New York Giants vs. San Diego Chargers
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Week 9 of the NFL takes us to the Meadowlands on Sunday afternoon for a critical NFC East battle between the San Diego Chargers (4-3, 2-5 ATS) and the New York Giants (5-3, 4-3-1 ATS). Not only is this a match-up of quarterbacks involved in one of the biggest draft day deals in the history of the NFL, but both teams are jockeying for playoff positioning and a chance at their respective division titles.

The Bolts have pretty much done what has been expected of them this year. They’ve beaten all of the teams they should’ve (Oakland, Miami, Kansas City, and Oakland), but lost to all the teams that are probably just as good if not better than they are (Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and Denver). However, after knocking off the Chiefs and Raiders in back-to-back weeks, the scheduling gets a lot tougher these next three weeks. The trip to Giants Stadium is the first of three devastating games (Home vs. Philadelphia and Away vs. Denver) to come. QB Philip Rivers may have no choice but to have an MVP-type of season for his Chargers to make the playoffs. He has thrown for 2,036 yards this year to pace the league’s #4 rated passing attack. It appears as though RB LaDainian Tomlinson may really be at the end of his line, as San Diego ranks 31st in the NFL, averaging just 74.7 rushing yards per game. Against teams .500 or better, the Chargers have allowed an average of 34.3 points per game.

That’s got to make QB Eli Manning feel good after three straight very questionable games leading the New York offense. After starting the year with 10 TDs against two INTs, Manning looks to be a bit skittish in the pocket since suffering the heel injury. He has thrown for just 643 yards and three TDs against six picks his L/3 starts, and he could’ve been intercepted a number of more times against Philly in last Sunday’s 40-17 blowout defeat. New York’s defense, which ranked amongst the best in the league until recently, has all of a sudden conceded 112 points over the L/3 weeks and will have to be significantly better than that to stop this three-game slide.

Though SD is 3-7 ATS their L/10 road games, it’s a $$$-making 14-6-3 ATS the L/23 times it was installed an road underdog (2-1 ATS L/3). The Giants are 0-3-1 ATS the L/4 times it played off a SU loss, and enter this game simply reeling. HC Tom Coughlin looked like a mad scientist in his weekly interviews with the press. By the look of things, he’s been up late trying to figure out what’s wrong with his team. After getting outscored 112-61 the L/3 weeks, I’m not sure the six allotted days given were enough for him to figure it out. SD’s been largely disappointing this season, but this has been the spot Norv Turner’s bunch has excelled in during his reign. Look for a game similar to the one SD partook in Week 11 vs. Pittsburgh last season. Low scoring and ugly!

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