{"id":2610,"date":"2008-11-09T08:02:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-09T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/ravens-texans-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-11-09T08:02:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-09T13:02:00","slug":"ravens-texans-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/ravens-texans-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens-Texans Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Baltimore Ravens and the Houston Texans will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Reliant Stadium. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Ravens listed as 1-point favorites versus the Texans, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 43. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Ravens defeated <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 37-27 as a 3-point underdog in Week 9. The combined score went well OVER the posted over\/under total (36.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Joe Flacco passed for 248 yards with a pair of touchdowns for <st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Derrick Mason caught nine passes for 136 yards with a touchdown in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Texans lost to <st1:State><st1:place>Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 28-21 as a 6-point underdog in Week 9. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (46.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Sage Rosenfels replaced an injured Matt Schaub for <st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> and passed for 224 yards with two touchdowns and an interceptions and Owen Daniels caught 11 passes for 133 yards. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 3 straight games.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 5-3 SU, 6-2 ATS <br \/>Houston: 3-5 SU, 3-5 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing in November are 5-5<br \/>When playing on grass are 5-5<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 4-6<br \/>When playing outside the division are 2-8<\/p>\n<p><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing in November are 3-7<br \/>When playing on grass are 6-4<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 5-5<br \/>When playing outside the division are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Baltimore is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 6 of Baltimore&#8217;s last 8 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 11 of Baltimore&#8217;s last 15 games <br \/>Baltimore is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games <br \/>The total has gone OVER in 9 of Houston&#8217;s last 10 games <br \/>Houston is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>Houston is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at NY Giants, Sunday, November 16<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at <st1:City><st1:place>Indianapolis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, November 16<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Baltimore Ravens and the Houston Texans will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Reliant Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Ravens listed as 1-point favorites versus the Texans, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 43. The Ravens defeated Cleveland 37-27 as a 3-point underdog in Week 9. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/ravens-texans-preview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ravens-Texans Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}