Editor’s note: NESN.com’s Mike Cole, Ricky Doyle and Andre Khatchaturian deliver their NFL picks every Thursday of the season, and here’s who they like in the Tennessee Titans-San Diego Chargers Week 9 game, with the line from OddsShark.
Tennessee Titans (4-4) at (-5) San Diego Chargers (3-5), Sunday, 4:25 p.m.
Mike: Titans. The spread just seems a little too high for me. The Chargers just had a bruising divisional game against the Broncos, while Tennessee had a few extra days of rest after basically coasting to a Thursday night home win. Also, Marcus Mariota eats up pedestrian offenses, as indicated by his 121.9 passer rating over the last three weeks.
Ricky: Titans. Nothing the Chargers do surprises me anymore. At their peak, they look like a playoff contender. At their worst, they look like a team angling for a top-five draft pick. As such, it’s hard to give up so many points here, especially with the Titans’ offense improving a lot since the beginning of the season. Marcus Mariota is playing some of his best football yet, and Tennessee’s running back combo of DeMarco Murray and Derrick Henry is legit.
Andre: Titans. The Titans have the NFL’s third-best rushing attack in the league at 4.9 yards per carry. The Chargers also have turned the ball over 17 times in the last six contests and it?s cost them a number of games. The Chargers still can win this game because the spread is rather large, but it?ll be a close one.
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