NFL Picks San Diego Chargers vs Oakland Raiders NFL Betting Odds: The AFC West ring leading Chargers will travel to Oakland to face the perennially unstable Raiders on Monday Night Football at 10:15 PM ET. Oakland landed a big-time player this week in defensive tackle Richard Seymour only to find out that he doesn’t want to play for the men in black. The Chargers have their own circus going on with star linebacker Shawne Merriman allegedly strangling reality TV hoochie Tila Tequila.
This should be a fun game to watch out of the wild West even if the Chargers are up by 9 TD’s at halftime. The NFL Betting odds at online sportsbook Bodog.com inexplicably opened at a modest -7 but has been clobbered by gamblers of all sorts making the San Diego Chargers -10.5 points against the Oakland Raiders.
San Diego Chargers Offense vs. Oakland Raiders Defense: The Chargers have a plethora of weapons to slice and dice the Raiders inconsistent defense with. The Chargers will have the luxury of being able to do damage through the air or on the ground against Oakland. Chargers QB Phillip Rivers has emerged as a top-5 NFL QB and has a big set of wideouts and beefy O-line that give him a major edge in the passing game. The Raiders have a fast set of linebackers but they will be over matched by the running skills of Chargers RB’s LaDanian Tomlinson and Darren Sproles.
The NFL Picks experts at online sportsbook Bodog.com have the NFL betting odds on the Chargers vs Raiders Total set at 47.5 points.
Oakland Raiders Offense vs. San Diego Chargers Defense: Oakland QB Jamarcus Russell can throw the ball a mile but he still has not learned how to read a defense or throw accurately. Russell will now have to deal with a Chargers pass-rush that has All-Pro Shawne Merriman back and angry. The Raiders have a trio of talented running backs in Darren McFadden , Justin Fargas and Micahel Bush but they will have a hard time running the ball if Russell can’t make plays. Oakland’s wideouts will be at big disadvantage against the Chargers secondary.
Intangibles: Oakland’s best defensive player CB Nnamdi Asomugha is listed as probable with wrist injury. The Chargers are 21-7-4 ATS against the AFC West. San Diego is 11-1 ATS against Oakland. San Diego has an edge in coaching in this match-up.
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