{"id":18855,"date":"2011-10-23T09:54:11","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T14:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18855"},"modified":"2011-10-23T09:54:11","modified_gmt":"2011-10-23T14:54:11","slug":"nfl-picks-week-7-houston-texans-vs-tennessee-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-picks-week-7-houston-texans-vs-tennessee-titans-18855\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Picks Week 7: Houston Texans vs. Tennessee Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston Texans at Tennessee Titans
\nSunday, 10\/23\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Tennessee -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Tennessee -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 43
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tennessee Titans QB Matt Hasselbeck is enjoying a great start to the 2011 season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Houston is 3-3 on the season and in jeopardy of dropping below .500 for the first time this season, coming in on a two-game losing streak, including a 29-14 defeat to the Baltimore Ravens as seven-point road underdogs last week.\u00a0 The Texans surrendered 402 yards in that particular loss, playing without star defensive end Mario Williams, who is out for the rest of the year with a torn pectoral injury.\u00a0 Houston is 31-16 ATS after suffering two or more consecutive losses, but 0-2 ATS as an underdog this year.<\/p>\n

The Texans are 2-7 all-time in Nashville and last came away with a victory in September 2009.\u00a0 \u201cThis is one of those games that\u2019s big for both teams,\u201d commented Texans offensive tackle Eric Winston.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s definitely one that you circle.\u201d\u00a0 Offensively, the team will be without the services of Andre Johnson, who will be missing his third consecutive game.\u00a0 It\u2019s had more of an affect on the running game than anything else, as the team has gained 163 combined yards in its last two efforts, but still averages 126.2 yards a contest.<\/p>\n

Tennessee had its three-game winning streak snapped by the Pittsburgh Steelers before going into its bye week, suffering a 38-17 loss as three-point road underdogs.\u00a0 The Titans have actually been out-gained by a combined 209 yards over their past two games.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s early.\u00a0 We all know that,\u201d commented Titans first-year coach Mike Munchak.\u00a0 \u201cThis game is huge for us to come out and play well against a division opponent at home.\u201d\u00a0 The defense has been solid, ranking sixth in the NFL in points allowed and eighth in total yards per contest.\u00a0 Tennessee is 0-2 ATS as a favorite this year.<\/p>\n

The Titans have gotten plenty out of veteran quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, who is enjoying the best start of his career through five games, throwing for 1,414 passing yards and nine touchdowns.\u00a0 He ranks sixth in the NFL and second in the NFL with a passer rating of 95.9.\u00a0 In 18 games, Tennessee is 13-5 against Houston, including a 7-2 mark at LP Field.\u00a0 The teams have split the series in the last three seasons.\u00a0 Running back Chris Johnson had an interesting series against Houston last year, gaining five years on seven carries in Houston, bouncing back with 130 yards and a touchdown in a 31-17 home win on Dec. 19.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Titans due to their 17-7-1 ATS mark as a home favorite of a field goal or less, while the Texans are 0-4 ATS as a road underdog.<\/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 Tennessee Titans Sunday, 10\/23\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Tennessee -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Tennessee -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 43 Current Total:\u00a0 44 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Houston is 3-3 on the season and in jeopardy of dropping below .500 for the first time this season, coming in on a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":17248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[1065,1120,5462,503,301],"class_list":["post-18855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-chris-johnson","tag-houston-texans","tag-lp-field","tag-matt-hasselbeck","tag-tennessee-titans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18855","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=18855"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18857,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18855\/revisions\/18857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}