Oakland Raiders at Houston Texans 10/27/19 - NFL Betting Odds & Picks
Oakland Raiders vs. Houston Texans
NFL: 4:25 PM EST
Oct. 23, 2019
TV: CBS
Latest Odds : Texans -6.5 Total 51.5
Two NFL teams both improving as the season goes on Texans really looking like contenders in the AFC and the Raiders look like they could finally have a winning season in Oakland before moving to Las Vegas. Texans though got brought back to earth last week losing on the road at the Colts.
Possibly got caught in a letdown spot as they had knocked off the Chiefs and a highly emotional win. Texans come in 4-3 and a half game behind those same Colts for the AFC South division and winning on Sunday is beyond important for this Texans team which will play this one at home before heading out for another two road games at the Jaguars and at the Ravens two tough games.
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Texans are lead by Deshaun Watson who is having a nice year for the Texans he has 1952 yards passing on 163/235 13 touch downs and just 5 interceptions as the Texans are choosing to run the ball much more then most NFL teams. They have Duke Johnson who is averaging 6.2 yards per carry but just has not been given an opportunity to run the ball and needs to get 20 carries a game IMO.
DeAndre Hopkins leads the receiving core for the Texans and he has a ton of talent but seems to be getting all of the other teams defensive focus and rightly so as his numbers are down this season for sure. Raiders come in at 3-3 but are off a loss at Green Bay where they looked pretty mediocre. Back to back road game spot here can not be good and I do see the Raiders struggling with this Texans defense.
Recent Betting Trends:
Raiders are 6-1 ATS in their last 7 games following a straight up loss.
Raiders are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games after allowing more than 30 points in their previous game.
Over is 6-0-1 in Raiders last 7 games on fieldturf.
Free Betting Pick: Texans -6.5
Raiders strong suite is running the ball and rookie running back Josh Jacobs has been fantastic running for 554 yards on 109 carries 5.08 average. Josh has 4 touchdowns on the year and if the Raiders could get a weapon at wide receiver teams would not key on the run so much. Look for the Texans to come out with their heads on fire in this one and take it to Oakland. I like the Texans to cover and win this game 31-17.