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Today’s free play focuses on the San Diego Chargers vs the San Francisco 49ers. Surely there will be some heavy hearts as the bay area is affected by an Earthquake in Napa Valley.

The line on this game is currently at minus five for the San Francisco 49ers. The first two games of the preseason the 49ers have had as basic of a vanilla offense as a team can have. This is nothing new as the 49ers played similar in last years preseason with Colt McCoy as backup.

It looks like bettors are anticipating an aggressive game plan from the 49ers tonight. But how many series will Kaepernick actually play? That’ll be a tough mark to predict. In all likelihood the 49ers will need to rely on big series from struggling backup Blaine Gabbert to procure a point spread cover here.

In order to get this cover the 49ers will need to get the job done defensively. I think that’s where the spread does have the advantage in the 49ers favor. This defense has played decent in the preseason but will turn it up another notch as the starters are on the field longer. San Diego struggled mightily against the Seahawks defense and likely will see similar pressure and style of play.

Nab the 49ers today as a free play, as the defense should hold up and keep the Chargers from getting a high amount of points. Final score San Francisco 24 and San Diego 13.

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Todays free play comes in the Seattle vs San Diego late game. Seattle is a slight favorite, and it probably looks as if Vegas threw that line to tempt bettors. I do not see it that way. I see Seattle as a team that has as much solid depth as anyone in the league. They have a well balanced put together team, and it’s going to show right off the bat. Even for any newcomers too Seattle such as unsigned free agents, free agents, or draft picks there is a different agenda playing for a team with high expectations like Seattle. You’re trying to live up to those expectations from day one. San Diego on the other hand has concerns galore and a new head coach that is trying to incorporate a complete overhaul of philosophy from what was instilled by Norv Turner. Grab Seattle on tonight’s preseason game.