{"id":30092,"date":"2013-09-12T16:13:21","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T21:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=30092"},"modified":"2013-09-12T16:13:21","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T21:13:21","slug":"pro-football-picks-tennessee-titans-vs-houston-texans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-football-picks-tennessee-titans-vs-houston-texans-30092\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Football Picks: Tennessee Titans vs. Houston Texans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tennessee Titans vs. Houston Texans
\nSunday, 9\/15\/13, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -8.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -9.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 41
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 42.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Texans<\/a>
The Houston Texans are 12-5-1 ATS at home the last two-plus seasons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tennessee opened up the 2013 regular season with a 16-9 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers as six-point road underdogs Sunday, while going UNDER the betting total of 42.\u00a0 The Titans placed a premium on ball control, with quarterback Jake Locker completing 11 of 20 passes for 125 yards, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your pro football picks in Week 2.\u00a0 The franchise is trying to win its first two road games of a particular season for the first time since 2010.\u00a0 Tennessee is 2-10 ATS versus division opponents the last two-plus seasons, with no clear edge in the betting total (6-6 Over\/Under).<\/p>\n

The Titans are 14-8 against the Texans, with identical marks at LP Field and Reliant Stadium.\u00a0 Tennessee allowed a league-worst 29.4 points per game last season, while ranking 27th by giving up 374.9 yards per game.\u00a0 Offensively, the team will go as far as running back Chris Johnson can take them, but he rushed for just 70 yards on 25 carries in the season opener, while backup Jackie Battle scored the team\u2019s lone touchdown in the affair.<\/p>\n

Houston won both meetings against Tennessee a season ago, but benefited greatly from a 9-0 turnover differential, which is important to consider when looking over the pro football odds page.\u00a0 The Texans opened up the 2013 campaign with a 31-28 victory over the San Diego Chargers as five-point road favorites\u2014winning the statistical battle by 186 yards.\u00a0 Quarterback Matt Schaub went to the air in that affair, as he completed 34 of 45 passes for 345 yards and three touchdowns.\u00a0 Houston is 12-5-1 ATS at home over the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 12-6 in those 18 opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Texans have some of the best offensive weapons in the league at Schaub\u2019s disposal, with running back Arian Foster and wide receiver Andre Johnson.\u00a0 On the other side of the football, Houston defensive end J.J. Watt leads the attack, but the defensive unit may take a step back this year after ranking seventh overall in 2012.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Texans due to their 5-0 ATS mark in Week 2, while the Titans are 7-21-1 ATS in their last 29 games versus winning teams.<\/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":"

Tennessee Titans vs. Houston Texans Sunday, 9\/15\/13, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -8.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -9.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 41 Current Total:\u00a0 42.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Tennessee opened up the 2013 regular season with a 16-9 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers as six-point road underdogs Sunday, while going UNDER the betting […]<\/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":[5456,1065,1120,2041,452,31,5291,301],"class_list":["post-30092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-arian-foster","tag-chris-johnson","tag-houston-texans","tag-jake-locker","tag-matt-schaub","tag-nfl","tag-reliant-stadium","tag-tennessee-titans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30092","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=30092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30093,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30092\/revisions\/30093"}],"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=30092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}