Monday, May 21st, 2012
The Houston Texans will hit the road in a week four NFL preseason pro football game against the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday night.
They kick off this NFL exhibition game from Minnesota at 8PM Eastern Time with tape delayed national television coverage provided by the NFL Network Sunday night at 10PM Eastern Time.
The betting odds opened up in this NFL preseason game with the home team Minnesota Vikings favored by -4 points with a total of 37 ½ points.
Early money has shown on the side of the Texans as the Minnesota Vikings are now favored by -3 ½ points.
The over under has not moved off the opening line of 37 ½ points.
Minnesota Vikings money line bettors will lay –175 odds with the road underdog Houston Texans returning +155 odds to get the straight up win with the point spread no factor in the bet.
You rarely see the seasoned veteran starters play very much in preseason week number four. Coaching staffs will assess the team’s reserves as on September 3rd they must cut down to their 53 man roster.
The Houston Texans owns a 2011 NFL preseason record of 3-0 and are 3-0 against the spread.
The team has averaged 25.7 points per game and has surrendered just 12.3 points.
Houston has put up 358 offensive yards in their three exhibition contests with the passing game delivering 217 of those yards.
The Texans are coming off the 30-7 road win last week in preseason play against the San Francisco 49ers as a -5 ½ point favorite.
The game came in under the number of 36 ½ points.
The Houston offense posted 417 yards and converted on 9 of 15 on third down. The team entered the opponents red zone on four times and came away with two scores.
Quarterback Matt Schaub hit on 16 of his 24 passes for 180 yards with a touchdown and pick.
Backup Matt Leinart relieved and completed 7 of his 10 throws for 69 yards.
Former North Carolina signal caller rookie Taylor Yates completed his only pass for seven yards.
Second year back Ben Tate out of Auburn led Houston last week with 52 yards rushing on eight carries.
Starting back Arian Foster ran it 8 times for 42 yards rushing.
Rookie running back Javarris Williams out of Tennessee St found six carries with 24 yards rushing.
Tight end Owen Daniels led the club with six catches for 57 yards and a touchdown.
All pro wide receiver Andre Johnson had four receptions for 57 yards.
James Casey a tight end chipped in with three receptions for 38 yards.
The Texans defense allowed the San Francisco offense just 105 yards and a miserable 2 of 10 conversions on third down.
Houston did not allow the 49ers to enter their red zone.
The Texans pass rushers had three sacks and five tackles for a loss.
The Minnesota Vikings own a 2011 NFL preseason record of 1-2 and they are 1-2 against the spread.
The team has averaged 13.3 points per game and has given up an average of 14.7 points to their opponents.
The Vikings offense has averaged 337 yards in these three tune up games with 199 yards coming by way of the pass.
Minnesota is coming off the 23-17 home loss to the Dallas Cowboys a week ago as a +1 point underdog.
The games total came in over the closing number of 36 points.
The Vikings offense generated 442 yards on the Cowboys defense and converted on 7 of 14 on third down. Minnesota entered the red zone three times but came away with just one touchdown.
Starting quarterback Donovan McNabb connected on 12 of 18 passes for 164 yards with a touchdown and one pick.
Rookie Christian Ponder out of Florida St relieved and hit on 3 of his 8 passes for 60 yards.
Joe Webb a second year man out of UAB saw action and passed for 81 yards on 4 of 7 completions from the field. Webb ran on two tries for 46 yards and a touchdown.
Starting running back Adrian Peterson saw 14 carries for 81 yards.
Veteran Lorenzo Booker had 15 yards rushing on three carries.
Rookie running back Tristan Davis earned three carries for 12 yards.
Receiver Bernard Berrian led the Vikings with two catches for 64 yards and a touchdown.
Former Atlanta Falcon wide out Michael Jenkins had 48 yards receiving on three receptions.
Percy Harvin chipped in with four caught balls for 29 yards.
The Vikings defense allowed the Dallas offense 344 yards and 6 of 13 successful tries on third down. Minnesota allowed the Cowboys one touchdown in their two red zone attempts.
The Vikings pass rushers had just two sacks with two tackles for a loss.
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NFL Trend: Houston Texans are 3-0 ATS in the preseason.
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