{"id":25390,"date":"2012-10-08T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T11:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25390"},"modified":"2012-10-07T13:55:26","modified_gmt":"2012-10-07T18:55:26","slug":"monday-night-football-picks-houston-texans-vs-new-york-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/monday-night-football-picks-houston-texans-vs-new-york-jets-25390\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Night Football Picks: Houston Texans vs. New York Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston Texans at New York Jets
\nMonday, 10\/8\/12, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -8
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 42
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 40.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker
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Houston Texans QB Matt Schaub has put up incredible numbers in winning his last eight starts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Houston has proven to be among the top NFL teams through four weeks, as it comes off a 38-14 victory over the Tennessee Titans as 13-point home favorites, while going OVER the total for the second consecutive week.\u00a0 The Texans are averaging 31.5 points per game, while giving up just 14.0, which is certainly a recipe for success.\u00a0 \u201cThey\u2019re feeding off each other,\u201d commented Texans head coach Gary Kubiak about the situation.\u00a0 \u201cThose two things together win games in this league.\u201d\u00a0 Houston is 6-2 ATS as a road favorite the last two-plus seasons, while the UNDER is 5-4 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Texans have won their last eight games with a healthy Matt Schaub under center, outscoring opponents by an average of 32-12 in that stretch.\u00a0 He currently ranks third in the NFL in passer rating, while getting sacked just three times.\u00a0 Offensively, the team is tied for the league lead in committing only two turnovers, while sitting second with an average time of possession of 35:32.<\/p>\n

New York head coach Rex Ryan isn\u2019t going to give up on the season despite alternating wins and losses over the last four weeks, while also losing key players on the roster to injury.\u00a0 \u201cWe do have to rally around each other,\u201d stated Ryan this week.\u00a0 \u201cIt does check the resolve of your team, but that\u2019s one of our strengths.\u201d\u00a0 The Jets offense has managed to score just two touchdowns in the last three games, which has stirred up a quarterback controversy between Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow.\u00a0 New York is 1-6 ATS as an underdog of 3.5 to 9.5 points, with the OVER going 5-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Jets are sticking behind Sanchez despite going 13-for-29 for 103 yards in their most recent loss against the San Francisco 49ers.\u00a0 New York will need to lean heavily on its 5-0 all-time record in this series, including a 3-0 mark at home.\u00a0 Running back Shonn Greene needs to show up in a big way in this primetime event, gaining just 191 yards on 68 carries this year.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Jets due to their 11-5 ATS mark after gaining 250 or fewer yards, while the Texans are 0-7 ATS in Week 5.<\/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

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Houston Texans at New York Jets Monday, 10\/8\/12, 8:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -8 Opening Total:\u00a0 42 Current Total:\u00a0 40.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Houston has proven to be among the top NFL teams through four weeks, as it comes off a 38-14 victory over the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[1120,486,452,441,356,1125],"class_list":["post-25390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-houston-texans","tag-mark-sanchez","tag-matt-schaub","tag-monday-night-football","tag-new-york-jets","tag-tim-tebow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25390","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=25390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25391,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25390\/revisions\/25391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}