NFL System Pick of the Week
October 9th 2010 - by Computer            

In this article, we let our computer pick this week's football game. Our computer crunched all the betting statistics for wildcard week and made a prediction based on trends that favored a particular team. The computer analyzed several angles in this week's matchup between the Chargers and Raiders.

Let's take a look at all the angles/trends:
 

›	The Chargers have won 13 straight games against the Raiders
	LaDainian Tomlinson had career days every time he faced the Raiders so it will be interesting to see if the Raiders can break this trend.
›	The Chargers are 7-1 ATS in their last 8 meetings in Oakland
	The Chargers bring their #1 ranked offense and #1 ranked defense to Oakland. The Chargers are averaging 450 yards per game and only give up  235 per game.
›	The Chargers are 11-3 ATS in their last 14 games against the Raiders
›	The Raiders are 0-4 in their last 4 games in week 5
	Last year the Raiders lost to the Giants 44-7 in week 5

All the trends point towards the Chargers covering against the Raiders. 

San Diego Chargers (-6) at Oakland Raiders