2. New England at Los Angeles Chargers
LINE: Los Angeles -1.5
ATS PICK: New England
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A few weeks ago, we went with a weak and murky college theory for the Charger game at Miami.
Sometimes – defying all X and O logic and reason – a team just doesn’t know how to win.
Maybe it’s because the team puts itself in a position where bad things can happen, or maybe the team has a young quarterback who’s still figuring it out, or maybe it’s just because – when it’s on the line – a team just can’t come through because it doesn’t have the confidence.
That’s was Los Angeles, as it went on a strange run of inventing new and creative ways to lose games in the final moments. Oh sure, there were a few wins along the way, but those were against Jacksonville and the Jets – you get an extra orange slice for beating those two, but that’s it.
Meanwhile some teams just know how to win close, tight games.
There but for a Cam Newton fumble against Buffalo, the Patriot would be on a good roll. New England doesn’t really throw all that much, it relies on controlling the clock, and it needs Bill Belichick to be Bill Belichick each week.
But the Patriots are finding ways to win close games.
New England will control the clock for an obnoxious amount of time, it won’t give the ball away like the Chargers will need, and the defense will stop Justin Herbert on that one late drive for yet another close win.
And another close Charger loss.