Monday Night NFL Preseason Picks: NY Jets @ Houston Texans Odds, Free Picks and Predictions on ESPN

Monday Night NFL Preseason Picks: New York Jets @ Houston Texans 2011 NFL Preseason Vegas Odds, Free Picks, and Expert Predictions on ESPN: The Jets have endured one of the more deflating of off season’s as they have lost out on a few big name free agents and have watched a few of their own skip town, even going to rival competition. The losing of the Namdi Asomoguha sweepstakes was a hard one to take for the entire front office of the Jets, they felt they had him in their grasp only to lose him in the last hour to the Philadelphia Eagles. They were severely close to losing Antonio Cromartie, as well, but they worked hard and diligently to bring him back into the fold. Watching the likes of Shaun Ellis and Brad Smith skip over to other AFC East competition was a bit numbing for Rex Ryan and co., but the Jets feel they have the necessary tools in place for another Super Bowl run. The additions of Plaxico Burress and Derrick Mason will be welcome additions to a receiving unit that lacked depth and veteran leadership last season. There is no team more vocal then than the Jets but only time well tell if their talk is worth garnering as the regular season vastly approaches.

The mission statement this year for the Houston Texans will be to build upon last year. The Texans jumped out of the gates quickly last year with an impressive 4-2 start but injuries and inconsistent play rendered them 6-10 at the end of the season slate and out of the AFC postseason once again. The Texans scored big when they landed the services of cornerback Jonathon Josepth in the free agency frenzy. Jospeth, the ex-Bengal, is a dynamic cover corner and he will bring legitimacy to the strong side of the Texans secondary. Defensive coordinator Wade Phillips has a toolbox of weapons he can deploy this season, non more enticing then Mario Williams. The big news of the off-season for the Texans has not been any draft picks or free agent signings, it has been the news that Phillips plans on transforming the Texans defense to a 3-4 and having Mario Williams play weak-side linebacker. The thought of Williams having an extra 3-4 yards to run into the offensive line is scary and Wade Phillips truly believes that he may have the next Lawrence Taylor.

Our complimentary selection for the Monday night clash between the Jets and Texans will be the OVER. The Jets went out this off-season with the sole mission to acquire depth for their offense. Last season saw them deal with bouts with inept offensive play and poor production due to the fact that their 1st team offense was being called on way too much to shoulder the burden of putting points on the board. Bringing in the likes of Derrick Mason, Plaxico Burres, Jeremy Kerley, and re-signing Santonio Holmes are all huge moves that automatically puts this receiving corps unit as one of the best in the league. The Jets also went out and acquired depth along the offensive line, another sore spot for gang green last season. The Texans possessed one of the more powerful of offenses last season and they did nothing note worthy to this unit over the off season. Matt Schaub and Andre Johnson may be the best pass and catch duo in the entire league and with Arian Foster entering his third year the sky is the limit for this Texans offense. Being the first game of the preseason, as it is, the starting offensive units will most likely only see two drives a piece, but I like the chances for points with those two drives. We will consider the OVER on the NFL seasons’ first Monday night affair and what a Monday night match up in store. Cheers!

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