Friday, May 25th, 2012
The Houston Texans will take it to the road to play the St Louis Rams in an NFL football on Sunday afternoon. Kick off time at St Louis is scheduled for 1PM Eastern Time with regional television coverage provided by CBS. The LVSC NFL odds makers have opened the betting line in this game and the Houston Texans were opened as a 13-½ point favorite with the over under coming in at 43 ½. The early money from the NFL betting public has come in on the road favorite, as the Houston Texans are currently a 14-point favorite. The total has seen downward movement from the bettors in early wagering as the over under is currently lined at 43. NFL money line gamblers who would like to make a play on the favored Houston Texans will find them lined at –1000 with the home underdog St Louis Rams returning +700 to pull off the upset home victory.
The Texans enters this game with the St Louis Rams with a 6-7 record on the season. They sit 1 game behind for the last playoff spot in the AFC but with a poor conference record would most likely need to be a clear game ahead of the 7-6 teams by season’s end to earn a trip to the post season. The Texans are coming off a 34-7 blowout victory over the Seahawks last week at home. The Texans were able to exploit a really bad Seahawks secondary for 365 yards passing in victory. With their victory against Seattle the Texans broke a 4 game losing streak. Veteran quarterback Matt Schaub has hit on 68% of his passes this season with 24 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. He has seven games this season with over 300 yards passing and is facing a bad Rams defense this week. Schaub has been accurate hitting on 70% or higher on his throws in 5 of his past 6 games. Wide out Andre Johnson has been Schaub’s favorite target this season with 81 catches for 15.3 yards per reception average. The Texans have gotten poor production on the ground this season from Steve Slaton who has carried the ball 131 times for only a 3.3 yards a carry average. The Texans have been an improved defense this season allowing just 21 points per game to their opponents. They will need to be good in run defense in defending Steven Jackson and that’s an area of improvement for Houston. Houston allows just 114 yards per game on the ground and 4.4 yards per rush attempt. The Rams are in the midst of another bad season sitting at 1-12 on the year. The Tennessee Titans pounded the Rams last week 47-7. Their offensive production has been extremely poor of late scoring a combined 16 points over their past two games. The Rams average just 11 points a game. Their only real weapon is Steven Jackson who has averaged 4.5 yards a carry this season. Jackson is questionable for the game with a back ailment and the effects of the flu. The team has been hit by the Swine Flu this week and had a practice cancelled. Jackson is coming off his worst game of the season with just 39 yards on 18 carries in their loss to Tennessee last week. With injuries to Marc Bulger and Kyle Boller the team is utilizing third string quarterback Keith Null under center. Null was miserable last week with only 165 yards passing on 28 completions with a fumble and 5 interceptions. Defensively the Rams allow just under 28 points per game. The defense kept the Rams team competitive in two recent home games falling by 5 against New Orleans 28-23 and dropping a 21-13 decision to Arizona the following week. With a 1-12 record the Rams currently hold the 1st pick in the 2010 NFL draft so losing out is actually winning at this point of their season.
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NFL Trend: Houston Texans are 5-1 to the Under in their 6 road games this season
The Wagerline consensus has 72.5 the NFL bettors on Houston Texans -14
The Wagerline consensus has 69.7% the NFL bettors playing over 43
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