ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* Under 51.5 Points – Las Vegas vs LA Chargers, Monday at 8 PM ET - We don’t expect this division battle to get to 50 points so we’re on the UNDER tonight. 8 of the last 9 meetings have not topped 50 points (in regulation). Last year both meetings went Over however one of those games went to OT and they combined for 9 points in OT otherwise it would have been Under. The Las Vegas passing game likes to attack defenses with deeper routes but this is a poor match up for them as the Chargers are the best in the league at preventing completed passes that travel 15+ yards. The Chargers defense also limits opposing QB’s to 6.6 yards per pass attempt and they’ve limited 2 of their 3 opponents to 20 points or less. That includes Dallas who has one of the top offenses in the league. The lone team to top 20 points was KC and even in that game they held the Chiefs to 24 points. If LAC can limit big plays the Raiders will struggle to score at the same rate they have so far this season. We like what new LAC HC Staley is doing with their defense as he led a top notch stop unit for the LA Rams before taking this job. On offense the Chargers scored just 20 & 17 in their first 2 games before hitting 30 last week @ KC, who has the worst defense in the NFL. Even in that game 10 of their 30 points came in the final 2:14 of the game. Vegas has much improved defensive numbers ranking 9th in the NFL allowing only 5.3 YPP. They are limiting QB’s to just 5.9 yards per pass attempt which ranks them on the top 5 in the league. The average point total in the NFL this year is 47 which is down nearly a full FG from last season. These 2 teams know each other very well and over the last 9 meetings they have only averaged 41 total points. This one stays UNDER the total.