{"id":3278,"date":"2009-01-10T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-11T00:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/chargers-steelers-lines-preview\/"},"modified":"2009-01-10T19:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-11T00:45:00","slug":"chargers-steelers-lines-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/chargers-steelers-lines-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers-Steelers Lines Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The fans at Heinz Field will be treated to a Divisional Round game between the San Diego Chargers and the Pittsburgh Steelers when they take their seats on Sunday afternoon. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Steelers listed as 6-point favorites versus the Chargers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 38. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Nate Kaeding kicked a 26-yard tying field goal and Darren Sproles scored the winning TD in overtime to give the Chargers a 23-17 victory over the Colts in their Wild Card game last time out. The Chargers won the game as 2-point underdogs, while the 40 points fell UNDER the posted total of 50. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Sproles finished with 105 yards rushing and two touchdowns in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Steelers defeated <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 31-0 as an 11.5-point favorite in Week 17. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (33). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Willie Parker rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries for <st1:City><st1:place>Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Ben Roethlisberger passed for 110 yards with an interception in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 8-8 SU, <st1:date Month=\"7\" Day=\"8\" Year=\"2001\">7-8-1<\/st1:date> ATS <br \/>Pittsburgh: 12-4 SU, 9-7 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">San Diego most recently:<br \/>When playing in January are 6-4<br \/>When playing on grass are 6-4<br \/>After being outgained are 4-6<br \/>When playing outside the division are 4-6<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh most recently:<br \/>When playing in January are 7-3<br \/>When playing on grass are 7-3<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 6-4<br \/>When playing outside the division are 6-4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>San Diego is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>San Diego is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 16 of San Diego&#8217;s last 24 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Diego&#8217;s last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh<br \/>Pittsburgh is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against San Diego<br \/>Pittsburgh is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games <br \/>Pittsburgh is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing San Diego<br \/>Pittsburgh is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fans at Heinz Field will be treated to a Divisional Round game between the San Diego Chargers and the Pittsburgh Steelers when they take their seats on Sunday afternoon. Oddsmakers currently have the Steelers listed as 6-point favorites versus the Chargers, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 38. Nate Kaeding kicked a 26-yard &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/chargers-steelers-lines-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chargers-Steelers Lines Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-3278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3278","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=3278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}