{"id":29847,"date":"2013-08-29T14:55:48","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T19:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=29847"},"modified":"2013-08-29T14:55:48","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T19:55:48","slug":"nfl-preseason-week-4-predictions-san-francisco-49ers-vs-san-diego-chargers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-preseason-week-4-predictions-san-francisco-49ers-vs-san-diego-chargers-29847\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Preseason Week 4 Predictions: San Francisco 49ers vs. San Diego Chargers"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Francisco 49ers vs. San Diego Chargers
\nThursday, 8\/29\/13, 10:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Francisco -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Diego -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 39
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 38.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Chargers<\/a>
The San Diego Chargers are hoping for better things offensively in 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Francisco has won back-to-back games, including a 34-14 blowout victory over the Minnesota Vikings as three-point home favorites last time out, while going OVER the betting total of 39.\u00a0 The 49ers are focused on a select number of snaps for any starters that appear in this contest, which is important to consider when looking over the pro football odds page.\u00a0 Colt McCoy has already been named the team\u2019s backup quarterback, while veteran Seneca Wallace should get an opportunity for an ample amount of action on the field.<\/p>\n

The 49ers were quite pleased by the play of former Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Jon Baldwin, as the third-year pro caught two passes in his first game with a new team.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, San Francisco is locked in with Tarell Brown and Carlos Rogers as starting cornerbacks, with Nnamdi Asomugha earning the No. 3 spot on the depth chart.<\/p>\n

San Diego\u2019s role players have one final chance to shine before the league\u2019s teams have to cut down to a 53-man roster\u2014an important task for a franchise with general manager Tom Telesco and head coach Mike McCoy entering their first regular season together.\u00a0 The Chargers will be facing another elite defense, as they\u2019ve already matched up with the Seattle Seahawks and Chicago Bears during the 2013 NFL preseason\u2014a factor that can\u2019t be overlooked when making your pro football picks Thursday night.<\/p>\n

The Chargers are trying to be more balanced on the offensive end this season, as running back Ryan Mathews seems primed for a big year, which could lessen the pressure on quarterback Philip Rivers in the pocket.\u00a0 \u201cTo me, balance is always the key for us offensively,\u201d stated Chargers tight end Antonio Gates.\u00a0 Rivers has thrown for a combined 53 touchdowns the past two seasons, but he\u2019s also had his two highest interception totals over the same period of time.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to watch how quickly he picks up McCoy\u2019s system after being under Norv Turner\u2019s watch the previous six seasons.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Chargers in this affair, as they\u2019ve outgained their last two opponents.<\/p>\n

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San Francisco 49ers vs. San Diego Chargers Thursday, 8\/29\/13, 10:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Francisco -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Diego -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 39 Current Total:\u00a0 38.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker San Francisco has won back-to-back games, including a 34-14 blowout victory over the Minnesota Vikings as three-point home favorites last time […]<\/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":[568,31,1035,2827,298,299],"class_list":["post-29847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-colt-mccoy","tag-nfl","tag-philip-rivers","tag-ryan-mathews","tag-san-diego-chargers","tag-san-francisco-49ers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29847","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=29847"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29850,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29847\/revisions\/29850"}],"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=29847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}