{"id":9604,"date":"2010-10-23T23:00:23","date_gmt":"2010-10-24T04:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=9604"},"modified":"2010-10-23T14:06:23","modified_gmt":"2010-10-23T19:06:23","slug":"new-england-patriots-at-san-diego-chargers-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/new-england-patriots-at-san-diego-chargers-betting-preview-9604\/","title":{"rendered":"New England Patriots at San Diego Chargers Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

New England Patriots at San Diego Chargers
\nSunday, 10\/24\/2010, 4:15 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Diego -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 San Diego -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 49
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 47
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 San Diego -140 \/ New England +120<\/strong><\/p>\n

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San Diego QB Philip Rivers leads the league in passing yards and enters what many are calling a must-win game versus the Patriots<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New England is coming off a 23-20 overtime victory over the Baltimore Ravens and now fly across the country to face the disappointing Chargers.\u00a0 With the victory, the Patriots have won their eighth consecutive game following a bye.\u00a0 This is the 35th regular-season meeting between the two teams with the Patriots leading the series, 18-14-2.\u00a0 The team lost at San Diego two years ago in the last regular-season meeting between the two teams.\u00a0 Quarterback Tom Brady has won three consecutive games against San Diego and is happy to have an old teammate return in time for the middle of the season in wide receiver Deion Branch.\u00a0 He finished with a team-high 98 yards and a touchdown in his first game back since coming over from the Seahawks in a trade.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve been throwing balls to him for a long time,\u201d said Brady.\u00a0 \u201cThat chemistry is there and it will be there.\u201d\u00a0 New England has been an underdog just six times over the last three years, notching a 4-2 ATS mark.<\/p>\n

The Patriots are 64-73-6 all-time against AFC West opponents, including an 11-10 mark under head coach Bill Belichick.\u00a0 New England faced just one such opponent last year, dropping a 20-17 contest at Denver on October 11.\u00a0 In fact, the franchise has posted a 111-38 regular season record since 2001 under Belichick.\u00a0 He will be tested in preparing his defense for the high-powered passing attack of the Chargers, as the secondary is allowing 273.4 yards per game, which ranks 29th in the league.\u00a0 A matchup to watch will be Patriots safety Brandon Meriweather matched up with Chargers tight end Antonio Gates, especially with the $50,000 fine that was levied against Meriweather for a vicious hit last week.<\/p>\n

San Diego returns back to Southern California and is still without a road win after suffering a devastating 20-17 loss at St. Louis last Sunday.\u00a0 The Chargers four losses this season have come to teams that went a combined 15-49 in 2009.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m accountable and you know how I feel about it,\u201d said head coach Norv Turner.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s all on me.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to do everything I can to get it straightened out.\u201d\u00a0 Playing at home has always done the trick for Turner, as San Diego is 20-6 at Qualcomm Stadium under his direction.\u00a0 Injuries are also starting to take its toll on the club, as 61 players have been used this season.\u00a0 San Diego is 2-4 ATS this year and a perfect 2-0 ATS at home.<\/p>\n

The Chargers are a disappointing 2-4 on the year, but still remain relatively close to others in the division, trailing first-place Kansas City by 1 1\/2 games.\u00a0 \u201cThe AFC West is still right there.\u00a0 We\u2019re still in the thick of it,\u201d said quarterback Philip Rivers.\u00a0 He leads the league with 2,008 passing yards and ranks tied-for-second with 12 touchdown passes.\u00a0 San Diego\u2019s offense may have a field day against the Patriots secondary, but the squad must regain confidence in the running game and feature rookie running back Ryan Mathews.<\/p>\n

Bettors will undoubtedly go all-in in playing the Patriots due to their 23-7-2 ATS mark in October and the underdog covering the number in five of the last seven meetings.\u00a0 San Diego steps in with a solid 21-10-3 ATS mark following a straight up loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New England Patriots at San Diego Chargers Sunday, 10\/24\/2010, 4:15 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 San Diego -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 San Diego -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 49 Current Total:\u00a0 47 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 San Diego -140 \/ New England +120 New England is coming off a 23-20 overtime victory over the Baltimore Ravens and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[3577,3576,125,1114,1035,3575,298,398],"class_list":["post-9604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-bill-belichick","tag-deion-branch","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-norv-turner","tag-philip-rivers","tag-qualcomm-stadium","tag-san-diego-chargers","tag-tom-brady"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9604","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=9604"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9717,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9604\/revisions\/9717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}