Sports Betting

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (-3.5) over San Diego ChargersThe (3-2) Philadelphia Eagles host the (3-3) San Diego Chargers this Sunday in what should be a good game as both teams are pretty solid on both sides of the ball. The Eagles have had a long week to rest as they are coming off of their bye week which was preceeded by their worst loss of the season getting mauled by the Cowboys 33-10. San Diego , on the other hand, gave the Oakland Raiders a pretty good beating themselves last week winning on the road by the score of 27-14. If you couldn’t tell by now, I am a situational handicapper who loves bounce back spots and this game has the Eagles written all over it. Always remember, a team is never as BAD or as GOOD as they looked in the previous week . Furthermore, bounce back situations, particularly when they pertain to a team that the previous week LOST BIG facing a team that WON BIG gives bettors solid line value which is the name of the game when it comes to handicapping.
In my opinion, the Chargers are an overrated unit who rely heavily on all purpose, All Pro RB LaDainian Tomlinson. Tomlinson is not only the top rusher in the NFL but he also has the ability to receive , block, as well as throw Touchdowns! If I am not mistaken, Tomlinson has the highest passer rating in the NFL this season converting 2 passses for 2 touchdowns, one last week against Oakland and one against the Giants back in week 3.
The key to stopping San Diego is to shut down L. Tomlinson who thus far this year can’t seem to be stopped. The Eagles will key on LT all day long and force SD QB Drew Brees into forcing several key passes into interceptions. If Brees is forced into throwing more passes than hes comfortable with, it will be a long day for the Bolts. San Diego does possess a solid defense, however, but Eagles QB Donovan McNabb will come out STRONG after the embarrassing Dallas loss and involve his teammates such as WR Terrell Owens and RB Brian Westbrook into spreading the ball around the field.
I do see this being a close contest but lay the wood with the Eagles at home. The Eagles are in a very tight NFC EAST Division , a 3 way tie with the Skins and Giants all 3-2 behind the first place 4-2 Cowboys. They cannot afford to lose this game at home this week!
Stats and TrendsSD is 3-1 ats last 4 meetings (last meeting in 2001)San Diego is 15-3-2 ATS in its last 20 gamesSan Diego is 8-0-1 ATS in its last 9 away gamesPhiladelphia is 8-1-0 SU in its last 9 games after being .5 to 3 point favoritesPhiladelphia is 4-1-0 ATS in its last 5 home games
Take the EAGLES (-3.5) over San Diego

OAKLAND RAIDERS (-3) over Buffalo Bills
The (1-4) Oakland Raiders host the (3-3) Buffalo Bills this week in what seems to already be a MUST WIN GAME for the Silver and Black in only Week #7 of the 17 week long season. The Raiders QB Kerry Collins will probably be without his star WR Randy Moss who is doubtful for Sundays game with multiple injuries. Heck, Moss being doubtful may be a blessing in disguise as some change is obviously needed here to get the ball rolling for Oakland. Once again, I love the fact that Oakland is coming off of an embarrassing home loss to the Chargers losing 27-14 and they should bounce back here in this spot. Oakland is not playing as bad as their 1-4 record may indicate as they have lost a few close games , L 30-20 to the Pats , L 23-17 to the Chiefs and L 23-20 to the Eagles.
Kerry Collins will have to mix up his passing game with a lot of running from RB Lamont Jordan as the Bills have the BEST PASS DEFENSE in the entire NFL allowing only 136 yards per game. Oakland’s Defense will key on the run putting Buffalo QB Kelly Holcomb in dangerous passing situations all day long as the Bills are second last in the league in passing at 111 yards per game. Again, Buffalo ranks near the bottom of the league in Passing Offense and understands that they will have to run the ball effectively with RB Willis McGahee in order to come out on top this Sunday.
The Buffalo Bills are coming off of back to back impressive division wins defeating both the Dolphins and Jets in the past 2 weeks. Buffalo will need to stop the run if they plan on winning this game as their Overall Defense is ranked in the TOP 5 in the NFL, BUT their RUN DEFENSE is ranked 29th in the league allowing 159 yards per game. I like the Raiders a lot in this spot and believe they will win and cover the small field goal spread. Buffalo also may be looking ahead as they have a Sunday night game on deck the following week with the SB champs, New England Patriots! Buffalo won big over their division foes, New York Jets last week and play in a sandwich game situation here. Oakland runs RB Lamont Jordan down the Bills throats en route to a convincing victory which they desperately need.
Stats and TrendsOAK is 5-2 ATS last 7 meetingsOakland is 5-2-0 ATS in its last 7 games after scoring 10 to 20 pointsBuffalo is 9-4-0 ATS in its last 13 gamesBuffalo is 2-5-0 ATS in its last 7 games against OaklandBuffalo is 4-2-0 ATS in its last 6 away games
Take the RAIDERS (-3) over the Bills