{"id":26462,"date":"2012-11-30T16:48:45","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T21:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26462"},"modified":"2012-11-30T16:48:45","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T21:48:45","slug":"nfl-week-13-picks-cincinnati-bengals-vs-san-diego-chargers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-13-picks-cincinnati-bengals-vs-san-diego-chargers-26462\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 13 Picks: Cincinnati Bengals vs. San Diego Chargers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cincinnati Bengals at San Diego Chargers
\nSunday, 12\/2\/12, 4:25 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Diego -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -1.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 47.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 46
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Chargers<\/a>
The San Diego Chargers have struggled mightily to get things going during the 2012 NFL season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cincinnati is head to San Diego this week with a three-game winning streak and its playoff destiny back under its control, as it comes off a 34-10 blowout victory over the Oakland Raiders as 9.5-point home favorites.\u00a0 \u201cThat anticipation comes down to these last five games now, and what they mean and how important they are,\u201d stated Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis.\u00a0 The Bengals have won three consecutive games by 18 or more points for only the second time in franchise history.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 4-2 ATS as a road favorite of three points or less since 2010, which is important to consider when making your NFL picks against the spread on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Bengals will try to get the ground game going again, as they\u2019ve won all seven games when rushing for at least 130 yards during the Andy Dalton era.\u00a0 The second-year quarterback has compiled a 117.2 passer rating in the last three games, while throwing nine touchdowns and zero interceptions in that span.\u00a0 Cincinnati has outscored its opponents by a 62-12 margin in that span.<\/p>\n

San Diego will play the second of three consecutive games against teams from the AFC North, as it comes off a 16-13 setback to the Baltimore Ravens as 1.5-point home underdogs.\u00a0 The Chargers have lost six of their last seven games, while getting out-gained by a triple-digit margin in the last two weeks.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve lost a lot of guys throughout on offense and defense,\u201d stated Chargers tackle Jared Gaither.\u00a0 \u201cObviously, it affects you in certain situations.\u201d\u00a0 San Diego is 0-2 ATS as a home underdog of three points or less, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking at the Week 13 pro football odds.<\/p>\n

The Chargers are still led by quarterback Philip Rivers, who has thrown for 2,689 yards through the season\u2019s first 11 games, as he\u2019s on pace to collect his fifth-straight season of 3,500-or-more passing yards.\u00a0 San Diego is still mathematically alive for a AFC wild card spot, but it will likely need to win out to make that a possibility.\u00a0 The entire game may come down to the offensive line\u2019s ability to protect rivers, as Cincinnati ranks second in the NFL with 35 sacks on the season.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total in this affair, as the OVER is 7-0-2 in the last nine meetings in this series.<\/p>\n

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Cincinnati Bengals at San Diego Chargers Sunday, 12\/2\/12, 4:25 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Diego -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -1.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 47.5 Current Total:\u00a0 46 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Cincinnati is head to San Diego this week with a three-game winning streak and its playoff destiny back under its control, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[414,3386,302,1035,298],"class_list":["post-26462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc","tag-andy-dalton","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-philip-rivers","tag-san-diego-chargers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26462","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=26462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26463,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26462\/revisions\/26463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}