{"id":25233,"date":"2012-09-28T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T23:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25233"},"modified":"2012-09-28T12:02:59","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T17:02:59","slug":"san-diego-chargers-vs-kansas-city-chiefs-afc-west-preview-and-betting-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/san-diego-chargers-vs-kansas-city-chiefs-afc-west-preview-and-betting-predictions-25233\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego Chargers vs. Kansas City Chiefs: AFC West Preview and Betting Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Diego Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs
\nSunday, 9\/30\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Diego -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Diego -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 46
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Kansas City Chiefs lead the NFL in total offense through three weeks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Diego suffered its first loss of the year in a 27-3 setback to the Atlanta Falcons as three-point home favorites, as it was out-gained by 104 yards.\u00a0 \u201cKansas City is not going to feel sorry for us,\u201d commented Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers in regards to the defeat.\u00a0 \u201cAnd we can\u2019t feel sorry for ourselves.\u201d\u00a0 The team has gone 19-20 in September and October during the Norv Turner era, while going 32-12 in November and beyond.\u00a0 San Diego is 18-10 ATS off an upset loss as a home favorite, with the \u201cover\u201d cashing in three of the last four opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Chargers will be looking to move their record to 2-0 in the AFC West division, as they captured a season-opening win over the Oakland Raiders a couple weeks ago.\u00a0 Running back Ryan Mathews rushed for 44 yards on 10 carries and caught five passes for 32 yards in his first action since returning from a fractured clavicle.\u00a0 Defensively, the team ranks ninth in the league in total defense, which is a key statistic when going against the top offense in the league in terms of yards gained.<\/p>\n

Kansas City erased an 18-point deficit to come away with a surprising 27-24 overtime win over the New Orleans Saints as nine-point road underdogs last week, as it out-gained one of the league\u2019s top offenses by a significant 510-to-288 margin.\u00a0 Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles was the star of the show, gaining 233 yards on 33 carries, while the defense held the Saints scoreless in the final 29 minutes of the game.\u00a0 Kansas City is 6-2 ATS as a home underdog over the last two-plus seasons, with the \u201cunder\u201d going 6-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs have absolutely dominated opponents in terms of time-of-possession, coming into this week with a 33:27-to-26:33 edge in that category.\u00a0 Kansas City has outscored opponents by a 35-6 margin in the fourth quarter.\u00a0 Total players need to take a long look at the UNDER in this contest, as the last four meetings in this series has fallen short of the number.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the UNDER due to the Chiefs falling short of the total in 10 of their last 12 divisional contests.<\/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 Kansas City Chiefs Sunday, 9\/30\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Diego -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Diego -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 46 Current Total:\u00a0 44.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker San Diego suffered its first loss of the year in a 27-3 setback to the Atlanta Falcons as three-point […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2584,3729,303,1114,1035,298],"class_list":["post-25233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc-west","tag-jamaal-charles","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-norv-turner","tag-philip-rivers","tag-san-diego-chargers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25233","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=25233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25234,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25233\/revisions\/25234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}