Tennessee Titans VS Houston Texans: Free NFL Picks

I’m taking Houston in a pick-em here, it’s the only thing that makes any sense.

The Titans have been bad, giving up big plays on defense and producing little in terms of consistency on offense despite having one of the best offensive weapons in the NFL. A guy named Rusty is starting for them at quarterback today against the Texans, and while the Texans do have one of the worst pass defenses in the league, I don’t think Rusty will be able to take full advantage of that.

Matt Schaub hasn’t been the same guy this season, and that’s because the T exans are relying more on their rushing attack – a strong rushing attack led by Arian Foster – a huge breakout player this season. But if the Texans want to win this game, they’ll continue to lean on their talented back. In games where they feed him the ball, they are much more efficient and consistent. In games where they go back to throwing every play, they get beat up. There’s no example that’s a better tell than the Colts this season. In game 1, the Colts didn’t have a chance as Foster got the ball just about every play and he ran wild. In game 2, the Texans thought they’d be clever, they came out throwing like it was 2009, and they fell behind early and lost their ability to feed the ball to Foster. Silly rabbits.

Kubiak, I’m relying on you here, swan – give the ball to foster – give me a win!

Tennessee Titans @ Houston Texans (pk)s