{"id":24930,"date":"2012-09-15T14:00:29","date_gmt":"2012-09-15T19:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=24930"},"modified":"2012-09-12T20:46:55","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T01:46:55","slug":"houston-texans-vs-jacksonville-jaguars-week-2-nfl-betting-odds-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/houston-texans-vs-jacksonville-jaguars-week-2-nfl-betting-odds-and-predictions-24930\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Texans vs. Jacksonville Jaguars: Week 2 NFL Betting Odds and Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston Texans at Jacksonville Jaguars
\nSunday, 9\/16\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -7.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -7
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 41
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jacksonville Jaguars QB Blaine Gabbert is focused on moving past last week’s disappointing loss in Minnesota<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Houston had little trouble in scoring a 30-10 season-opening victory over the Miami Dolphins as 13-point home favorites, but its head coach found plenty of areas for improvement when looking over the tape.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m disappointed in how we ran the ball,\u201d commented Gary Kubiak this week.\u00a0 The Texans finished with just 83 yards on 23 carries, which is very surprising due having one of the best running backs in the league.\u00a0 Arian Foster did manage to score two touchdowns.\u00a0 Houston is 8-8 ATS on the road the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Texans have to be pleased with how Matt Schaub performed in his first action since fracturing his right foot in Week 10 last year, throwing for 266 yards and a touchdown.\u00a0 Houston possessed one of the league\u2019s top defenses last year, which could be even better in 2012, as it created four turnovers in the opener.\u00a0 In last year\u2019s 20-13 victory over the Jaguars, the defense allowed just 255 yards, but their offense managed to gain just 215.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville is saying all the right things about last week\u2019s disappointing 26-23 overtime loss to the Minnesota Vikings as 3.5-point road underdogs, especially second-year quarterback Blaine Gabbert who is coming off a strong performance.\u00a0 \u201cI always said there\u2019s a 24-hour rule,\u201d stated Gabbert this week.\u00a0 \u201cYou learn from the games and move on.\u201d\u00a0 First-year head coach Mike Mularkey spent much of the offseason preparing for division opponents, which will be put to the test here.\u00a0 Jacksonville is 7-4 ATS versus AFC South opponents the last two-plus campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Jaguars are already a banged-up football team, which is why it\u2019s important that running back Maurice Jones-Drew builds off his 77-yard performance against the Vikings.\u00a0 It was a pretty good effort considering he missed all of the preseason due to holding out for a better contract.\u00a0 With Rashad Jennings suffering a minor right knee injury, the offense figures to lean heavily on last year\u2019s rushing champion.\u00a0 Many insiders believe this game will be won in the trenches, which could be a problem with Jacksonville\u2019s offensive line going against one of the best defensive fronts in football.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Texans due to their 13-6-1 ATS mark in this series, while the Jaguars are 0-5 ATS in Week 2.<\/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 Jacksonville Jaguars Sunday, 9\/16\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -7.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -7 Opening Total:\u00a0 41 Current Total:\u00a0 41.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Houston had little trouble in scoring a 30-10 season-opening victory over the Miami Dolphins as 13-point home favorites, but its head coach found […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":17250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2585,5456,5194,1120,297,1064],"class_list":["post-24930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc-south","tag-arian-foster","tag-blaine-gabbert","tag-houston-texans","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-maurice-jones-drew"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24930","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=24930"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24932,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24930\/revisions\/24932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}