gmt":"2011-09-11T01:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17630"},"modified":"2011-09-10T14:11:49","modified_gmt":"2011-09-10T19:11:49","slug":"2011-nfl-picks-minnesota-vikings-at-san-diego-chargers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/2011-nfl-picks-minnesota-vikings-at-san-diego-chargers-17630\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 NFL Picks: Minnesota Vikings at San Diego Chargers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minnesota Vikings at San Diego Chargers
\nSunday, 9\/11\/11, 4:15 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Diego -9.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Diego -8.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The San Diego Chargers have won of the deadliest aerial attacks led by QB Philip Rivers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Minnesota is set to have veteran quarterback Donovan McNabb under center to start the 2011 campaign, as Brett Favre has finally settled into retirement.\u00a0 The Vikings are hoping to open the season better than its 2-5 mark through seven games last year. \u201cI think the next level for us is just restoring what we had here in 2009, that confidence and swagger that we can get back to the playoffs,\u201d commented Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway.\u00a0 The team moved past Brad Childress and settled in hiring on last year\u2019s interim head coach Leslie Frazier, as the squad hopes to hold onto the football.\u00a0 Minnesota committed 37 turnovers in 2010.\u00a0 Playing as an underdog is no money-making angle for this team, going 1-7 ATS in its last eight opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Vikings will likely give running back Adrian Peterson a heavy dose of carries again this year, as he ran for 1,298 yards and 12 touchdowns in 2010.\u00a0 The former Oklahoma Sooners start leads the entire league with 5,782 rushing yards the past four seasons.\u00a0 Minnesota will likely break out the tape of a Nov. 4, 2007 contest, as the Vikings watched Peterson set a new NFL record with 296 yards against the Chargers.<\/p>\n

San Diego comes off a disappointing campaign that saw the team rank in the top 5 in both total offense and defense, only to miss the playoffs with a 9-7 overall record.\u00a0 The Chargers are hell-bent on changing things and have made 144 player transactions since the NFL lockout ended.\u00a0 \u201cWe have a blue-collar team with a desire to win a championship,\u201d commented Chargers tight end Antonio Gates.\u00a0 \u201cWe made a commitment this whole offseason to show the world.\u201d\u00a0 The team certainly possesses the right leader, as quarterback Philip Rivers threw for a career-high 4,710 yards in 2010.\u00a0 San Diego is 4-1 ATS as a home favorite of 7.5 to 10 points.<\/p>\n

The Chargers have plenty of weapons at Rivers\u2019 disposal outside of Gates, including a pair of big-time play makers on the outside.\u00a0 Wide receivers Malcolm Floyd and Vincent Jackson are two of the more dangerous targets down the field in the National Football League.\u00a0 The team is hoping to find a consistent running game, as second-year player Ryan Mathews joins Mike Tolbert in the backfield.\u00a0 It will be interesting to see how much the squad misses third-down back and special teams star Darren Sproles.<\/p>\n

Bettors will find that the Vikings are 3-9 ATS on the road, while the Chargers are 4-1 ATS at home.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Minnesota Vikings at San Diego Chargers Sunday, 9\/11\/11, 4:15 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Diego -9.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Diego -8.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 41.5 Current Total:\u00a0 41.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Minnesota is set to have veteran quarterback Donovan McNabb under center to start the 2011 campaign, as Brett Favre has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[393,1689,620,73,1035,298],"class_list":["post-17630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-adrian-peterson","tag-antonio-gates","tag-donovan-mcnabb","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-philip-rivers","tag-san-diego-chargers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17630","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=17630"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17632,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17630\/revisions\/17632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}