SDR, you can root for the Chargers but for god sake don’t bet on them. 9 points is too much to lay, I’ll take a quote from ESPN’s Bill Simmons
“Broncos (+9) over CHARGERS
Seriously, should a team that came within a fumbled onside kick of going 5-9 be favored by nine points over anyone? And if that’s not enough, remember, you don’t want to be laying nine and see that split-screen of Norv and Shanahan. You really don’t.”
Just watch the game and keep you money out of it. There are four active coaches in all of sports that I never gamble against because more than 50% of the time they can beat you, with or without talent. Bill Belichick, Mike Shanahan, Pete Carrol and Phil Jackson. They don’t always win, they don’t always field the best team, but they get you more than half the time and in head to head sports wagering you need to win more than half of your bets.
I think Allan is right, if the chargers back into the playoffs (which I think they will), they will be dangerous because they have no pressure on them and even though they are less talented this year than in the recent past, they seem to have more heart.
Hey Allan, did you hear Al Davis’ mom lived to something like 106. I’m not sure who has more people rooting for their death, Al Davis or Fidel Castro. I’m beginning to wonder if both will outlive me and I will never see the raiders in the playoffs or buy a legal cuban cigar, let alone both.
