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Published: November 17, 2009
The San Diego Chargers will travel to the mile high altitude to face AFC West rival the Denver Broncos in a key NFL football game on Sunday afternoon. Kick off time in Denver is set at 4:15PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS. The LVSC college football odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the San Diego Chargers opened as a 2-½ point favorite. The early money from the NFL betting public has come in on the road favorite, as the San Diego Chargers are currently a 3-point favorite. NFL money line gamblers can make a play on the favored San Diego Chargers at –160 with the home underdog Denver Broncos bringing back +125 to pull off the home upset victory.
The Chargers are winners of 4 straight games to pull tied with the Denver Broncos at 6-3 in the AFC West. In their meeting in San Diego this season it was the Denver Broncos defeating San Diego 34-23. Starting quarterback Kyle Orton was able to hit on 20 of 29 for 227 yards in victory. The Chargers recent surge has come from a defense that has played much better. The team is aggressively pursuing opposing quarterbacks. During this 4 game winning streak the Chargers have given up an average of 17 points to their opponents. Starting quarterback Phillip Rivers is coming off an outstanding game against the Eagles hitting on 20 of 25 for 231 yards two touchdowns and no interceptions in victory. Rivers has been very accurate since coming off the bye week with no game less than 60% passing accuracy. Running back Ladainian Tomlinson had his best game of the season with 96 yards rushing on 24 attempts and two touchdowns. The Denver Broncos are a struggling team right now losers of three straight games. The team has struggled big time for offense with just 34 points during their three game losing steak. The team is coming off a bad road loss at Washington last week giving up 174 yards rushing and 214 through the air. Teams are running now on the Broncos as their past three opponents have gained a combined 472 yards rushing. Starting quarterback Kyle Orton suffered an ankle injury last week and has been listed as questionable for the Chargers game. Chris Simms came in of relief and was awful hitting on 3 of 13 for 13 yards with no touchdowns and 1 interception. Rookie running back Knowshon Moreno had his best day as a pro last week against Washington with 97 yards on 18 carries. The Chargers did their best job stopping the run last week limiting the Eagles to just 29 yards on 13 carries.
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NFL Trend: San Diego Chargers are 5-1-1 ATS in their past 7 games with the Denver Broncos
The Wagerline consensus has 62.9% of the NFL bettors on Arizona –3
The Wagerline consensus has 66.9% of the NFL bettors playing over 46
