New England Patriots vs San Diego Chargers Sun. Oct. 24^th 4:15pm EST

The San Diego Chargers are a very talented football team and have dominated the AFC West division over the past decade, but even though they are infamously slow starters, this season has been rougher than most with just two wins in the first six games of the season and two losses within the division (Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs).

Fortunately for the Chargers, Philip Rivers and company have an opportunity to turn around their season with a win over the New England Patriots in Week 7. Even though the Patriots are adjusting to life without superstar wide receiver Randy Moss (traded to the Minnesota Vikings), they played surprisingly well without him and were able to beat one of the best teams in the league last week in the Baltimore Ravens.

In Week 7, Tom Brady and company will look to take advantage of this struggling San Diego Chargers, but even though the Patriots are flying high right now Norv Turner’s squad are favored to come out on top.

In my opinion, it is just a matter of time before the San Diego Chargers turn it around, but I don’t see it happening in Week 7.

As of right now, the San Diego Chargers are favored to come out on top with a -3 point spread. This will almost certainly be a close game in the first half, but I see the New England Patriots pulling away in the second half and cruising to victory.

Even though the New England Patriots are still adjusting to life without one of the best wide receivers of all-time in Moss, they seem to be doing just fine in the meantime with former Super Bowl MVP wideout Deion Branch shouldering the load. With that being said they should continue to play well and win their fifth game of the season.

Odds and lines for this matchup by leading online sportsbooks:

Bookmaker Sportsbook:
Spread: New England Patriots +3 & San Diego Chargers -3
Moneyline: New England Patriots +120 & San Diego Chargers -140
Over/Under: New England Patriots 110 over & San Diego Chargers 110 under (47)

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