Monday Night Football Betting Odds: Chargers Looking To Bury Jets

These are the nights when sports books tend to have a field day with gamblers. The San Diego Chargers are coming off two devastating last minute losses and are in danger of falling to 0-3. That is a hole that not many teams have dug themselves out of.

The Chargers are taking on the New York Jets who had the wind taken out of their sails last week at home against the New England Patriots. The Jets do have Brett Favre, however, who has a history of lighting it up on Monday night.

The conventional wisdom says that the Chargers are too good of a team to let a third consecutive game slip through their fingertips. They are favored by only eight points at home tonight.

The low number would indicate that the sports books are trapping gamblers who think the Chargers will wake up and blast the Jets tonight. Although this seems like a trap, it still appears to be the right play.

The truth is that San Diego IS too talented to fall to 0-3, and the Jets are not as good as their first week victory indicated. This should be an easy one for the Chargers and their fans.

The total for tonight's game is 45.5. That indicates that odds makers are expecting Favre and Patrick Rivers to put the ball in the air a lot and to score many points.

The Chargers defense has been devastated early in the year with injuries, but they have now had over a week to prepare for Favre and the Jets. If they are as good as everyone thought they were three weeks ago, they should handle the Jets at home tonight.

September 22, 2008
Posted By Vincent Tapoglia III
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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