2008 Record:\u00a08-8 The Houston Texans could be a sleeper in the AFC but it is something that many people have said at the start of each of the previous two seasons. Steve Slaton is a home run threat at running back, Owen Daniels is one of the better tight ends in the NFL, Andre Johnson is a Pro Bowl wide receiver, Kevin Walter is a good reliable pair of hands, Andre Davis is a deep threat and David Anderson is a solid slot wideout. On top of all of that, the Texans return the same five offensive line starters for the first time in franchise history.<\/p>\n All of that success is contingent on quarterback Matt Schaub remaining healthy but so far in his two seasons in Houston, he has played just 22 of a possible 32 games.<\/p>\n On defense, the team has also improved with the addition of first-round pick Brian Cushing and the growth of a number of young prospects. The Texans have three former first-round picks on the defensive line and those players need to start playing to their potential.<\/p>\n If they do, though, the Texans are very sound everywhere else.<\/p>\n What the Texans need is some confidence. This is a young team that has the potential to grow into a playoff team this year but that starts with a few early wins. The offense is going to score plenty of points and if the young defense takes a small step forward, this is going to be a very good team in 2009.<\/p>\n Super Bowl Odds: +2850<\/p>\n Conference Odds: +1615<\/p>\n AFC South Odds: +285<\/p>\n 2009 Texans Predictions <\/strong><\/p>\n Place they\u2019ll finish in AFC South: 3rd<\/p>\n Place they\u2019ll finish in AFC Conference: 6th<\/p>\n Over\/Under Season Wins Prediction: Over 8.5<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Dave Golokhov has written for <\/strong>BETUS Sportsbook, Sportsfanmagazine.com, FOX, Askmen.com, Sports-central.org, and the FOXSports.com Funhouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s another season making NFL previews and Super Bowl predictions for the Houston Texans. Check back for more comprehensive NFL previews by Dave Golokhov, he’ll be bringing you NFL season previews for all 32 NFL teams! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[41,15764,15763,15771,15772,15773,802,1618,14998,14999,1223,15765,15766,15767,15768,15769,15770],"class_list":["post-12070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nfl","tag-41","tag-2009-houston-texans-odds","tag-2009-texans-predictions","tag-houston-texans-gambling","tag-houston-texans-predictions","tag-houston-texans-preview","tag-nfl-betting","tag-nfl-futures","tag-overunder-season-wins","tag-season-wins-prediction","tag-texans","tag-texans-afc-conference-odds","tag-texans-afc-south-odds","tag-texans-betting-lines","tag-texans-preview","tag-texans-season-predictions","tag-texans-super-bowl-odds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12070"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108878,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12070\/revisions\/108878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nThere appears to be some credence to it this year, though, as the Texans could have one of the most explosive offenses in the NFL.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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