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Published: October 21, 2009
The San Diego Chargers will look to get off the mat when the travel to the Kansas City Chiefs in an AFC West divisional game on Sunday afternoon. Kick off time in Kansas City is scheduled at 1PM Eastern Time with regional coverage provided by CBS. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this contest and the San Diego Chargers opened as a 6 point favorite with the over under coming in at 43 ½. The early money from the NFL betting public has come in on the home team Kansas City Chiefs, as the San Diego Chargers are currently a 4-½ point favorite. The total has seen early action to the under, as the over under is currently lined at 43 for the sports betting public to play into. NFL money line players can make a play on the favored San Diego Chargers at –230 with the home underdog Kansas City Chiefs at +190 to pull off the straight up win with no need for getting the points.
Coming off a bye in a huge AFC West divisional game, the San Diego Chargers were beaten 34-23. Fourteen Broncos points came on punt returns and Darren Sproles returned a punt for a touchdown. The San Diego Chargers defense has slowly eroded under head coach Norv Turner. The team is no longer an elite defense and cannot get off the field as they are allowing teams to convert on 50% on third down. Kyle Orton engineered critical fourth quarter drives and converted on 9 of 16 on third down last week. The Chargers offensive line had difficulty handily the Broncos pass rushed and it resulted in just 2 of 11 on third down conversions. Chargers quarterback Phillip Rivers has been the ultimate professional under these circumstances and passed for 20 of 33 for 274 yards in the game. Running back Ladainian Tomlinson had 70 yards rushing on 18 carries for 3.9 yards per play average. Kansas City is coming off their first win of the season beating woeful Washington 14-6 last week. Kansas City got to 14 points on 4 field goals and a safety. This could be a tough match up for the Kansas City Chiefs as their secondary gives up an average of 13.4 yards per completion. The Chiefs are also on the bottom quartile of the league in yards per rush allowed at a clip of 4.5 yards. The Chiefs are also having problems running the football as Larry Johnson has carried the ball 116 times for a 2.7 yards per carry average. Chiefs starting quarterback Matt Cassel is hitting on 57% of his passes for 7 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Wide receiver Dwayne Bowe had a good game last week with 6 catches for 109 yards.
Tony T’s Opinion: If the Chargers can correct their protection issues it could be a big day for Chargers quarterback Phillip Rivers. The Chiefs have only 9 sacks in 5 games this season. The Chargers will face a bottom of the barrel defense and could have a break out game. I wont be on the Chiefs in this game because the Chargers can exploit their weak secondary. If this game makes my card I would be on the Chargers side because Rivers will have over 30 yards passing on Sunday. The Chiefs secondary made Miles Austin look like a Hall of Fame wide receiver two weeks ago.
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NFL Trend: Kansas City Chiefs are 8-3-1 ATS in their past 12 home games against the San Diego Chargers
The Wagerline consensus has 72.8% of the NFL bettors on San Diego –4 1/2
The Wagerline consensus has 62.7% the NFL bettors playing over 43
One Comment on "San Diego Chargers versus Kansas City Chiefs NFL Pro Football Odds Sports Betting Pick Preview"
SEO Diego (2 comments.) on Wed, 4th Nov 2009 8:03 pm
I was at this game and is it was a heart breaker, not because it was close or anything but because I lost quite a bit of money!!!