Saturday, February 4th, 2012
The Houston Texans will hit the highway looking for their first win of the season when the face the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. Kick off time in Tennessee is scheduled for 1PM Eastern Time with regional coverage provided by CBS Television. The LVSC NFL odds makers has set the opening point spread in this contest and the Tennessee Titans opened as 7 point favorites with the over under coming in at 40. The sports betting public will find early money on the underdog Houston Texans, as the Tennessee Titans are currently a 6 ½ point favorites. The total has seen early action to the over as the total is currently lined at 41. Money line bettors can make a sports bet on the favored Tennessee Titans at –330 with the underdog Houston Texans bringing back +250 to win without the aid of getting points.
Both teams enter week 2 winless in search of their first victory of the season. The Texans had a very difficult time generating offense in their 24-7 loss to the Jets. The team rushed for only 38 yards and their supposedly explosive offense did not look very explosive. Starting quarterback Matt Schaub hit on 18 of 33 passes for only 166 yards and no touchdowns. The Texans had only 11 first downs and had no offensive touchdowns. The lone score by Houston came by way of a fumble recovering off an intercepted pass. The Texans must improve on third down as the team went 3 for 10 in third down conversions. On the Tennessee side the Titans are coming off a 13-10-overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers were able to shut down the Titans potent running game as the team only gained 86 yards rushing. The Titans will face an inferior defense on Sunday, as the Texans were in the bottom tier in most defensive categories a year ago. The Texans defense opened the season giving up 462 total yards to a Jets team breaking in a rookie quarterback in his first ever start. In the opener the Titans defense clamped down against the run allowing 38 yards rushing but tired late in the game that led to Pittsburgh making big plays in the fourth quarter to force overtime. The early money from sports bettors may believe that the Houston Texans passing offense could come to life here as Tennessee gave up 357 passing yards to Pittsburgh.
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NFL Trend: The over is 7-2 in their past 9 meetings
The Wagerline consensus has 77.6% of the NFL bettors on Tennessee –6 1/2
The Wagerline consensus has 55.7% of the NFL bettors playing under 41
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