NFL Week 7 Free Pick – San Diego Chargers vs. Buffalo Bills
The San Diego Chargers are the Jekyll and Hyde of the NFL this season. I don’t understand this team. It’s been difficult as an online football betting fan to get a bead on a team that for some reason can look awesome against good competition and then tries to mail it in against bad competition.
The Chargers wholloped the New England Patriots this past Sunday night easily covering against a 5 ½ point BetUS online wagering spread. But they lost straight up to the Miami Dolphins as 7 point online betting favorites. They also didn’t cover versus the Denver Broncos early this season or the Carolina Panthers.
So your guess is as good as mine when it comes to how well the Chargers are likely to play this weekend versus the Buffalo Bills. The Bills should be getting starting quarterback Trend Edwards back. Edwards has been a pleasant surprise for the Bills this season. He rarely makes a mistake and has good chemistry with Lee Evans, the Bills number one wide receiver. The Bills will need Edwards. Against the Arizona Cardinals two weeks ago, Buffalo was atrocious. They were spanked around like a bunch of children and didn’t come close to beating the BetUS online betting spread.
Here are the BetUS online betting odds for this game.
Kick-off: 10/19/2008 1:00 pm est.
San Diego Chargers – 1 ½ – 110 – 120 O 45 – 110
Buffalo Bills + 1 ½ – 110 Ev U 45 – 110
Here are a few online wagering trends that might help us find a good online bet in this game.
The San Diego Chargers are 5-0-1 against the spread versus a team with a winning record.
The San Diego Chargers are 9 and 2 against the spread in their last 11 games following a straight up win.
The Buffalo Bills are 5-1-1 against the spread in their last 7 games following a bye week.
The Buffalo Bills are 13 and 4 against the spread in their last 17 games on turf.
The trends point to neither team having an edge in this game. But this is Week Six of the NFL season. What does that mean? It means that the real contenders should separate themselves from the non-contenders.
It means that a team like San Diego has to step it up this Sunday or online betting fans can pretty much write their season off. NFL betting fans really want to believe in the Chargers, but before they can, the Chargers have to put together two solid games.
Against the BetUS online wagering spread the Chargers have been awful this season. For every brilliant performance versus the New York Jets and New England Patriots, the Chargers have put in a dud like they did versus the Miami Dolphins.
That makes them a difficult team to make an online bet on.
But what choice do I have? At – 1 ½ I have to take the Chargers in this game. They understand that they have to get things going soon or else their season is over.
NFL Week 7 Prediction:
I’ll be making an online wager that the Chargers cover the BetUS online betting spread.
