{"id":32228,"date":"2013-12-31T19:34:04","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T00:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32228"},"modified":"2013-12-31T19:34:04","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T00:34:04","slug":"nfl-playoff-picks-san-diego-chargers-vs-cincinnati-bengals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-playoff-picks-san-diego-chargers-vs-cincinnati-bengals-32228\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Playoff Picks: San Diego Chargers vs. Cincinnati Bengals"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Diego Chargers vs. Cincinnati Bengals
\nSunday, 1\/4\/14, 1:05 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 46.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 46.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Cincinnati Bengals are 7-1-1 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 7 points the last two-plus seasons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Diego finished the season with four consecutive wins, including a 27-24 overtime victory over the Kansas City Chiefs as 15.5-point home favorites in Week 17 of the regular season, while going OVER the betting total of 45.\u00a0 The Chargers have qualified for the playoffs for the 18th time in 54 seasons, which is important to consider when looking over the pro football odds page.\u00a0 Quarterback Philip Rivers enjoyed a bounce back year, as his passer rating was nearly 10 points higher than this career rating this season.\u00a0 San Diego is 3-6 SU and 4-4-1 ATS as an underdog the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 7-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Chargers have split six games against the Bengals with Rivers under center, as he\u2019s completed 62.3 percent of his passes for 1,431 yards with eight touchdowns and five interceptions.\u00a0 San Diego has the luxury of being more balanced this year, with running back Ryan Mathews gaining a career-high 1,225 yards\u2014the eighth-best single-season rushing total in franchise history.\u00a0 He closed the regular season with a career-high 144 yards on 24 carries.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati has won and covered the number in five of its last six games, including a 34-17 victory over the Baltimore Ravens as 6.5-point home favorites Sunday, while going OVER the betting total in four consecutive contests.\u00a0 The Bengals are coming off their second 8-0 SU home finish in franchise history, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your NFL betting picks.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is averaging 26.9 points and gaining 368.4 yards per game\u2014ranking sixth and 10th respectively in the NFL in those categories.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 9-0 SU and 7-1-1 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 7 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Bengals are hoping that Andy Dalton takes the next step in the playoffs, as he\u2019s only the fifth starting quarterback in league history to lead a team to the playoffs in his first three seasons.\u00a0 Cincinnati has a dual threat behind him at running back, with Giovani Bernard and BenJarvus Green-Ellis both having at least 170 rushes during the regular season.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the OVER is 7-2-2 in the last 11 meetings between these two teams.<\/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 vs. Cincinnati Bengals Sunday, 1\/4\/14, 1:05 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 46.5 Current Total:\u00a0 46.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker San Diego finished the season with four consecutive wins, including a 27-24 overtime victory over the Kansas City Chiefs as 15.5-point home favorites in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":17254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[3386,302,6236,31,1035,2827,298],"class_list":["post-32228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-andy-dalton","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-giovani-bernard","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\/32228","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=32228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32229,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32228\/revisions\/32229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}