Houston Texans NFL Pro Football 2010 Regular Season Win Betting Odds Projection

Published on July 25, 2010 by admin · No Comments

In the 2009 season the Houston Texans finished with a franchise first winning season at 9-7. They still failed to make the playoffs since their inception in the NFL 9 years ago.

The team made it to second place in the AFC South last year. After a 5-4 start the Texans went bad and lost 4 straight games to sit at 5-8. The team then won 4 straight to close the season and failed to qualify for the playoffs based on the tiebreaking formulas.

The Houston Texans can look at their 4-4 home record for their miss in the playoffs.

The Texans were led by the #1 passing attack in the NFL last season. Quarterback Matt Schaub passed for 4770 yards with 29 touchdowns and 15 interceptions. Wide receiver Andre Johnson may be the best in the game as the pro bowler caught 101 passes for 1569 yards and 9 touchdowns.

The club has continued its struggle on the ground as the team could only rush for 3.5 yards per carry last year finishing 20th in the NFL with 92.2 yards per game on the ground. Steve Slaton had a poor season rushing the football with only a 3.3 yards per carry average on 131 carries.

Houston drafted running back Ben Tate in the second round out of Auburn to help out their running attack.

The Texans defense improved last year as the team finished 13th in total defense allowing only 324.5 yards per game.

Their rushing defense showed vast improvement sitting 10th in the league against the run by allowing just 106.9 yards per game. They cut down their points against average as well finishing 17th in the league allowing 20.8 per game.

The Texans will lose Dunta Robinson from their cornerback position as he was lost in free agency to the Atlanta Falcons. The club drafted cornerback Kareem Jackson with their first pick out of Alabama.

The Odds:

The Houston Texans 2010 season win total has been set at 8 wins by Bodog sportsbook with over favored at -130 odds with under returning -100 odds.

The team has been posted by Bodog at 28-1 odds to win the Super Bowl in 2010.

The Texans are 13-1 odds at Bodog to win the AFC Championship and +350 odds to win the AFC South division.

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2010 Houston Texans Regular Season Schedule:

Houston’s division is the AFC South so they are matched up home and away to the Indianapolis Colts, Tennessee Titans and Jacksonville Jaguars.

The Texans will play in the 2010 season every team from the AFC West and NFC East.

Houston will play home in AFC West to the Kansas City Chiefs and San Diego Chargers with road trips to the Oakland Raiders and Denver Broncos.

The Texans NFC East opponents will be home games against the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants with road games against the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins.

As the second place AFC South squad last season the Texans will play against the two other second place AFC teams so that will bring a home game against the Baltimore Ravens and a road trip to the New York Jets.

Houston is scheduled for three games in prime time in 2010.

The Texans will play host to the Baltimore Ravens on Monday night football.

They will hit the highway with a Monday night game at the Indianapolis Colts and on a special edition Thursday night contest on NFL Network versus the Philadelphia Eagles.

In the first seven weeks of the NFL season the Texans will play in only 1 divisional game and it’s the opener as they host the Colts. Their second divisional game comes in week 8 at the Indianapolis Colts.

Offense:

Quarterback Matt Schaub is coming off a pro bowl season in 2009 as the seven year veteran completed 67.9% of his passes for 4770 yards 29 touchdowns and 15 interceptions. After missing 10 games combined the previous two season due to injury Schaub was injury free in 2009 as he played in all 16 games. He is a career 65.3% passer who holds an impressive 91.2 passer rater in his 7 years in the league.

If the Texans are going to make the playoffs they are going to need contributions from their inept franchise run game to hold leads in the fourth quarter. Third year back Steve Slaton was a huge disappointment last year with a miniscule 3.3 yards per rush average on 131 careers that sent him to the bench. It was a huge disappointment following his rookie campaign where he had 1282 rushing yards with 9 touchdowns and a 4.8 yards per rush average.

Auburn running back Ben Tate was drafted in the second round by the club as they continue to look for a run attack. Ryan Moats had moments last season with a 3.9 yards per rush average but is now a Minnesota Viking.

The Texans talented receiving corps line up with Andre Johnson and Kevin Walter as the #1 and #2 options with Andre Davis and David Anderson the #3 and #4 wide outs. The 8 year pro Johnson is an NFL elite talent and is coming off a 2009 with 101 catches for 1569 yards 9 touchdowns and a 15.5 yards per catch average. Despite all the attention he gets from the opposing secondary he still gets open and makes plays.

Kevin Walter contributed with 53 catches in 2009 for an 11.5 yards per catch average. Tight end Owen Daniels returns after missing 8 games due to an ACL injury. He had 40 catches and 5 touchdowns with an extremely good 13.0 yards per catch average for his position. Following his injury the Texans immediately lost four straight games.

The offensive line shapes up with Chris Myers at center with Kasey Studdard and Mike Brisiel at the guards. Eric Winston and Duane Brown are the tackles. This unit allowed just 25 sacks in 2009. Brisiel returns from an injury plagued 2009 season.

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Defense:

The Texans had just 30 sacks a year ago ranking 30th in the league. Much like their running back situation the franchise has had a difficult time getting solid play at this position despite investing heavily in the draft.

Houston plays a 4-3 defense and it lines up with Antonio Smith and Mario Williams out wide with Shaun Cody and Amobi Okoye at the inside tackle position. Williams led the club with 9 sacks. A positive for this group is the fact they have improved against the run as they finished 10th in the league by allowing just 106.9 yards per game. Okoye and Cody will need to be much better with their pass rush as Okuye registered a mere 1.5 sack and Cody a horrid 1/2 sack in 2009. Earl Mitchell defensive tackle from Arizona was drafted in the third round to provide depth on the line.

The linebackers shape up with DeMeco Ryans in the middle with Brian Cushing and Zac Diles manning the outside. Cushing had a fantastic season with rookie of the year honors with 134 tackles, 4 interceptions and 5 sacks. He failed a drug test for performance enhancements and will miss the teams first four games. Third year pro Xavier Adibi may see Cushing’s spot for the teams first four games and the 2008 fourth round pick had 11 tackles a season ago. Linebacker Darryl Sharpton was drafted in the fourth round out of Miami to bring some help in relief.

The secondary position has long been the Texans Achilles heel in recent season but found some stability in 2009. But a stabilizing force for the Texans secondary was lost as cornerback Dunta Robinson exits in free agency to Atlanta.

The team lines up with Glover Quin and Brice McCain at the corners with Bernard Pollard and Eugene Wilson at the safety positions. Kareem Jackson was the Texans first round draft pick out of Alabama and will vie for a starting spot. Quin is a second year player out of New Mexico who had 68 tackles in 2009 but 0 interceptions. McCain the other projected second year starter at corner had just 1 pick last year. At 14 interceptions in 2009 the Texans ranked 20th in the league.

And now to my Selection:

The Texans in recent seasons has had a tough time defeating their division opponents. They were a mediocre 1-5 against them last season. They are better than both Tennessee and Jacksonville and face an NFC East and AFC West division that appears vulnerable other than Dallas and San Diego.

Ben Tate was a good addition who will help the Texans in the running gain as he will work for critical yards and take on tacklers. With a healthy Owen Daniels back for a full season at tight end Houston gets to at least 9 wins in 2010.

Selection: Play Over 8 wins in 2010 Regular Season.