{"id":19105,"date":"2011-11-04T09:58:41","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T14:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19105"},"modified":"2011-11-04T09:58:41","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T14:58:41","slug":"nfl-picks-week-9-green-bay-packers-vs-san-diego-chargers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-picks-week-9-green-bay-packers-vs-san-diego-chargers-19105\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Picks Week 9: Green Bay Packers vs. San Diego Chargers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Green Bay Packers at San Diego Chargers
\nSunday, 11\/6\/11, 4:15 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 52
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 51
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Packers<\/a>
Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers is enjoying a fantastic season through seven games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Green Bay has a 5-0 all-time record against the San Diego Chargers and will look to remain as the only undefeated team in the NFL Sunday.\u00a0 The Packers are 4-1 off the bye week under head coach Mike McCarthy.\u00a0 Quarterback Aaron Rodgers is enjoying an MVP-type year, leading the entire league with a 71.5 completion percentage and 20 touchdowns.\u00a0 \u201cI always enjoy coming back to California,\u201d commented Rodgers.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019ll be nice to play down there in San Diego.\u201d\u00a0 The franchise has won 13 consecutive games, including the playoffs, which serves as the longest in team history.\u00a0 Green Bay is 29-14 ATS over the last two-plus seasons, while the \u2018under\u2019 is 23-21 in that span.<\/p>\n

The Packers have outscored their opponents by a 230-141 margin, a point differential that ranks second in the league to the Detroit Lions.\u00a0 Green Bay does lead all teams in scoring 32.9 points per game, while being the only team to score 24 points or more in each contest this season.\u00a0 Rodgers\u2019 brilliance should not be understated, as his 125.7 passer rating through seven games ranks No. 3 in the league since 1970.\u00a0 Green Bay has scored points on 27 of 28 red-zone trips, ranking second with a 96.4 percentage.<\/p>\n

San Diego comes home off a three-game road trip that included consecutive losses to the New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs.\u00a0 The Chargers have been underdogs just once this year, dropping a 35-21 contest to the New England Patriots when getting 6.5 points on the road.\u00a0 Quarterback Philip Rivers hasn\u2019t been himself this season, throwing an NFL-high 11 interceptions, while his passer rating checks in at No. 19 in the league.\u00a0 \u201cWe all know Philip is one of the most competitive people that I\u2019ve ever known,\u201d commented Chargers head coach Norv Turner.\u00a0 \u201cI think he\u2019s pressing.\u201d\u00a0 San Diego is 10-9 ATS at home the past two-plus campaigns and the \u2018under\u2019 is 11-9 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Chargers still rank No. 6 in both total offense and defense this season, with the stop unit creating four turnovers last week and holding one of the best running teams to just 2.9 yards per carry.\u00a0 \u201cDefensively, we played good so long to keep us in the game and give us a chance,\u201d commented Turner in practice this week.\u00a0 A short week is ahead in preparing for the defending Super Bowl champions, as the team is dealing with key injuries, including Ryan Mathews (groin), Malcolm Floyd (hip) and Vincent Jackson (hamstring).<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Chargers due to their 5-0 ATS mark as a home underdog, but the Packers are 4-0 ATS in the last four meetings.<\/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":"

Green Bay Packers at San Diego Chargers Sunday, 11\/6\/11, 4:15 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Green Bay -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Green Bay -5 Opening Total:\u00a0 52 Current Total:\u00a0 51 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Green Bay has a 5-0 all-time record against the San Diego Chargers and will look to remain as the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[416,1119,1035,298],"class_list":["post-19105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-philip-rivers","tag-san-diego-chargers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19105","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=19105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19106,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19105\/revisions\/19106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}