{"id":17098,"date":"2009-12-20T09:45:37","date_gmt":"2009-12-20T14:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=17098"},"modified":"2009-12-20T09:45:37","modified_gmt":"2009-12-20T14:45:37","slug":"wk15-houston-texans-vs-stlouis-rams-picks-lines-201209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nfl\/wk15-houston-texans-vs-stlouis-rams-picks-lines-201209\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 15: Texans vs. Rams Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

NFL Betting Preview \u2013 Houston Texans vs. St. Louis Rams<\/h2>\n

Nobody\u2019s touching this line right now because they have no idea what the St. Louis Rams are doing at quarterback. Kind of ironic that a one-win team is being led by a rookie with the last name \u201cNull\u201d but no matter who the Rams hand the reigns to is inconsequential. The Texans are a proven commodity on the road.<\/p>\n

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Houston has gone 7-3 ATS in their last 10 roadies, and while they\u2019re just 6-15 SU in their last 21 games away from home, they\u2019re a solid bet to crush the Rams by at least two scores. St. Louis\u2019s defensive secondary is absolutely porous, and Matt Schaub and Andre Johnson are simply going to be too much for the Rams.<\/p>\n

Matt Schaub and the Texans are the top ranked offensive road team in terms of passing with 317.3 passing yards per game. St. Lois gives up an average of 224.3 yards through the air and the way Houston\u2019s designed pretty much gives them a +2.1 point differential against opposing defensive averages. To keep it simple, the Rams give up 27.8 points per game, and under my system the Texans should score 29.9 points.<\/p>\n

Houston Texans (6-7) vs. St. Louis Rams (1-12) [soliloquy id=”82219″]
\nSunday, December 20th — Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis — 1:00pm EST
\nNFL Betting Line: Houston -10.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

St. Louis is just 5-11 ATS when playing at home, and there is a high chance that Steven Jackson might not see the field. It\u2019s not due to injury or anything, it\u2019s more so that the Rams need to see if Null is the answer at quarterback (hint: he\u2019s not) so they can figure out what they\u2019re going to do with a number one or number two pick in the 2010 NFL Draft. Risking Jackson to injury should not be in St. Louis\u2019s plans right now.<\/p>\n

The Rams are an underperforming mess right now, and the scramble to find their biggest draft needs has left the oddsmakers guessing. I\u2019d say that the line stays around what Vegas opened it with at -10.5. If this game goes above the 13.5-point mark it becomes an official stay away (I just hate games with rookie quarterbacks trying to prove themselves, that\u2019s all).<\/p>\n

If you can grab it anywhere below 12.5 in favor of Houston, I\u2019d say it\u2019s a lock. The Rams just can\u2019t stop big passing plays and Houston\u2019s rushing defense has found its footing in recent weeks. Even if Jackson plays, he won\u2019t be effective.<\/p>\n

The Texans are in a log jam race for the wildcard right now, and they\u2019re quite frankly not a playoff team. They get a gimme against St. Louis this weekend, but then they close the season against Miami and then New England. If they\u2019re made of sterner stuff, we\u2019ll find out in the final two weeks of the season. For now, however, they\u2019re a big spread pick above the Rams. Don\u2019t even hesitate.<\/p>\n

Free Pick: Houston -10.5<\/strong>
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The Houston Texans and the St. Louis Rams will both be gunning for a victory on Sunday when they meet at Edward Jones Dome. Oddsmakers currently have the Texans listed as 14-point favorites versus the Rams, while the game’s total is sitting at 43\u00bd…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[41,164,470,502,548,1783,21444,5990,825,840,844,870,2521,6471,1056,1191,1223,21445,21446,1294,5650],"class_list":["post-17098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nfl","tag-41","tag-betting-lines","tag-free-pick","tag-gambling-lines","tag-handicappers-predictions","tag-houston-texans","tag-houston-vs-st-louis","tag-nfl-betting-preview","tag-nfl-free-picks","tag-nfl-odds","tag-nfl-picks","tag-nfl-spreads","tag-nfl-trends","tag-nfl-week-15-free-pick","tag-rams","tag-st-louis-rams","tag-texans","tag-texans-rams-spread","tag-texans-vs-rams","tag-vegas-picks","tag-week-15"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17098","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17100,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17098\/revisions\/17100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}