{"id":5778,"date":"2009-09-26T19:11:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-27T00:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nfl-football-picks-jaguars-vs-texans\/"},"modified":"2009-09-26T19:11:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-27T00:11:00","slug":"nfl-football-picks-jaguars-vs-texans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nfl-football-picks-jaguars-vs-texans\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Football Picks: Jaguars vs Texans"},"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\">If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Sunday when the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Houston Texans 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 Texans listed as 4-point favorites versus the Jaguars, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 47. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Jaguars lost to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>Arizona<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 31-17 as a 3-point favorite in Week 2. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (44). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">David Garrard passed for 282 yards with two touchdowns and an interception for <st1:City><st1:place>Jacksonville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Mike Sims-Walker caught six passes for 106 yards and a TD. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Texans defeated <st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 34-31 as a 7-point underdog in Week 2. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (40.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Matt Schaub passed for 357 yards with four touchdowns for <st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Andre Johnson caught 10 passes fir 149 yards with two touchdowns in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Current streak:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Jacksonville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 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>Jacksonville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 0-2 SU, 1-1 ATS <br \/>Houston: 1-1 SU, 1-1 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Jacksonville most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 4-6<br \/>When playing on grass are 2-8<br \/>After being outgained are 4-6<br \/>When playing within the division are 3-7<\/p>\n<p>Houston most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 3-7<br \/>When playing on grass are 7-3<br \/>After being outgained are 7-3<br \/>When playing within the division are 4-6<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Jacksonville&#8217;s last 5 games on the road<br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Jacksonville&#8217;s last 7 games <br \/>Jacksonville is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Jacksonville is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing Houston<br \/>Houston is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing at home against Jacksonville<br \/>Houston is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Jacksonville<br \/>Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Jacksonville<br \/>Houston is 7-2 ATS in its last 9 games <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Jacksonville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:State><st1:place>Tennessee<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Sunday, October 4<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to <st1:City><st1:place>Oakland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 4<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/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>If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Sunday when the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Houston Texans meet at Reliant Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Texans listed as 4-point favorites versus the Jaguars, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 47. The Jaguars lost to Arizona 31-17 as a 3-point favorite in Week &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/nfl-football-picks-jaguars-vs-texans\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NFL Football Picks: Jaguars vs Texans<\/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-5778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5778","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=5778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}