Free Thursday Night Pick: Week 14
December 4th 2008
by Special K

San Diego Chargers (-9.5) vs Oakland Raiders 

So where do I get my polarized lenses to watch the Raiders and Chargers in 3-D? The game is being broadcasted in 3-D to a select few and it is probably the only way the NFL could have gotten those people to watch the game.  Both teams have been a huge disappointment this season. The Chargers more so than the Raiders as they were actually expected to compete for the Super Bowl.

The Chargers have owned and dominated the Raiders in recent years having won the last 10 games by an average margin of 15 points.  Of course, most of those huge wins came during the Marty Ball years.  I suspect that the bring back Marty Ball shirts and signs will be in full force this evening. I still never quite understood why you would fire a coach that went 14-2.  Anyways, I expect the Chargers to completely take out this season's frustrations on the lowly Oakland Raiders tonight.  I look for the Chargers to get up early and force the Raiders to have to play catchup by passing the ball.  The biggest weakness this season for the Chargers has been their pass coverage but the Raiders offense doesn't have the talent to exploit this.

Take the Chargers and gladly give up the points