{"id":30245,"date":"2013-09-20T16:45:52","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T21:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=30245"},"modified":"2013-09-20T16:02:09","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T21:02:09","slug":"nfl-week-3-picks-houston-texans-vs-baltimore-ravens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-3-picks-houston-texans-vs-baltimore-ravens-30245\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 3 Picks: Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens
\nSunday, 9\/22\/13, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -2.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -1.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Texans<\/a>
The Houston Texans are 8-0-1 ATS with a betting line of +3 to -3 over the last two-plus seasons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Houston has won both of its games to start the 2013 campaign, but has failed to cover the number in each instance, which is important to consider when making your NFL betting picks in Week 3.\u00a0 The Texans may come out sluggish in this affair, as they needed second-half rallies in both of their games.\u00a0 Offensively, the team has scored seven touchdowns in its seven trips inside the opponent\u2019s 20-yard line, which is a significant statistic to focus in on.\u00a0 Houston is 8-0-1 ATS in games where the line is +3 to -3 in the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 6-3 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Texans improvement inside the red zone is remarkable on the offensive end, considering they scored touchdowns just 56.1 percent of the time a season ago.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s one thing with our team right now\u2014offensively, we haven\u2019t missed,\u201d commented Texans coach Gary Kubiak.\u00a0 \u201cDefensively, I think we\u2019ve given up 6-for-6.\u201d\u00a0 Houston hopes it has a secret weapon in safety Ed Reed in this affair, as he spent his first 11 seasons in the league with Sunday\u2019s opponent.<\/p>\n

Baltimore has won back-to-back AFC North titles, as it evened up its record after two weeks with a 14-6 victory over the Cleveland Browns Sunday, while going UNDER the betting total of 43.5.\u00a0 During the John Harbaugh era, the Ravens\u2019 defense has been particularly strong at home, allowing the NFL\u2019s second-fewest points per game and third-fewest net yards per game.\u00a0 Since 2008, the unit owns the league\u2019s top third-down defense at home\u2014allowing a stingy 33.7 percent conversion rate.\u00a0 Baltimore is 7-5 ATS as underdogs the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 7-4-1 in those 12 opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Ravens have a good opportunity in pressuring Texans quarterback Matt Schaub as they\u2019ve registered 56 sacks at M&T Bank Stadium since 2011\u2014leading all teams in that particular category at home in that span.\u00a0 Baltimore is 42-20 versus conference opponents under head coach John Harbaugh\u2014trailing only the New England Patriots and Green Bay Packers in that situation.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the UNDER is 11-4 in the Ravens\u2019 last 15 home games versus a team with a winning road record.<\/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 vs. Baltimore Ravens Sunday, 9\/22\/13, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -2.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -1.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 44.5 Current Total:\u00a0 44.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Houston has won both of its games to start the 2013 campaign, but has failed to cover the number in each instance, which is important […]<\/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":[414,608,5290,1120,3723,2842,452,31],"class_list":["post-30245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-gary-kubiak","tag-houston-texans","tag-john-harbaugh","tag-mt-bank-stadium","tag-matt-schaub","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30245","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=30245"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30247,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30245\/revisions\/30247"}],"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=30245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}