{"id":35411,"date":"2014-09-19T14:24:19","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T19:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35411"},"modified":"2014-09-19T14:24:19","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T19:24:19","slug":"nfl-week-3-picks-san-diego-chargers-vs-buffalo-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-3-picks-san-diego-chargers-vs-buffalo-bills-35411\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 3 Picks: San Diego Chargers vs. Buffalo Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Diego Chargers vs. Buffalo Bills
\nSunday, 9\/21\/14, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Buffalo PK
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Buffalo -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 45
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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San Diego Chargers TE Antonio Gates is off to a great start this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Diego is coming off a huge 30-21 victory over the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks as 4.5-point home underdogs last week, while going OVER the betting total of 45.\u00a0 The Chargers will need someone to step up in the absence of Ryan Mathews over the next month, as he recovers from an MCL sprain, but Donald Brown and Danny Woodhead have demonstrated the ability to be effective.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is getting tremendous production out of quarterback Philip Rivers and tight end Antonio Gates, who have connected 13 times for 177 yards.\u00a0 San Diego is 3-5 SU and 4-3 ATS as road underdogs of three or fewer points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Chargers should be able to move the football in this affair, considering the Bills have allowed their first two opponents to throw for a combined 590 yards, while opposing tight ends have caught 16 passes.\u00a0 San Diego will need to control both lines of scrimmage, as Buffalo ranks sixth in the league in gaining 153 yards per game on the ground, while its opponent this week gives up just 83 running yards per contest.<\/p>\n

Buffalo is one of a few surprise teams to start 2-0 this season, which is important to consider when making your Week 3 NFL betting picks, while going UNDER the betting total in each of those affairs.\u00a0 The Bills must do a better job in the red zone, as they scored just a single touchdown in six trips inside that area in last week\u2019s 29-10 victory over the Miami Dolphins as 1.5-point home favorites in Week 2.\u00a0 Boobie Dixon, Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller should find room to run against a team that ranks 15th in the league in stopping the run.\u00a0 Buffalo is 5-1 SUATS as home favorites of three or fewer points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Bills simply need signal-caller E.J. Manuel to manage the game, as he\u2019s thrown for 375 yards, while throwing just a single interception.\u00a0 Buffalo is 4-2 in Manuel\u2019s six home starts\u2014completing 62.6 percent of his passes with eight touchdowns and three interceptions for a 92.8 passer rating.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the UNDER is 4-0 in the Chargers\u2019 last four road games.<\/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. Buffalo Bills Sunday, 9\/21\/14, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Buffalo PK Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Buffalo -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 44.5 Current Total:\u00a0 45 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker San Diego is coming off a huge 30-21 victory over the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks as 4.5-point home underdogs last week, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[1689,127,2830,31,1035,298],"class_list":["post-35411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-antonio-gates","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-c-j-spiller","tag-nfl","tag-philip-rivers","tag-san-diego-chargers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35411","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=35411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35412,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35411\/revisions\/35412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}