The Chargers have absolutely dominated the Raiders ever since the Silver and Black's Super Bowl season of '02-'03 (remember that?!), winning the last 11 head-to-head meetings SU. Since that same season, Oakland has gone a pitiful 13-33 ATS in the home dog role, a big reason why we've seen this line moe so much. Amazingly, during their 11-game losing skid to San Diego, the Raiders have covered the spread just once, suffering eight double-digit losses during that span. They have opened 2 of the L3 seasons as the 2nd game of the MNF doubleheader and were blown out both times, 27-0 by San Diego in '07 and 41-14 by Denver last year. Both games, like this one, were at home. The Raiders come off a terrible camp where their HC Tom Cable got into legal trouble. They have no threats at WR and for some ungodly reason released their best QB, Jeff Garcia. Then you have the Richard Seymour debacle. Oakland DC John Marshall calls a lot of blitzes, which will leave the defense open to allowing big plays. On offense, the Raiders will look to throw the ball long against a great Chargers secondary, so look for a lot of 3rd and longs in this game. After going 8-8 SU last year, San Diego won't be screwing around with the division crown this year. San Diego is our 20* AFC West Game of the Month.
Lenny Del Genio 9/14
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