Under 48.5
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Well today is a new day for the chargers, they did put up a hell of an effort against the league's best team only 4.5 days ago, and I think they have some positive momentum to hang their hat on, but its about time they get back on the winning train. Honestly I think San Diego is the correct play here, but with the completely unpredictable nature of OAKLAND its very hard to pinpoint a stat or a trend that makes a handicapper confident that they will lose by 8 points to a Turnover Prone San Diego team .
Bottom line is this, Palmer has 6 INTs in a VERY short time, and Rivers has 14 INTs (3 last week). Both of these teams need a win, and CANNOT afford to turn the ball over, which to me means the running game will be in full swing. I do understand that both teams' starting running backs are out tonight, but luckily they have veteran backups in BUSH (oak) and TOLBERT (SD) where they can rely on 20+ carries from each of them respectively.
There are too many injuries to overlook here. Floyd is out for the chargers, which is a decent size hit to their passing attack, plus they will throw to Tolbert, but he is a short yardage threat in the passing game and will not be as effective as mathews is when he is in the game.
For the Raiders, pretty much same story, they have a very good #2, but he is going to be relegated to running the rock more than anything else. Palmer may try to get into the groove and toss the rock, but honestly i think the coaches continue to hold his hand and keep him on a short leash in such an important game. Also Janikowski may be out, and certainly will be a bit gimpy with his hamstring still bothering him (lets not forget they played 4.5 days ago.)
2011-2012
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108-88-7 OVERALL
46-30-4 NFL
60-58-3 NCAA FOOTBALL
2-0-0 NCAA BASKETBALL
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