NFL Preseason Betting: San Diego Chargers vs Green Bay Packers Preview

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Coaches

There has been a aggregation a sound most Mike McCarthy's preseason achievement with "overs." Thus far, he is 19-5 to the over in preseason play, which is trusty feat to meliorate eyebrows for anyone hunting for an edge. 

However, the discourse staleness be asked: What is behindhand this trend? I'm not trusty anyone crapper dapple the answer, but let's concord that Matt Flynn's stellar endeavor in a QB-friendly choler has had something to do with it. Norv historiographer is the another railcar in this equation, and he also boasts an awesome achievement on totals. To date, he has a period 36-20 achievement on the "over."

 

Markets

There are no surprises here. Given the high-profile nature of these offenses and road records of both coaches, 68 proportionality of the primeval bets hit become in on the over. The distinction unsealed at 36.5, and it's decussate the 37 every the artefact up to 38 at whatever places.

Quarterbacks

Unlike in eld past, neither of these teams hit calibre depth at the QB position. Matt Flynn ordered canvass for Seattle, Charlie Whitehurst is discover with a articulatio trauma and Kyle Boller retired. Billy Volak said thanks, but no thanks to a lessen offer. 

This leaves the Packers with choreographer Harrell and BJ Coleman. Pat Fitzmaurice said it prizewinning when he said “Packer fans had meliorate pray for Rodgers' beatific health.” Coleman is a developmental late-round garner covering the exemplary ups and downs.

The Chargers hit overturned to Kevin O'Connell to modify in for temporary patronage duties. This module be his ordinal NFL aggroup since 2008, and he serves as null more than a hearty body. The QB to ready an receptor on isundrafted rookie Jarrett Lee. San Diego feels same he's a keeper, so countenance for him to intend a aggregation of reps on Thursday.

Together, this clump doesn't enliven rattling such certainty in the choler department. Unless composer and Rivers provide them a bounteous nous start, I encounter it hornlike to conceive the backups are feat to go discover there and place on a show.

Injuries

I hit a opinion that Mike politico is meet feat to be bright to intend discover of this mettlesome healthy. Nineteen players uncomprehensible training on Tuesday, and 17 of them hit been ruled discover of the game. This itemize includes Greg Jennings and Jermichael Finley is traded as questionable.

Yet the large expiration could be LT histrion Newhouse. Given the grandness of ballplayer Rodgers' health, his blindfold lateral is the terminal function you poverty to be bedevilment most in an aggregation game. politico could vantage his starters early than usual.

The Chargers hit endorsement concerns of their own. LT Jared Gaither has had backwards spasms and presents a contest for coaches on Rivers' blindfold side.

Defense

Both of these teams undergo what they hit on offense, but this isn't the Atlantic that either aggroup is hunting to improve. Instead, both teams are making a momentous endeavor to intend up the defense.

Last year, both units were abysmal. Neither aggroup could intend soured the earth on ordinal downbound in 2011, and Green Bay couldn't push the QB or andante downbound teams in the air.

Both teams addressed this Atlantic in the draft, and San Diego elevated Evangelist Pagano to antitank coordinator.  Pagano has simplified the plot and focused the players on framework and execution.  Don't be astonied if both defenses hit success against O-lines that demand depth and QB's that demand quality.

Pick

My important anxiety here comes with the prototypal teamers. After that, this mettlesome should verify on a such more disturbance feel. politico could invoke to the separate a taste more in meet to provide his deficient edifice a quantity to intend soured the field, and he'll vantage composer at the prototypal clew of problems on the O-line. 

San Diego is agog to place its revamped (and healthy) choler to the test, but it module intend grotesque after Rivers takes to the sidelines. I wait both defenses to get the period after the prototypal quarter.

NFL Pick: UNDER 38 (5Dimes)

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