{"id":31891,"date":"2013-12-19T13:19:42","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T18:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31891"},"modified":"2013-12-19T13:19:42","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T18:19:42","slug":"denver-broncos-vs-houston-texans-pro-football-betting-odds-and-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/denver-broncos-vs-houston-texans-pro-football-betting-odds-and-picks-31891\/","title":{"rendered":"Denver Broncos vs. Houston Texans: Pro Football Betting Odds and Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denver Broncos vs. Houston Texans
\nSunday, 12\/22\/13, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -9.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -10
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 51.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 52.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Denver Broncos have the NFL’s top offense heading into Week 16<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Denver hopes to bounce back after dropping its first home game of the 2013 regular season to the San Diego Chargers in Week 15, as it sits in a tie with the Kansas City Chiefs atop the AFC West division.\u00a0 Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning needs just 665 passing yards and three touchdowns over the last two games to tied the NFL single-season records in each category, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro football odds page.\u00a0 Offensively, the team leads the league in averaging 38.2 points and 453.4 yards per game, while ranking 24th and 23rd in those categories defensively. \u00a0 Denver is 7-2 SU and 6-3 ATS as favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points this season, with the OVER cashing in six of those nine opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Broncos have been getting tremendous production from running back Knowshon Moreno in recent weeks, as he needs just eight rushing yards to equal his career high of 947 set during his rookie season in 2009.\u00a0 Manning will likely play without one of his main offensive targets in Wes Welker, who continues to deal with concussion symptoms that have lingered the last couple weeks.<\/p>\n

Houston hopes to put an end to its 12-game losing streak in its final game at Reliant Stadium this season, which is important to consider when making your pro football picks.\u00a0 The Texans will welcome back quarterback Matt Schaub, who will get the call due to Case Keenum being ruled out of this matchup with a thumb injury.\u00a0 In Week 3 versus the Broncos last season, Schaub completed 17-of-30 passes for 290 yards and an interception.\u00a0 Houston is 0-3 SUATS in games with a betting total of 49.5 or higher the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Texans are led on the defensive end by tackle J.J. Watt, who leads the league with 30 sacks dating back to last season, which includes 2.5 in last year\u2019s meeting with the Broncos.\u00a0 Houston presents a challenge for Denver, as it ranks fourth in the NFL in allowing just 304.2 yards per game.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Broncos due to their 5-0 ATS mark following a SU loss.<\/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":"

Denver Broncos vs. Houston Texans Sunday, 12\/22\/13, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -9.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -10 Opening Total:\u00a0 51.5 Current Total:\u00a0 52.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Denver hopes to bounce back after dropping its first home game of the 2013 regular season to the San Diego Chargers in Week 15, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[570,1120,7895,452,31,282,5291],"class_list":["post-31891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-denver-broncos","tag-houston-texans","tag-knowshon-moreno","tag-matt-schaub","tag-nfl","tag-peyton-manning","tag-reliant-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31891","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=31891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31892,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31891\/revisions\/31892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}