{"id":2317,"date":"2008-10-11T19:52:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-12T00:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/patriots-chargers-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-11T19:52:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-12T00:52:00","slug":"patriots-chargers-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/patriots-chargers-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots-Chargers Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The New England Patriots and the San Diego Chargers will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Qualcomm Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Chargers listed as 5-point favorites versus the Patriots, while the game’s total is sitting at 44. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Patriots defeated San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 30-21 as a 3-point favorite in Week 5. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (41). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Kevin Faulk rushed for 32 yards and a pair of touchdowns on seven carries for New England<\/st1:place>, while Matt Cassel passed for 259 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Chargers lost to Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 17-10 as a 6-point favorite in Week 5. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (44.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Philip Rivers passed for 159 yards with a touchdown for San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while LaDainian Tomlinson was held to only 35 yards on 12 carries in the loss. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
New England<\/st1:place>: 3-1 SU, 2-2 ATS
San Diego: 2-3 SU, 2-2-1<\/st1:date> ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
New England<\/st1:place> most recently:
When playing in October are 10-0
When playing on grass are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 8-2
When playing outside the division are 9-1<\/p>\n

San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in October are 7-3
When playing on grass are 7-3
After being outgained are 4-6
When playing outside the division are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
New England is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games on the road
New England is 21-2 SU in its last 23 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of New England’s last 5 games on the road
New England is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing San Diego
San Diego is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games at home
San Diego is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Diego’s last 5 games
San Diego is 11-2-1 ATS in its last 14 games <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
New England<\/st1:place> home to Denver<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Monday, October 20
San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 19<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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The New England Patriots and the San Diego Chargers will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Qualcomm Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Chargers listed as 5-point favorites versus the Patriots, while the game’s total is sitting at 44. The Patriots defeated San Francisco 30-21 as a 3-point favorite in … Continue reading Patriots-Chargers Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2317\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}