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Originally Posted by Frequitude
Well I'm holding on to a 4 point lead thanks to you boys. The Giants miracle comeback was huge. Totally differentiated me from those close behind.
Right now I've got Oak -5 vs SD for tomorrow. Thoughts?
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When I was trying to handicap that one myself, I was thinking Oakland would be a 5 point favorite.
San Diego is coming off a big emotional win last week, travelling to play a Christmas eve game on a short week that means nothing to them. They can't run the ball and Kalil Mack should be able to tee off on Rivers. The Raiders were destroying the Chargers in the last meeting until they took their foot off the gas. This is also Charles Woodson's last home game so I think they might also have a bit of incentive there.
The only thing I see working for San Diego is that they are currently 0-4 in the Division, and for a QB like Rivers to lose all 6 Division games against teams he knows this well seems like an oddity to me. So if he loses next week he'd have to beat the Bronco's to avoid that. Plus Rivers has a tendency to back door cover anytime I bet the Chargers opponent to cover by scoring 14 points in the last 5 minutes when they were down 20 type of thing.