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A shot at the playoffs is on the line for the when they square off with the on Sunday. The Chargers, after opening as 7.5- Felix Hernandez Jersey point favorites, are now favored by seven. The Over-Under, or total number of points Vegas thinks will be scored, is 42.5, down 1.5 from the open. Before you make any kind of bet on this divisional showdown, you need to see what Vegas legend Micah Roberts has to say. Roberts has worked in the Vegas sportsbook industry for over 20 years, including a 13-year run as Station Casinos' book director. If anybody can spot a tendency, or a bad line, it's him. He's especially dialed-in when it comes to the Los Angeles Chargers. After cashing yet again on Chargers (-6.5) against the in Week 16, he now is on a blistering 11-5 run on picks for or against ' team. Now he's broken down every po sible angle of this Sunday showdown between AFC West rivals and revealed his picks. You can only see them over at SportsLine. We can tell you that Roberts is all over the Under (44) and has convincing data to back that pick up. Austin Adams Jersey "The Under has been working well for both teams," Roberts said. "Oakland has stayed Under in its last six and the Chargers have gone Under in their last five. Oakland is 7-1 to the Under in its last eight division games, while the Chargers are 9-1 to the Under in their last 10 against the AFC West." Roberts is Brandon Brennan Jersey also jumping all over one side of the spread. He knows that the Chargers must get help to make the postseason, but scoreboard-watching will do no good if they don't take care of busine s themselves against an Oakland team on a three-game losing streak. After a 3-6 start to the season, the Chargers have worked their way back into the postseason conversation with five wins in their last six games. Going back even further, they're 8-3 in their last 11 games, with two of those lo ses coming to title contenders New England and Jacksonville. Chargers RB Melvin Gordon will reportedly play despite an ankle injury. He's scored the last three weeks and caught nine total pa ses the last two games. SportsLine's advanced projection model says that if Gordon plays, he'll approach 100 yards from scrimmage against Oakland. But just because the Chargers are the ones with something to play for doesn't mean they'll be able Ricardo Sanchez Jersey to cover a large seven-point spread. Los Angeles didn't look like a team with a killer instinct last week against the Jets, only managing 14 points in a seven-point victory over a Bryce Petty-quarterbacked team. They've scored just 27 total points the last two weeks. And if history between these two teams is a good indicator, Los Angeles could struggle to cover a larger spread. The Chargers have won by more than eight points in this series just once since 2011. Roberts has evaluated all of these circumstances and has found an alarming statistic that caused him to jump all over one side. And SportsLine stat geek R.J. White, the site's top Omar Narvaez Jersey expert, agrees with him. So which side of Chargers-Raiders should you be all over? .
