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Published: December 8, 2009
The Seattle Seahawks will hit the road in week 14 to face the Houston Texans in an NFL football game on Sunday afternoon. Kick off time in Houston is scheduled for 1PM Eastern Time with regional television coverage provided by Fox. The LVSC NFL odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Houston Texans opened as a 6 point favorite with the over under coming in at 46. The early money from the NFL betting public has come in on the home team, as the Houston Texans are currently a 7-point favorite. The total has seen early movement by the NFL betting public towards the under, as the over under is currently lined at 44 ½. NFL money line gamblers can make a play on the favored Houston Texans at –260 with the road underdog Seattle Seahawks bringing back +220 to win without the points on their side.
The Seahawks are at 5-7 on the season and coming off a 20-17 home win against NFC West rival the San Francisco 49ers last week. The Seahawks have won two games in a row despite giving up tons of yardage against the pass. St Louis torched the Seahawks for 251 yards in the air and last week Alex Smith and the 49ers passed for 303 yards. The Seahawks will need to be better against the pass on the road here against Matt Schaub and the explosive Texans offense. Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck was accurate last week hitting on 73.5% of his passes with 2 touchdowns and no picks. Seahawks running back Julius Jones returned to the lineup and rushed the ball a season high 20 times for 67 yards last week. Jones is just averaging 3.6 yards a carry this season. The Seahawks have been torched defensively by good passing teams on the road allowing 38 points at Dallas, 31 at Arizona and 35 at Minnesota. The Houston Texans sit at 5-7 this season and are two games behind with 4 to play for the last wildcard spot. The Texans have been self-destructing with 3 turnovers last week in a winnable game against the Jaguars. The Texans had 3 turnover games in four of their past 5 games. Missed field goals in the closing seconds cost Houston two shots at wins during their current 4 game-losing streak. Missed field goals do not count in the turnover number. The Texans had a good shot of competing for a playoff spot as they have talented players but are a snake bit team who cannot win big games to better their playoff chances. Texan’s quarterback Matt Schaub hit hitting on 68% of his passes with 22 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. He has hit on 70% or better passing in four of their past 5 games. What has failed the Texans this season is their running game with leading ball carrier Steve Slaton producing just 3.3 yards a carry. The Texans allow 22.2 points per game this season and has improved its play since playing very poorly to start the season. Houston should find success against a very bad road team in Seattle who is just 1-5 on the highway.
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NFL Trend: Seattle Seahawks are 1-5 ATS on the road this season
The Wagerline consensus has 64.7% of the NFL bettors on Houston –7
The Wagerline consensus has 60.2% of the NFL bettors playing over 44 1/2
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