Free Week 1 Prediction: Saints vs Texans NFL Odds
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NFL Handicapping Analysis: Week 1
(0-0) New Orleans Saints vs. Houston Texans (0-0)
Date: Saturday August 13th
Time: 8:00 PM
Venue: Texans Stadium
NFL Week 1 ATS Betting Lines: New Orleans -1.5 | Houston +1.5
NFL Week 1 Moneyline Odds: New Orleans -120 | Houston +105
NFL Week NFL Betting Total: O/U 33.5
The New Orleans Saints and Houston Texans face off on Saturday in an NFL preseason game at NRG Stadium.
New Orleans Saints
The Saints had some big changes this season and it started with the head coach. Sean Payton is gone and in is Dennis Allen. Allen is a defensive coordinoator first, and this defense should take a step forward.
This is going to be a team that is good against the run, and they are going to make teams pass to tbeat them. On offense, the Saints will be led by Jameis Winston, who is Mr. Inconsistency, but they are going to need him to be good here.
Behind Winston is Andy Dalton and Ian Book. The Saints know what they have with Dalton. So I would expect plenty of Book in this game, to see if he is worth keeping on the roster for this season.
Houston Texans
On the other side of this matchup is the Texans who finished last year with a 4-13 record overall and this is a team going through a rebuild. Under center for the Texans this season will be Davis Mills and he has everything to play for. If he plays well, he might be the future, but otherwise I would expect the Texans to take another quarterback next season.
One issue for this Texans team is they really don’t have many quality issues, that can take the pressure off of Mills. A big key for a young quarterback is a good running back, and that’s not what the Texans have.
On defense all eyes are going to be on Derek Singley who is a talented quarterback out of LSU that should be an impact player right away for this team. In this game the Texans need the defense to be good.
NFL Betting Trends:
Under is 5-0 in Saints last 5 games on fieldturf.
Under is 4-0 in Texans last 4 games as an underdog of 0.5-3.0.
Under is 4-0 in Texans last 4 games as a home favorite of 0.5-3.0.
Under is 4-0 in Saints last 4 games as an underdog.
4* Free Week 1 NFL Betting Prediction: Under
I really don’t trust either offense, especially if the Saints don’t play a lot of Winston in this game. Look for both defenses to look really good in this game and that will be the difference as this game stays under the total. Back the under.
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