{"id":7764,"date":"2010-09-18T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2010-09-18T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=7764"},"modified":"2010-09-17T23:48:55","modified_gmt":"2010-09-18T04:48:55","slug":"week-2-nfl-picks-value-play-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/week-2-nfl-picks-value-play-of-the-week-7764\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 2 NFL Picks: Value Play of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Donovan McNabb and the Redskins are 3 point home underdogs against the visiting Texans<\/figcaption><\/figure>The Houston Texans are coming off maybe the biggest win in their organization\u2019s history, a 34-24 victory over the Indianapolis Colts. Arian Foster exploded for a career game, Matt Schaub didn\u2019t have to work too hard, and the defense kept the Colts at bay.<\/p>\n

This week the Texans look to build on that momentum as they travel to the nation\u2019s capital to battle the Washington Redskins. According to our NFL betting lines, the Texans opened as 2 point road favorites on the week 2 spreads with the line now at either 2 \u00bd or 3 points. The public is playing Houston at 3:1.<\/p>\n

I think this line has some good value for the Redskins and something we have released to members via our week 2 NFL picks. Even though Houston had a big week 1 win over Indy, I feel the line should have started as a pick or Houston -1. With the public all over the Texans, the line has pushed up to 3 points at many sites. Getting a field goal with the home Redskins \u2013 who are also coming off a huge week 1 win \u2013 is a nice advantage and represents the type of value I look for in betting lines.<\/p>\n

The Texans played remarkably well against Indy. They were able to run the ball effectively with Foster, get out to a big lead and hold onto it. But the Colts\u2019 have a history of poor rush defense. Indy has a quick defense, but they aren\u2019t that big. And losing Bob Sanders to injury didn\u2019t make the situation any better. Still, 231 rushing yards for Foster is an impressive performance.<\/p>\n

The Texans\u2019 defense was outstanding against the run. But part of the reason was that Indy was forced to play catch-up and had to throw the ball in order to get back into the game. Peyton Manning ended up with 57 pass attempts! He finished with over 400 yards, 3 tds, and 0 ints, so he got his numbers. But the Colts had only 10 rushing attempts, which is absurd. When Houston matches up with Washington they\u2019ll get a team much more balanced.<\/p>\n

And don\u2019t forget \u2013 this was a home game and an emotional win for the Texans. Chances are this will be a let-down week. Having to travel a long way to play a decent football team takes its toll. Houston only has to look to Dallas to figure that out.<\/p>\n

The Redskins showed a lot of heart against Dallas. They ended up winning the game 13-7, thanks to Dallas penalties and mental miscues. Washington failed to score an offensive touchdown and was outgained by the Cowboys, but the bottom line is that they won the game. Mike Shanahan got a good effort from Albert Haynesworth. Donovan McNabb was a little off, but his ankle looked good and this week he doesn\u2019t have to play against as tough of a defense. Clinton Portis needs to be more productive, and I hope Shanahan rotates Larry Johnson in more often. If Washington forces Houston to stop the run, without the services of Brian Cushing, I don\u2019t think they can. Plus, that will open up the play-action for McNabb to Santana Moss down the field or Chris Cooley across the middle.<\/p>\n

Washington\u2019s rush defense is tough, and they\u2019re big up front. I don\u2019t foresee Arian Foster having such gaping holes to run through. Matt Schaub should find some success against the secondary, but I don\u2019t think the Texans have enough to win this game. They aren\u2019t going to be as emotionally charged and they\u2019re on the road against a solid football team. While I expect Houston to have a nice season and maybe squeeze into the playoffs, I look for them to drop this game to Washington straight-up. Nevertheless, the \u2018Skins with a field goal is better than a moneyline play in this situation. Take the value that the line is offering and ride Washington to a payday.<\/p>\n

This is only a free pick, and it is not a guaranteed winner but it is still cleary the right side and something we already personally bet. For the best NFL picks anywhere, join the winning team at Maddux Sports. Their picks are guaranteed and they\u2019ve been killing the spread and have their AFC East GOY going Sunday. Don\u2019t miss out on another week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Houston Texans are coming off maybe the biggest win in their organization\u2019s history, a 34-24 victory over the Indianapolis Colts. Arian Foster exploded for a career game, Matt Schaub didn\u2019t have to work too hard, and the defense kept the Colts at bay. This week the Texans look to build on that momentum as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":203,"featured_media":6605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2660,1120,1772,1930,2837,2684,345,2856,3068],"class_list":["post-7764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-best-nfl-picks","tag-houston-texans","tag-nfl-betting","tag-nfl-odds","tag-regular-season","tag-value-line","tag-washington-redskins","tag-week-2","tag-week-2-nfl-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7764","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\/203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7764"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7855,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7764\/revisions\/7855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}