Early Line: Houston -6.5 over Baltimore

[b0ng]

Originally Posted by ArlingtonTexan

Neither the Texans nor Ravens were 'surprisingly' good teams like the Bills in 2011, so bringing them up in not relevant. 6.5 points is clear favorite in NFL. Sorry, the Texans are not clearly better than the Ravens. The texans may win by more than that, but it won't be because this betting line is accurate in its portrayal of the gap between the teams.

I don't know if you can really who is clearly better since we have yet to see what the Ravens already not as good as in previous years defense looks like without it's heart and soul and it's best cover corner.

[Texn4life]

Originally Posted by 76Texan

Hey Nate, do you know their record against the line, and the fashion they cover or not? Just curious.

They're 2-4 against the spread this year. They covered the first 2 games of the season and haven't covered since. They should have covered last week, but gave up the late TD to Dallas.

[thunderkyss]

Originally Posted by Texn4life

They're 2-4 against the spread this year. They covered the first 2 games of the season and haven't covered since. They should have covered last week, but gave up the late TD to Dallas.

How are the Texans against the spread?

[NastyNate]

Originally Posted by Fiddler

How are the Texans against the spread?

4-2, we didn't cover against the Jets (-9) or against GB (-3.5 or 4 depending on the book). We covered Jax (-9 I think) Miami (-7) Denver(-1) and Tenn (-8 or 9).

So essentially we don't cover on primetime is the trend. But all trends go south eventually.

[Texn4life]

Originally Posted by NastyNate

4-2, we didn't cover against the Jets (-9) or against GB (-3.5 or 4 depending on the book). We covered Jax (-9 I think) Miami (-7) Denver(-1) and Tenn (-8 or 9).

So essentially we don't cover on primetime is the trend. But all trends go south eventually.

You're right. We were REALLY good against the spread last year. 12-5-1. You don't see that very often so the Texans are a pretty popular pick in Vegas for obvious reasons.