{"id":5585,"date":"2009-09-16T06:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-16T11:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nfl-football-picks-texans-vs-titans\/"},"modified":"2009-09-16T06:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-16T11:39:00","slug":"nfl-football-picks-texans-vs-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nfl-football-picks-texans-vs-titans\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Football Picks: Texans vs Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Houston Texans and the Tennessee Titans will meet on the gridiron at LP Field on Sunday in a battle of division rivals. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Titans listed as 7-point favorites versus the Texans, while the game’s total is sitting at 40\u00bd. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Texans lost to the Jets 24-7 as a 4.5-point favorite in Week 1. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (45). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Matt Schaub passed for 166 yards with an interception for Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Steve Slaton rushed for 17 yards on nine carries. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Titans were defeated 13-10 by the Steelers in Week 1 as 6.5-point underdogs. The game’s 23 points went UNDER the posted total of 36. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Justin George had 78 yards receiving with a touchdown in that loss for Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 0-1 SU, 0-1 ATS
Tennessee: 0-1 SU, 1-0 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in September are 2-8
When playing on grass are 7-3
After being outgained are 6-4
When playing within the division are 3-7<\/p>\n

Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> most recently:
When playing in September are 6-4
When playing on grass are 6-4
After being outgained are 8-2
When playing within the division are 7-3<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston’s last 6 games when playing Tennessee
Houston is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston’s last 7 games
Houston is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
Tennessee is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Houston
Tennessee is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Houston
Tennessee is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Houston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tennessee’s last 6 games when playing Houston<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Jacksonville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, September 27
Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at NY Jets, Sunday, September 27<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Houston Texans and the Tennessee Titans will meet on the gridiron at LP Field on Sunday in a battle of division rivals. Oddsmakers currently have the Titans listed as 7-point favorites versus the Texans, while the game’s total is sitting at 40\u00bd. The Texans lost to the Jets 24-7 as a 4.5-point favorite in … Continue reading NFL Football Picks: Texans vs Titans<\/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-5585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585","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=5585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}