{"id":17849,"date":"2011-09-18T10:41:07","date_gmt":"2011-09-18T15:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=17849"},"modified":"2011-09-18T10:41:07","modified_gmt":"2011-09-18T15:41:07","slug":"sunday-afc-matchup-houston-texans-at-miami-dolphins-nfl-handicapping-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/sunday-afc-matchup-houston-texans-at-miami-dolphins-nfl-handicapping-preview-17849\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday AFC Matchup: Houston Texans at Miami Dolphins NFL Handicapping Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston Texans at Miami Dolphins
\nSunday, 9\/18\/11, 4:15 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 46
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 48
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Houston Texans RB Arian Foster is expected to play Sunday versus the Miami Dolphins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Houston opened the 2011 campaign with a dominating 34-7 win over the Indianapolis Colts as nine-point home favorites, as the team didn\u2019t have to defend quarterback Peyton Manning.\u00a0 The Texans didn\u2019t suffer a letdown to the opposing team\u2019s injury, racking up 259 yards and going into halftime with a 34-0 lead.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s the best half of football we have probably played as a team,\u201d commented Texans coach Gary Kubiak.\u00a0 \u201cIt was explosive in every area, offense, defense, special teams.\u201d\u00a0 Houston has had no difficulties in this matchup, winning all five previous meetings.\u00a0 The squad must be cautious Sunday due to the underdog being 5-0 ATS in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Texans are expected to have running back Arian Foster back in the lineup, as he missed the opener with a hamstring injury.\u00a0 Houston will likely limit his touches, as the third-year player led the league with 1,616 rushing yards a year ago, while also scoring 16 times.\u00a0 The team has some depth at the position, with Ben Tate and Derrick Ward filling in behind the All-Pro selection.\u00a0 On the outside, wide receiver Andrew Johnson is always excited to return to South Beach, as he played collegiately at Miami, FL.\u00a0 He caught seven passes for 95 yards and a touchdown last week.<\/p>\n

Miami suffered a 38-24 loss to the New England Patriots as seven-point home underdogs on Monday Night Field, surrendering an embarrassing and franchise-high 622 yards.\u00a0 \u201cAs I said to them in the locker room, the clock runs and Houston has a jump on us right now,\u201d commented Dolphins head coach Tony Sparano.\u00a0 The Dolphins have dropped five straight and 10 of their last 11 games inside Sun Life Stadium.\u00a0 Over the last two-plus seasons, the team is 5-12 ATS in South Beach.<\/p>\n

The Dolphins didn\u2019t fail to rack of the yards on the offensive end in the loss, as quarterback Chad Henne completed 30 of 49 passes for a career-high 416 yards with two touchdowns.\u00a0 Miami also got some contributions from new running back Reggie Bush, as the team will be facing a defense that allowed just 236 yards to the Indianapolis Colts last week.\u00a0 The key matchup on the other side of the ball will be cornerbacks Vontae Davis and Sean Smith matching up with Johnson.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Dolphins due to their 9-4 ATS mark following an against-the-spread loss, while the Texans are 1-5 in their last six road games.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Houston Texans at Miami Dolphins Sunday, 9\/18\/11, 4:15 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 46 Current Total:\u00a0 48 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Houston opened the 2011 campaign with a dominating 34-7 win over the Indianapolis Colts as nine-point home favorites, as the team didn\u2019t have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":17251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2871,5456,323,1120,320,1047],"class_list":["post-17849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-andre-johnson","tag-arian-foster","tag-chad-henne","tag-houston-texans","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-reggie-bush"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17850,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17849\/revisions\/17850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}