Thursday, May 24th, 2012
The Mark Sanchez era will begin on Sunday as the New York Jets open the season with a road game in an NFL contest against the Houston Texans. Kickoff time in Houston is set for 1PM Eastern Time with regional television coverage provided by CBS television. The Las Vegas Sports Consultants opened the sports betting line in this game and the home team Houston Texans opened as 4 ½ points favorites with the over under coming in at. 45. The early money from the sports betting public has come in on the favored Texans as Houston is currently a 5 point favorite. The early money from NFL bettors came in on the under as the total is currently lined at 43. NFL money line bettors can make a bet on the Houston Texans at –240 with the New York Jets bringing back +200 to win without the point spread factoring in the outcome of the NFL money line bet.
Rookie first round draft pick Mark Sanchez will start for the Jets under center and will make his debut. Sanchez had a good preseason showcasing good arm strength and poise under pressure. Sanchez has a good and experienced offensive line protecting him and two solid running backs in Thomas Jones and Leon Washington. Out wide for the Jets will be Jerricho Cotchery and Chasi Stuckey with David Clowny in on three wide sets. Rex Ryan former defensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens is the new head coach for the Jets. The Jets did very well against the run in 2008 allowing only 94.9 yards per game. On the Houston Texans side Matt Schaub will start under center. The Texans were explosive on offense passing for an average of 266 yards per game a year ago. Schaub has one of the best receivers in the league in Andre Johnson who had 103 receptions for 1147 yards and 5 touchdowns in 2008. Steve Slaton and Ryan Moats will run the ball for the Texans who did a much better job on the ground last season averaging 115 yards per game. The big weakness on the field will be the Texans defense and specifically an extremely weak secondary. The Texans did very little to upgrade this poor unit this season and is coming off a year where they gave up an average of 24.6 points per game last year.
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NFL Trend: Houston Texans are 4-1 ATS in their past 5 home games.
The Wagerline consensus has 56.7% of the NFL bettors on Houston -5
The Wagerline consensus has 53.2% the NFL bettors playing over 43
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