{"id":9213,"date":"2010-10-16T22:45:33","date_gmt":"2010-10-17T03:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=9213"},"modified":"2010-10-16T21:12:46","modified_gmt":"2010-10-17T02:12:46","slug":"nfl-sunday-picks-san-diego-chargers-at-st-louis-rams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-sunday-picks-san-diego-chargers-at-st-louis-rams-9213\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Sunday Picks: San Diego Chargers at St. Louis Rams"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Diego Chargers at St. Louis Rams
\nSunday, 10\/17\/10, 1:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Diego -9
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Diego -7.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 45
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 San Diego -385 \/ St. Louis +325<\/strong><\/p>\n

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San Diego is focused on winning its first road game of the year and even up its overall record<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Diego is 2-3 after five games for the fourth consecutive season and is coming off a 35-27 road loss to the Raiders.\u00a0 \u201cLosing\u2019s tough,\u201d said quarterback Philip Rivers.\u00a0 \u201cThis one\u2019s no tougher than the other two.\u00a0 We made some mistakes that we made in our other losses and it resulted in the same thing.\u201d\u00a0 The Chargers have actually outscored opponents by 34 points this year, making them one of two teams below .500 with a positive ratio.\u00a0 San Diego won 11 straight games to conclude the 2009 season and the Rams won one game all of last year, but both enter with the same exact record this year.\u00a0 The team is searching to win its first road game of the season and avoid losing four straight road games since 2008.\u00a0 Over the last three years, head coach Norv Turner\u2019s team has compiled a 19-20 ATS record and the total is 22-15 Over\/Under in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Chargers are undoubtedly led by Rivers at quarterback, who leads the NFL with 1,759 passing yards and is tied for first with 11 touchdowns.\u00a0 San Diego has the league\u2019s best offense by more than 40 yards in averaging 461.8 per game.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the team has been bitten by losing nine fumbles and turning the ball over five times in the red zone.\u00a0 Special teams has been a major weakness over the first five weeks, as opponents have scored 30 points off mistakes, while having an NFL-high three punts blocked.\u00a0 \u201cI know what everyone wants to make it out to be.\u00a0 It turns out to be a blame game,\u201d Turner commented.\u00a0 \u201cIt ain\u2019t gonna turn out to be that with me.\u201d\u00a0 San Diego hasn\u2019t played inside a dome in three years, but has a 22-7 ATS mark in its last 29 opportunities.<\/p>\n

St. Louis looks to bounce back from a 44-6 blowout loss to the Lions last week that followed consecutive home victories.\u00a0 \u201cI understand the ebb and flow of momentum,\u201d defensive end Chris Long said.\u00a0 \u201cYou win a couple games and all of a sudden you are the favorite to do this and that then all of a sudden the sky is falling.\u201d\u00a0 This is the 10th all-time meeting between the teams, with the Rams holding a 5-4 advantage.\u00a0 The squads have played three times since the Rams moved to St. Louis, with the Rams winning two, both in St. Louis in 2000 and 2002.\u00a0 San Diego won in San Diego in 2006.\u00a0 In the first five games, the team is 3-2 ATS and the total is 2-3 Over\/Under.<\/p>\n

The Rams are running out of weapons offensively, especially on the outside with the preseason loss of wide receiver Donnie Avery and now wideout Mark Clayton going down with a torn patellar tendon.\u00a0 St. Louis will now lean on its running game more than ever in order to help out rookie quarterback Sam Bradford.\u00a0 Running back Stephen Jackson has proclaimed his injured groin \u201c100 percent\u201d and said he doesn\u2019t need the layers of protective padding he wore two weeks ago.\u00a0 He needs 141 yards to pass Eric Dickerson and set the franchise career rushing record.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, St. Louis will need to focus on stopping the Chargers running attack, as they have averaged 165.5 rushing yards in its wins and 96.3 in their losses.<\/p>\n

Bettors will definitely make note of the Chargers 3-0 ATS record off a division loss and 5-1 mark as a road favorite of 7.5 to 10 points.\u00a0 St. Louis is 2-3 ATS as a home underdog of 7.5 to 10 points over the last three years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

San Diego Chargers at St. Louis Rams Sunday, 10\/17\/10, 1:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Diego -9 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Diego -7.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 45 Current Total:\u00a0 44 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 San Diego -385 \/ St. Louis +325 San Diego is 2-3 after five games for the fourth consecutive season and is […]<\/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":[1114,1035,623,298,863,1199],"class_list":["post-9213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-norv-turner","tag-philip-rivers","tag-sam-bradford","tag-san-diego-chargers","tag-st-louis-rams","tag-stephen-jackson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9213","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=9213"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9227,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9213\/revisions\/9227"}],"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=9213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}