{"id":35124,"date":"2014-08-28T14:46:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T19:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35124"},"modified":"2014-08-28T14:46:53","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T19:46:53","slug":"nfl-preseason-week-4-picks-san-francisco-49ers-vs-houston-texans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-preseason-week-4-picks-san-francisco-49ers-vs-houston-texans-35124\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Preseason Week 4 Picks: San Francisco 49ers vs. Houston Texans"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Francisco 49ers vs. Houston Texans
\nThursday, 8\/28\/14, 8:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 39
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 39
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The San Francisco 49ers first-team offense hasn’t scored a touchdown in the 2014 preseason<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

San Francisco picked up its first win of the 2014 preseason last time out, as it produced a 21-7 victory over the San Diego Chargers as 5.5-point home favorites, while going UNDER the betting total for a third consecutive contest.\u00a0 The 49ers expect quarterback Colin Kaepernick to see limited action in this affair, which is important to consider when making your NFL betting picks, as head coach Jim Harbaugh would like to see the first-team offense produce its first touchdown of exhibition play.<\/p>\n

The 49ers are trying to nail down their No. 3 receiving on their depth chart, as many thought Steve Johnson had that spot nailed down behind starters Anquan Boldin and Michael Crabtree, but he didn\u2019t do much in the third preseason game.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, San Francisco is a bit concerned about solidifying the middle of its defense with NaVorro Bowman being out for at least six games, with Michael Wilhoite the favorite to play along side star linebacker Patrick Willis.<\/p>\n

Houston has won and covered the number in back-to-back games, as it comes off a 18-17 victory over the Denver Broncos as seven-point road underdogs despite being out-gained by 105 yards in that affair.\u00a0 The Texans are expected to sit starting quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NFL betting odds, which means that backup Case Keenum will see significant time under center.\u00a0 He has completed 20-of-35 passes for 184 yards and no touchdowns with an interception thus far.<\/p>\n

The Texans are also expected to keep main receivers DeAndre Hopkins and Andre Johnson on the sidelines, which means that Keshawn Martin, Devier Posey and Mike Thomas will be the main offensive threats on the perimeter.\u00a0 Defensively, , head coach Bill O\u2019Brien will be watching his cornerbacks closely, with A.J. Bouye having his ups and downs, but still playing a lot in Johnathan Joseph\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Texans due to their 2-1 ATS mark in O\u2019Brien\u2019s first round of preseason action on the sidelines.<\/p>\n

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San Francisco 49ers vs. Houston Texans Thursday, 8\/28\/14, 8:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Houston -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Houston -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 39 Current Total:\u00a0 39 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker San Francisco picked up its first win of the 2014 preseason last time out, as it produced a 21-7 victory over the San Diego […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2043,3034,1120,3243,31,299],"class_list":["post-35124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-case-keenum","tag-colin-kaepernick","tag-houston-texans","tag-jim-harbaugh","tag-nfl","tag-san-francisco-49ers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35124","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=35124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35125,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35124\/revisions\/35125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}