Friday, May 25th, 2012
The San Diego Chargers will travel to face the defending Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints in a week 3 NFL preseason football game on Friday night.
This game will kick off from the Superdome in New Orleans Louisiana at 8PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS TV.
The LVSC NFL odds makers have set the betting line in this game and it was the hometown New Orleans Saints opening up as 3 ½ point betting favorites with an over under of 43.
The early money from the NFL betting public has come on the side of the road underdog as the New Orleans Saints are now 3 point favorites. The total has been bet downward to 42.
NFL money line bettors looking to lay the favorite will find -175 odds with the road underdog San Diego Chargers returning +155 to pull off the upset victory without the need for taking points.
San Diego has begun preseason play with a 1-1 record.
The Chargers defense has performed well allowing their opponents only to average 13 points per game and 205 yards per game. They have been tough to run on allowing their opponents an average of 51 yards per game.
With the third preseason game usually the dress rehearsal expect both teams to game plan for this game and for the starters to play into the third quarter.
Phillip Rivers has been very accurate this preseason hitting on 15 of 21 passes for 187 yards a touchdown and a pick. Backup Billy Volek has struggled this preseason hitting on only 12 of 26 passing for 171 yards no touchdowns and picks. Rookie Jonathan Crompton in limited preseason action completed on 9 of 17 passes for 89 yards no touchdowns and 2 interceptions.
The Saints are also 1-1 in the preseason. The team has moved the ball very well offensively averaging 352 yards per game and a very high 31 points for preseason play. Defensively the Saints have allowed opponents to rush for only 86 ½ yards per game and pass for 223 ½ yards.
Drew Brees has completed on 14 of 23 passes in his two preseason starts with 91 yards no touchdowns and no picks. With Mark Brunell now a New York Jet its 8th year veteran Patrick Ramsey out of Tulane the clubs backup. In one preseason game Ramsey has hit on 7 of 11 passes for 111 yards no touchdowns and picks. Ramsey has 24 career starts in the league.
There is a fight for the third string quarterback position between rookie Sean Canfield from Oregon St and second year quarterback Chase Daniel from Missouri. Daniel has completed 21 of 30 passes for 232 yards three touchdowns and 2 interceptions. Chase is very short at 6’ as Canfield has a 4” advantage over him. Canfield has not thrown a pass in preseason play but was the PAC 10’s most efficient quarterback last year and this conference is loaded with quarterbacks in the NFL.
For the Latest NFL Odds Please Visit our NFL Odds Page
NFL Trend: San Diego Chargers are 5-0-2 ATS in their past 7 road NFL preseason games.
Tags: august 27th 2010, betting, cbs tv, friday, new Orleans saints, nfl preseason, Odds, pick, preview, san diego chargers
