2014 NFL Week 6 Colts vs. Texans Picks & Predictions
By ATSSportsline.com
HOUSTON, TX (The Spread) – Will the underdog Texans halt the streaking Colts when the two AFC South rivals clash tonight at 8:25PM ET on Thursday Night Football?
ODDS: According to oddsmakers from online sports book Bovada.lv, the Colts are 2.5-point road favorites over the Texans, while the over/under total for tonight’s game is currently sitting at 46.5 points.
LINE MOVEMENT: The Colts opened as 2-point road favorites but the spread has jumped up to either 2.5 or 3 depending on what sports book you view. The total, meanwhile, opened at 45.5 and has jumped to 46.5 or even 47 at some sports book.
SEASON RECORDS: The Colts head into tonight’s game with a 3-2 record and a 4-1 mark against the spread, while the Texans have identical straight up (3-2) and ATS (4-1) records. The difference comes in the over/under records, where the over is 4-1 in Indy’s first five games and the under is 3-2 in Houston’s five contests in 2014.
NFL FREE PICK: Take Houston. According to latest NFL trends, the home team is 7-1 against the spread in the last eight meetings between these two teams while the Texans are 4-0 against the number in their last four games on grass and 5-1 ATS in their last six games overall. On the other side, the Colts are 0-3-1 against the number in their last four games in Week 6 and 2-6 ATS in their last eight road games versus a team with a winning home record. One matchup to watch is J.J. Watt versus the interior of the Colts’ offensive line, which will be without both of its starting guards for tonight’s game.
2014 NFL WEEK 6 FREE PICK: HOUSTON TEXANS +2.5
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