{"id":3099,"date":"2008-12-20T22:17:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T03:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/texans-raiders-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-20T22:17:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-21T03:17:00","slug":"texans-raiders-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/texans-raiders-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans-Raiders Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Houston Texans and the Oakland Raiders will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at McAfee Coliseum. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Texans listed as 7-point favorites versus the Raiders, while the game’s total is sitting at 44. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Texans upset Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 13-12 as a 3-point underdog last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (45). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Andre Johnson caught 11 passes for 207 yards and a touchdown for Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Matt Schaub passed for 284 yards with a touchdown in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Raiders lost to New England<\/st1:place> 49-26 as a 7-point underdog on Sunday. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (38.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
JaMarcus Russell threw for 242 yards with two touchdowns and an interception for Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Darren McFadden rushed for 46 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 4 straight games.
Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 3 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 7-7 SU, 8-6 ATS
Oakland: 3-11 SU, 5-9 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in December are 8-2
When playing on grass are 7-3
After outgaining opponent are 5-5
When playing outside the division are 7-3<\/p>\n

Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in December are 1-9
When playing on grass are 3-7
After being outgained are 3-7
When playing outside the division are 1-9<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Houston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Houston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Houston is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Houston’s last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oakland’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland’s last 7 games
Oakland is 2-6 ATS in its last 8 games
Oakland is 1-7 ATS in its last 8 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Chicago<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 28
Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Tampa<\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>, Sunday, December 28<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Houston Texans and the Oakland Raiders will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at McAfee Coliseum. Oddsmakers currently have the Texans listed as 7-point favorites versus the Raiders, while the game’s total is sitting at 44. The Texans upset Tennessee 13-12 as a 3-point underdog last week. … Continue reading Texans-Raiders Preview<\/span> →<\/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-3099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3099","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=3099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}