{"id":31581,"date":"2013-12-01T09:34:51","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T14:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31581"},"modified":"2013-12-01T09:34:51","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T14:34:51","slug":"cincinnati-bengals-vs-san-diego-chargers-nfl-week-13-betting-odds-and-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/cincinnati-bengals-vs-san-diego-chargers-nfl-week-13-betting-odds-and-picks-31581\/","title":{"rendered":"Cincinnati Bengals vs. San Diego Chargers: NFL Week 13 Betting Odds and Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cincinnati Bengals vs. San Diego Chargers
\nSunday, 12\/1\/13, 4:25 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -1.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 45
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 48
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Chargers<\/a>
San Diego Chargers QB Philip Rivers leads the NFL in completion percentage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cincinnati snapped a two-game losing streak by picking up a 41-20 victory over the Cleveland Browns as 4.5-point home favorites on Nov. 17, while going OVER the betting total of 40.\u00a0 The Bengals are 13-19 SU all-time against the Chargers, but they\u2019ve won the last two meetings, which is important to consider when making your NFL betting picks in Week 13.\u00a0 The franchise has dropped 34 of 48 previous trips on the West Coach, including a 3-5 mark under head coach Marvin Lewis.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 3-3 SU and 3-2-1 ATS when the betting line is between +3 and -3 this season.<\/p>\n

The Bengals are surviving on defense despite the significant losses of three key players for the season, including defensive tackle Geno Atkins.\u00a0 Cincinnati is on pace to outscore opponents by a 400-300 margin through 16 games, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro football odds page.\u00a0 The last time the team scored 400 points in a season was 2005, when it captured the AFC North Division.\u00a0 Third-year quarterback Andy Dalton will look to improve upon his 26-17 record as a starter, while he\u2019s thrown 48 touchdowns and just two interceptions in the red zone over the course of his career.<\/p>\n

San Diego comes into this week\u2019s game at 5-6, as it comes off a thrilling 41-38 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs last Sunday.\u00a0 The Chargers racked up 491 yards against the Chiefs\u2014their third-highest total of the 2013 campaign.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to point out that signal-caller Philip Rivers has compiled a 26-5 record in the month of December, which is this the most of any player since 2006 in that situation.\u00a0 San Diego is 10-10 SU and 8-12 ATS at home the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 12-8 in those 20 opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Chargers have had plenty of players protecting Rivers this season, as they\u2019ve played a total of 16 different combinations on the offensive line.\u00a0 San Diego has still managed to allow the fourth-fewest sacks in the league this season.\u00a0 The former NC State Wolfpack star is leading all quarterbacks with a 70.8 completion percentage and sits fifth in terms of passer rating.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the OVER is 7-1-2 in the last 10 meetings in this AFC series.<\/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":"

Cincinnati Bengals vs. San Diego Chargers Sunday, 12\/1\/13, 4:25 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -1.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 45 Current Total:\u00a0 48 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Cincinnati snapped a two-game losing streak by picking up a 41-20 victory over the Cleveland Browns as 4.5-point home favorites on Nov. 17, while […]<\/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":[414,3386,302,31,1035,298],"class_list":["post-31581","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-nfl","tag-philip-rivers","tag-san-diego-chargers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31581","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=31581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31582,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31581\/revisions\/31582"}],"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=31581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}