Week 13 Monday Night Football Odds: Chargers Visit Jaguars

Monday, December 05, 2011

by Bodog Sportsbook

Blaine Gabbert - Week 13 Monday Night Football Odds: Chargers Visit Jaguars

You have to be a pretty diehard football fan to tune into this week’s “Monday Night Football” game as San Diego Chargers (4-7) visits Jacksonville Jaguars (3-8) in a matchup of two teams going nowhere and which will be led by new head coaches in 2012. The Chargers are 3-point favorites on Bodog Sportsbook’s Week 13 Monday Night Football Odds and live betting will be available.

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The Jaguars fired head coach Jack Del Rio early last week and also saw the team sold, so it’s been quite a week for the franchise. Defensive coordinator Mel Tucker is the interim coach, but it’s presumed a higher-profile coach will get the full-time job in the offseason. Tucker already has said that rookie QB Blaine Gabbert will remain the starter even though the former Missouri star is struggling big time. Gabbert, who was benched in last week’s loss to Houston, is just 2-7 as a starter. His rating is a dismal 62.2 and he has the worst completion percentage (48.5) of any starting QB. No wonder the Jags have the lowest-scoring offense (12.5 ppg) in the NFL. On the bright side, the Jags do have the AFC’s leading rusher in Maurice Jones-Drew (1,040 yards) and a defense that ranks in the Top 5 total yards allowed, passing and points allowed. San Diego has struggled against the run this season.

San Diego is easily the biggest disappointment in the NFL, having dropped six games in a row. Already reports are that Norv Turner will be fired as soon as the season is over, and GM A.J. Smith is in trouble as well. QB Philip Rivers was an NFL MVP candidate last year but has regressed, leading the NFL in interceptions with 17 and has fumbled six times. In last week’s 16-13 overtime loss to Denver, Rivers had his first game without a pick since Week 4 but was only 19-for-36 for 188 yards.

Last year the Bolts crushed the Jags 38-13 in Week 2 in San Diego. Rivers had one of his better games of the year, throwing for 334 yards and three scores (but also two picks). Jones-Drew had just 31 yards on 12 carries. San Diego had six takeaways, the most by a Chargers defense since 2007.

Chargers are 0-7-1 ATS in their past eight games following a loss and have covered just twice in past 11 as a road favorite. Jags are 1-4 ATS in past five as a home underdog. The home team has covered in the four previous meetings.

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