{"id":32066,"date":"2013-12-26T18:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-26T23:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32066"},"modified":"2013-12-26T18:59:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-26T23:59:00","slug":"kansas-city-chiefs-vs-san-diego-chargers-nfl-week-17-betting-odds-and-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/kansas-city-chiefs-vs-san-diego-chargers-nfl-week-17-betting-odds-and-picks-32066\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas City Chiefs vs. San Diego Chargers: NFL Week 17 Betting Odds and Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kansas City Chiefs vs. San Diego Chargers
\nSunday, 12\/29\/13, 4:25 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Diego -10
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Diego -9.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 45
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 45
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Chargers<\/a>
The San Diego Chargers have won their last five home games against the Kansas City Chiefs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kansas City had its two-game winning streak snapped in suffering a 23-7 defeat to the Indianapolis Colts as 7.5-point home favorites in Week 16, while losing the statistical battle for the eighth time in 10 contests.\u00a0 The Chiefs are locked into the No. 5 spot in the upcoming AFC playoffs, which is important to consider when making your NFL betting picks.\u00a0 Running back Jamaal Charles is the main player to handicap in this matchup, as he\u2019s averaging 5.0 yards per carry, while also leading the team with 70 receptions.\u00a0 Kansas City is 2-2 SUATS as road underdogs of 7.5 to 10 points the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 3-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Chiefs have one of the top defenses in the league, with linebacker Derrick Johnson leading the group with 107 tackles, while Tamba Hali and Justin Houston are both tied for the team lead with 11 sacks.\u00a0 Kansas City opened up the 2013 campaign with nine consecutive victories, but has dropped four of six\u2014something that can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro football odds page.<\/p>\n

San Diego has won and covered the number in its last three games, including a 26-13 victory over the Oakland Raiders as 10-point home favorites last time out, while going UNDER the betting total of 50.\u00a0 The Chargers have gotten tremendous production out of running back Ryan Mathews, who has set a career high with 1,111 rushing yards.\u00a0 Quarterback Philip Rivers is also enjoying a solid season, as he\u2019s completed a league-high 69.7 percent of his passes.\u00a0 San Diego is 19-8 ATS in its last 27 opportunities as home favorites of 7.5 to 10 points.<\/p>\n

The Chargers are 5-0 this season when Mathews carries the ball 20 or more times, as they look to sweep the season series against the Chiefs.\u00a0 San Diego picked up a 41-38 victory over Kansas City on Nov. 24, with rivers throwing for 392 yards and three touchdowns.\u00a0 He has a 126.1 passer rating in putting together a three-game winning streak in this rivalry.\u00a0 The franchise has won its last five home games in this series by an average of 16.4 points.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Chargers due to their 6-2 ATS mark versus teams with a winning record.<\/p>\n

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Kansas City Chiefs vs. San Diego Chargers Sunday, 12\/29\/13, 4:25 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Diego -10 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Diego -9.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 45 Current Total:\u00a0 45 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Kansas City had its two-game winning streak snapped in suffering a 23-7 defeat to the Indianapolis Colts as 7.5-point home favorites […]<\/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":[3729,303,31,1035,2827,298],"class_list":["post-32066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-jamaal-charles","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-nfl","tag-philip-rivers","tag-ryan-mathews","tag-san-diego-chargers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32066","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=32066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32067,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32066\/revisions\/32067"}],"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=32066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}