Monday Night Football, Raiders vs. Chargers line, odds: Los Angeles expert reveals pick for AFC West showdown

Mike Tierney, who is 25-13-1 in his last 39 against-the-spread picks involving the Chargers, has released his pick for the Monday Night Football matchup between the Las Vegas Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers

SportsLine Staff

The Las Vegas Raiders will look to stay unbeaten when they take on the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday Night Football. Kickoff from So-Fi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., is set for 8:15 p.m. ET. Los Angeles is a three-point favorite in the latest Raiders vs. Chargers odds from Caesars Sportsbook, while the over-under for total points scored is 51.5.

Before making any Raiders vs. Chargers picks or any other NFL Week 4 predictions, you NEED to see which side SportsLine expert Mike Tierney is on.

A national sportswriter whose work appears in The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, Tierney has covered the NFL for decades and reported from seven Super Bowls. 

He's used his experience to crush the NFL, going 187-147 against the spread the past three seasons. In addition, Tierney is an incredible 25-13-1 on his last 39 picks involving the Los Angeles Chargers. Anyone who has followed him is WAY UP!

Tierney knows Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert is off to a solid start to the season, completing 88-of-126 pass attempts (69.8 percent) for 956 yards and six touchdowns. He has three interceptions but has a rating of 97.8. Against the Chiefs last week, Herbert completed 26 of 38 passes (68.4 percent) for 281 yards and a season-high four touchdowns. It was just the second time in his career he threw four TD passes.

Tierney also knows Las Vegas has a dynamic quarterback in Derek Carr. He leads the NFL in passing yards (1,203) and is second in completions (88) and attempts (136). Twenty-eight percent of his passes have traveled 15 or more yards downfield, the second-highest rate in the NFL. Last week, Carr completed 26-of-43 passes (60.5 percent) for 386 yards and two touchdowns with one interception and a 95.7 rating.

Now, Tierney has locked in another confident against-the-spread pick for Raiders vs. Chargers. We can tell you he's leaning Over, but he knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

Who wins Raiders vs. Chargers on Monday Night Football? And what critical X-factor makes one side of the spread a must-back? ... Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the Raiders vs. Chargers spread to jump on, all from the expert who's an eye-popping 25-13 on picks involving the Los Angeles Chargers!