You have to be a pretty diehard football fan to tune into this week’s “Monday
Night Football” game as San Diego (4-7) visits Jacksonville (3-8) in a matchup
of two teams going nowhere and which will be led by new head coaches in 2012.
The Chargers are 3-point favorites on Bodog’s NFL football odds and live betting
will be available.
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The Jaguars fired head coach
Jack Del Rio early last week and also saw the team sold, so
it’s been quite a week for the franchise. Defensive coordinator Mel
Tucker is the interim coach, but it’s presumed a higher-profile coach
will get the full-time job in the offseason. Tucker already has said that rookie
QB Blaine Gabbert will remain the starter even though the
former Missouri star is struggling big time. Gabbert, who was benched in last
week’s loss to Houston, is just 2-7 as a starter. His rating is a dismal 62.2
and he has the worst completion percentage (48.5) of any starting QB. No wonder
the Jags have the lowest-scoring offense (12.5 ppg) in the NFL. On the bright
side, the Jags do have the AFC’s leading rusher in Maurice Jones-Drew
(1,040 yards) and a defense that ranks in the Top 5 total yards
allowed, passing and points allowed. San Diego has struggled against the run
this season.
San Diego is easily the biggest disappointment in the NFL,
having dropped six games in a row. Already reports are that Norv Turner
will be fired as soon as the season is over, and GM A.J. Smith
is in trouble as well. QB Philip Rivers was an NFL MVP
candidate last year but has regressed, leading the NFL in interceptions with 17
and has fumbled six times. In last week’s 16-13 overtime loss to Denver, Rivers
had his first game without a pick since Week 4 but was only 19-for-36 for 188
yards.
Last year the Bolts crushed the Jags 38-13 in Week 2 in San
Diego. Rivers had one of his better games of the year, throwing for 334 yards
and three scores (but also two picks). Jones-Drew had just 31 yards on 12
carries. San Diego had six takeaways, the most by a Chargers defense since
2007.
Chargers are 0-7-1 ATS in their past eight games following a loss
and have covered just twice in past 11 as a road favorite. Jags are 1-4 ATS in
past five as a home underdog. The home team has covered in the four previous
meetings.
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