Houston Texans at Philadelphia Eagles 2010 NFL Predictions, Odds, and Picks Week 13: Head football coach Gary Kubiak will lead his Houston Texans to the Northeast to take on the Philadelphia Eagles now led by quarterback Michael Vick on NFL Channels Thursday night football at 8:20 PM ET at Lincoln Financial Field. The Texans come in at 5-6 good for 4th in the AFC South but just one game back while the Philadelphia Eagles are at 7-4 good for 2nd in the NFC East coming off a loss to the Chicago Bears. “We have to get ourselves right in a short period of time, so that’s what we’re going to do,” coach Andy Reid said. “We have to toughen up, and we have to roll. We have to get ourselves in the right frame of mind.” “It’s difficult to move on, but you have to do it,” said Vick, who had gone 238 passes without an interception. “You can’t go back and play the game again. It’s hindsight now. We have to move forward. Short-term memory is going to be very important for this football team. We just beat ourselves,” Vick said. “Plays that we can make, we just don’t make them. So many opportunities that we had that we didn’t capitalize on, and we just have to get better, starting with me.” The odds makers at JustBET have the Philadelphia Eagles -8 point favorites at home against the Houston Texans.
The Eagles are coming off a loss on the road to 31-26 which they came back late to make it close moving them to 5-6 ATS for the season. Quarterback Michael Vick completed 29 of 44 for 333 yards 2 touchdowns and his first pick while rushing 9 times for 44 additional yards. Philadelphia is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games at home. Vegas odds makers have the Philadelphia Eagles as +900 odds to win the 2011 Super Bowl.
The Texans are coming of a shutout win 20-0 agianst the Tennessee Titans moving to 4-6-1 ATS for the season. Quarterback Matt Schaub completed 25 of 35 passes for 178 yards and 2 touchdowns hitting Andre Johnson with 9 catches for 56 yards and a touchdown while Johnson connected with two rights for a $25,000.00 fine. Running back Arian Foster carried 30 times for 143 yards and caught 9 balls for an additional 75 yards. The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston’s last 5 games on the road. Vegas odds makers have the over/under for the total score at 51 points combined of the Houston Texans at Philadelphia Eagles.
I predict a Houston Cover on the road!