{"id":19527,"date":"2011-11-20T10:38:55","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T15:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19527"},"modified":"2011-11-20T10:38:55","modified_gmt":"2011-11-20T15:38:55","slug":"nfl-week-11-picks-san-diego-chargers-vs-chicago-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-11-picks-san-diego-chargers-vs-chicago-bears-19527\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 11 Picks: San Diego Chargers vs. Chicago Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Diego Chargers at Chicago Bears
\nSunday, 11\/20\/11, 4:15 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -4.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 47
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 45
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler faces off with one of his biggest rivals Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Diego is in a downward spiral and has lost four straight games coming into this Week 11 contest.\u00a0 \u201cThe bottom line is we\u2019ve lost four games in a row, and we\u2019ve got to win a football game,\u201d stated Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers.\u00a0 He\u2019s certainly been part of the problem this year, pacing all NFL signal-callers with 15 interceptions and turning the ball over 19 times.\u00a0 Injuries are also starting to mount up on this roster, with the offensive line hit especially hard with three starters being listed as out for this afternoon\u2019s game.\u00a0 San Diego is 2-7 ATS on the season and 0-2 ATS when getting points.<\/p>\n

The Chargers weren\u2019t suppose to be in this position after jumping out to a 4-1 start, but the locker room is faced with a must-win situation without key players being available.\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019re going to have adversity and it\u2019s how you handle it,\u201d stated Chargers second-year running back Ryan Mathews.\u00a0 \u201cYou got to get after it and keep driving.\u201d\u00a0 He will have to play an important part in this contest, running the ball behind a makeshift offensive line, while also keeping the Bears pass rush and defensive end Julius Peppers off of Rivers in the passing game.<\/p>\n

Chicago comes in as one of the hottest teams in the league and has won four straight games, including last week\u2019s 37-13 win over the Detroit Lions as 2.5-point home favorites despite being out-gained by 177 yards.\u00a0 The Bears certainly know how dangerous this week\u2019s opponent can be.\u00a0 \u201cLooking back in the past, November-December is when they play their best ball,\u201d stated Bears quarterback Jay Cutler who has first-hand experience due to this time in Denver.\u00a0 Chicago is 3-1 ATS as a favorite this year and the \u2018over\u2019 has cashed in three of those games.<\/p>\n

The Bears have the biggest offensive weapon in football in running back Matt Forte, who is averaging an NFC-leading 145.3 yards per game from scrimmage.\u00a0 Cutler and the offensive unit should have success against a defense that allowed 489 yards last week to the Raiders, but it\u2019s important to point out that San Diego was playing its third game in 11 days in that contest.\u00a0 Sunday will be the first of four consecutive games against AFC West opposition.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Bears due to covering six of their last seven games as a favorite, while the Chargers are 1-4-1 ATS on the road.<\/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":"

San Diego Chargers at Chicago Bears Sunday, 11\/20\/11, 4:15 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Chicago -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Chicago -4.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 47 Current Total:\u00a0 45 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker San Diego is in a downward spiral and has lost four straight games coming into this Week 11 contest.\u00a0 \u201cThe bottom line […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[359,763,425,1035,2827,298],"class_list":["post-19527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-chicago-bears","tag-jay-cutler","tag-matt-forte","tag-philip-rivers","tag-ryan-mathews","tag-san-diego-chargers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19527","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=19527"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19528,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19527\/revisions\/19528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}