San Diego Chargers versus Cincinnati Bengals Pick Prediction NFL Pro Football Odds Preview 12-2-2012
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The Cincinnati Bengals will travel out west to face the San Diego Chargers in an NFL pro football game on Sunday afternoon. This week thirteen NFL game will kick off from San Diego at 4:25PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by CBS.

The betting odds opened up in this NFL game at a pick with an over under line of 46 ½ points.Early money has shown on the side of the road team as the Cincinnati Bengals are now favored by -1 ½ points. The total has moved down a full point to 45 ½ points.

The teams last met during the 2010 regular season where the Bengals posted the 34-20 home win against the Chargers as a +7 ½ point underdog. The game ended over 43 ½ points. NFL Trend: Cincinnati Bengals are 3-0 ATS in their past three games.

Cincinnati has won three straight games. They improve to 6-5 on the year after a 34-10 home win against the Oakland Raiders last week as a -7 ½ point betting favorite. The total landed under 50 points. The Bengals stormed out to the 24-0 lead at the half in the win. Their offense put up 415 yards with 221 from their ground game on 34 carries. They had no turnovers and take two from the Raiders. Andy Dalton hit on 16 of 30 passes for 210 yards and three touchdowns. Dalton has 23 touchdowns and 11 picks on the year and hitting over 63% of his passes. No sophomore slump here. Ben Jarvis Green Ellis ran for 129 yards on 19 carries and a touchdown. A.J. Green caught three passes for 111 yards. Cincinnati allowed Oakland to gain just 218 yards of offense with 99 on the ground on 23 attempts from scrimmage. The Bengals are tied with the Steelers for the sixth seed in the AFC conference. During this win streak Cincinnati has found their good defensive form allowing an average of 10 points per game in their past three games.

The Chargers have lost three straight games to fall to 4-7 on the season. They come off the 16-13 home overtime loss last week to the Baltimore Ravens as a -1 ½ point betting favorite. San Diego was in position to the win the game late holding on to a 3 point lead. At the two minute mark they allow Baltimore to convert on 4th and 29 to put the team position to kick the game tying field goal and force the overtime period. Offensively the Chargers gained 280 yards with 91 on the ground on 23 carries. Phillip Rivers hit on 23 of 26 passes for 228 yards and a touchdown. Rivers has 18 touchdowns and 14 picks on the year. San Diego allowed the Ravens offense to amass 443 yards with 127 from their ground attack on 35 rushes. Factoring the tiebreaker the Chargers are five games behind first place Denver Broncos in the AFC West with five games remaining. Any Denver win or Chargers loss gives Denver the division crown. The Chargers are two games behind both the Steelers and Bengals for the sixth seed in the AFC conference.
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