Monday Night Football Best Bets: Picks Against Spread for Chargers vs Jets
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Chargers vs Jets Odds | Monday Night Football
| Los Angeles Chargers Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Point Spread | Over/Under | Moneyline |
-3 -115 | 41 -110o / -110u | -165 |
| New York Jets Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Point Spread | Over/Under | Moneyline |
+3 -105 | 41 -110o / -110u | +145 |
NFL Week 9 comes to a close at MetLife Stadium, and we have Monday Night Football Best Bets: Picks Against the Spread for Chargers vs Jets.
Chargers vs Jets odds have Los Angeles listed as 3-point favorites with a game total of 41 at most books. The Jets are a popular pick to cover +3.5 among our NFL betting analysts. Gilles Gallant also likes Justin Herbert to continue his careless ways, targeting an interception player prop for the Chargers' star quarterback.
Our staff of NFL analysts are all over this game with this MNF betting preview. From Chargers vs Jets picks against the spread to player props, here are our experts' three Monday Night Football best bets.
Monday Night Football Best Bets
The team logos in the table below or the picks on the right that our NFL betting staff is targeting for Monday Night Football. Click on the team logos for any of the matchups below to navigate to a specific bet discussed in this article.
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Chargers vs. Jets
This line is just all wrong. It's downright disrespectful to this defense, and the Jets will take that personally. The Chargers have been just as poor starters as the Jets for the season, and New York is 5-2 ATS in the second half while LA has struggled after halftime, so the pressure only increases in a game both teams desperately need for their playoff hopes.
New York's offense might be able to hang against a Chargers defense that ranks dead last in the first half and just 27th overall by DVOA on the season. Breece Hall should find some running room and Garrett Wilson could eat against a beatable secondary. The Chargers also have a poor pass rush, so that could let New York's shoddy line off the hook.
The Jets just keep finding ways to stay in games, and the Chargers always leave the door open. Even a New York loss could easily see a cover in a close game with us getting the key number and the hook.
I'd make this a pick'em with the Jets so tough against great QBs and the Chargers missing so many receivers and struggling so badly in defense and on special teams. There are too many ways this can go wrong for L.A. and a ton of ways this can go right for the Jets, especially late.
Pick: Jets +3.5
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Chargers vs. Jets
It's not often you get a matchup between one of the five worst defenses in the league going on the road against one of the five best defenses, but have the home team catching points.
The Jets have played three of the top-seven DVOA-ranked offenses at home this season, and none of them have scored more than 20 points. In fact, the Jets are limiting teams to 16.2 points per game when playing at home.
Justin Herbert and the Chargers offense have already lost Mike Williams for the season and now they will be without Joshua Palmer in this game, as well. Palmer has accounted for a significant part of the passing attack since the Williams injury, so this offense will be quite undermanned on Monday against a passing defense allowing only 6.0 yards per pass attempt (third-best in the NFL).
I expect the Jets defense to step up once again, leading this team to another outright upset victory against one of the league's top quarterbacks.
I'd bet New York down to +3.
Pick: Jets +3.5
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Chargers vs. Jets
The Jets defense is the exact type I like to invest in because it gets after the quarterback, has a quality secondary and will be playing outdoors.
The Jets defensive line is first in pressure rate at 29.2% but next to last in blitzing. The latter is important because Herbert has historically carved up the blitz in his career, and this means the Jets can get in his face while keeping their elite secondary intact to cover the receivers.
Speaking of the secondary, CB Sauce Gardner and CB D.J. Reed are back healthy and should be able to contain the likes of WRs Keenan Allen and Josh Palmer. The Jets rank fourth in passing yards allowed per game and are fourth in interception rate per pass at 3.5%.
Even if they get beat from time to time, Herbert is going to need to be perfect to avoid having a ball tipped or intercepted. I’m banking that he won’t be able to be perfect.
Pick: Justin Herbert To Throw INT — Yes (+100)
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