Going into Week 12 of the NFL season, the Houston Texans hold the lead in the AFC South standings. They will look to maintain that lead by getting a win at home against the Tennessee Titans. Houston is favored by 7.5 points coming into this contest, while DraftKings Sportsbook has set the total at 41.5 points. Here, we take a closer look at Titans vs Texans and give you our NFL best bets for this AFC South matchup from NRG Stadium.
Titans Struggling Mightily Heading Into Week 12
Going into Week 12, the Tennessee Titans are a miserable 2-8 on the season and have lost two games in a row. Tennessee hasn’t scored more than 20 points in a game in two months, as Will Levis and the rest of the quarterbacks who have taken the field for them have struggled mightily. After Tennessee had 33 rushing yards on 19 carries as a team in their Week 11 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, their running game has to be better for the Titans to have a chance to get back into the win column this week.
Texans Look to Stay Perfect In Division Play
The Houston Texans will look to improve to 4-0 in AFC South competition when they face the Tennessee Titans in Week 12. But they will be coming off of a short rest week going into this division matchup. Houston was on Monday Night Football in Week 11 against the Dallas Cowboys and they will need to deal with one less prep day going into this one. But as long as their defense doesn’t let the running game of the Titans get going, they should be fine in spite of that rest disadvantage.
Titans vs Texans Prediction
We are going to take the under in this Titans vs Texans matchup instead of laying over a touchdown with the Texans on a short week of rest. We don’t have much of any belief in the Titans offense at this stage of the season, while we could see a lackluster performance from Houston with less time to recover from their last game than usual. Expect a dreary AFC South matchup from Houston on Sunday afternoon.
