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• Denver Broncos vs. San Diego Chargers 8:30 ET

  Posted on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT by North Shore Sports, INC

  
  

  Week 6 of the NFL betting season wraps up on Monday night, meaning that Bookmaker Sportsbook customers will have one final chance to try boosting their bankrolls with all of the action. In a crucial early-season NFL wagering affair, the Denver Broncos (5-0, 5-0 ATS) will put their perfect season on the line when they invade Qualcomm Stadium to tangle with the San Diego Chargers (2-2, 1-3 ATS).
   
  Should Denver win this game, it will open up a commanding 3.5-game lead in the AFC West, while a victory for San Diego will considerably narrow the gap about a third of the way through the season.
   
  After one week of play, many thought the Broncos were the luckiest and most undeserving 1-0 team in the league. That win in Cincinnati looks all the more impressive now that the Bengals sit atop the AFC North. Then Denver feasted on a pair of bottom-feeders in the NFL and was called a soft 3-0. Dallas came to town and walked away with a 17-10 defeat, but still, no one believed in the Broncos. However, when K Matt Prater's 41-yard field goal sailed through the uprights in overtime last weekend against the Patriots, Denver walked off the field feeling like it might have the best team in the conference, if not the entire NFL.
   
  Little did anyone know that QB Kyle Orton might have been the better quarterback in the Orton/Cutler flip-flop in the offseason. Last week, the Purdue product went 35/48 for 330 yards with two touchdowns and a pick to lead the Broncos to victory. It had to have been a sweet moment for HC Josh McDaniel, who was the offensive coordinator in New England before coming to the Mile High City.
   
  The Chargers were off from NFL wagering action in Week 5, giving them plenty of time to lick their wounds from their 38-28 beating suffered in Pittsburgh two Sunday nights ago. HC Norv Turner had to be focused on his rushing attack, which has surprisingly been the worst in the NFL this year. San Diego is only averaging 53.8 yards per game on the ground, easily the lowest number in the league, and a lot of it is thanks to the health of superstar RB LaDainian Tomlinson. LT only has a total of 70 rushing yards this year.
   
  No one has reached the 100-yard plateau on the season for the Bolts, making them the only team in the NFL that can say that.
   
  That's why a lot of people are talking up QB Philip Rivers for the MVP award should the Chargers make the playoffs. Through four games, the former first round draft pick is leading the leagues #2 passing game, which averages 295.5 yards per game. In spite of the fact that he hasn't had a rushing game to work with, Rivers has led San Diego to at least 23 points in all four of its games this season.
   
  Denver will be trying hard to erase the memories of a pitiful 52-21 loss at Qualcomm that ended its season in Week 17 last year. The oddsmakers still aren't totally buying what the Broncos are selling, as they are 3-point underdogs in the Monday nighter. The 'total' chimes in at 43.5.
   
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