The San Diego Chargers, winners of 11 straight, have the red hot quarterback and offense to make a decent run at the 2010 Superbowl. The Chargers will be trying to advance to the AFC Championship Game for the second time in three years. NFL oddsmakers at SPORTSBOOK.com have the San Diego Chargers as +300 moneyline favorites to win the 2010 Superbowl . Be sure to get your San Diego Chargers 2010 Superbowl Picks, Odds & Predictions in early at SPORTSBOOK.com
The Chargers are the hottest team heading into the playoffs winning 11 while averaging 30ppg and allowing 16.7ppg. What’s even better is QB Phillip Rivers play against Top-five defenses. In three games vs. the Ravens (No. 3), Bengals (No. 4) and Steelers (No. 5), Rivers averaged 333 passing yards, with eight touchdowns. He’s ranked right up there with arch nemesis Peyton Manning, whom he might face if everything goes good. He passed for a career-high 4,254 yards with 28 TD’s, averaged a career-high 8.8 yards per attempt and had only nine interceptions in 486 attempts. In fact Rivers has thrown only three interceptions over their last nine games. The Chargers offense is ranked 10th best in the league, with the fifth best passing game, while they score the fourth most points per-game (28.4ppg). They are taking advantage over opponent’s defenses with speed and highly talented receiving weapons. They put pressure on every opponent by getting off to quick leads and making the other team one-dimensional. Their receiving core is led by WR’s Vincent Jackson and Antonio Gates, who have a combined 17 TD’s. Don’t let their 31st ranked running fool you, they are a running team that uses the rush to gain short yardage first downs and from goal to go. Their top rusher RB LaDainian Tomlinson has 730 yards rushing and leads his squad with 12 TD’s. They also have the two way game of RB Darren Sproles, who can run and catch, he has 343 yards rushing with three TD’s and 497 yards receiving and four TD’s.
On defense the Chargers are ranked 16th overall while allowing the 11th least amount of points per-game (20ppg). They do have a weakness on defense, it’s their 20th ranked rush defense hasn't been the same since losing tackle Jamal Williams at the beginning of the year. Power running games can have success against the Chargers, but power running isn't going to win in the playoffs . It takes dynamic passing attacks, and the Chargers have a good enough pass rush to deal with anything that comes their way. Against the pass the Chargers are ranked 10th thanks to DE Shaun Phillips 7.5 sacks.
Their next challenge will be the New York Jets, at home, against the Jets high powered defense. They last met in Week 3 of last season.
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