{"id":27261,"date":"2013-01-13T10:27:23","date_gmt":"2013-01-13T15:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=27261"},"modified":"2013-01-13T10:27:23","modified_gmt":"2013-01-13T15:27:23","slug":"pro-football-picks-houston-texans-vs-new-england-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-football-picks-houston-texans-vs-new-england-patriots-27261\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Football Picks: Houston Texans vs. New England Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston Texans at New England Patriots
\nSunday, 1\/13\/12, 4:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New England -9
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New England -9
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 49
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 48.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Houston Texans are 8-0 SU this season when RB Arian Foster runs for 100 or more yards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Houston stumbled badly at the end of the regular season to land in the No. 3 spot in the AFC playoffs, but it rebounded nicely with a 19-13 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in the first round of the postseason.\u00a0 The Texans will now try to gain revenge against a team that handed them an embarrassing 42-14 loss as 5.5-point road underdogs on Dec. 10, while the last four meetings in this series have bone OVER the total.\u00a0 \u201cWe know that our effort and how we performed last time wouldn\u2019t give us a chance against anybody on the road,\u201d stated Texans coach Gary Kubiak.\u00a0 Houston is 10-2 ATS when revenging a loss against an opponent since 2010, which is important to consider when making your pro football picks Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Texans certainly need to get the ball to running back Arian Foster, who has gained 425 combined rushing yards in three career postseason games, while the team has compiled an 8-0 record this year when he gains 100 or more yards on the ground.\u00a0 He had just 46 rushing yards and a touchdown on 15 carries in the first meeting this year.\u00a0 On the other side of the field, Houston must create pressure with its defensive line, with J.J. Watt leading the way.<\/p>\n

New England will advance to the AFC Championship to face the Baltimore Ravens for a second-straight year if it can pull out a victory at Gillette Stadium in this matchup, as the team comes off a week of rest after earning the No. 2 seed.\u00a0 The Patriots have advanced to the Super Bowl in three of the four seasons that they earned that particular seeding.\u00a0 Quarterback Tom Brady is the key player to handicap when looking over the pro football odds page, as he\u2019s gone 10-2 as a starter in the playoffs at home.\u00a0 New England is 24-20 ATS as a favorite over the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Patriots have put together a dominating 82-17 record at home since 2002, outscoring opponents by an incredible 924-point margin.\u00a0 New England has won both of its meetings with Houston on this field, as it has managed to score 40-plus points in each of those affairs.\u00a0 Brady is capable of putting up those types of numbers again, with the franchise scoring 557 points this year due to hitting pay dirt 67 times.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Texans due to their 19-7-2 ATS mark versus AFC foes, while the Patriots are 1-8 ATS in their last nine playoff 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 New England Patriots Sunday, 1\/13\/12, 4:30 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New England -9 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New England -9 Opening Total:\u00a0 49 Current Total:\u00a0 48.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Houston stumbled badly at the end of the regular season to land in the No. 3 spot in the AFC […]<\/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":[414,5456,5649,1120,125,31,604,398],"class_list":["post-27261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc","tag-arian-foster","tag-gillette-stadium","tag-houston-texans","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-playoffs","tag-tom-brady"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27261","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=27261"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27262,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27261\/revisions\/27262"}],"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=27261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}