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12/26 548
Washington Wizards at Detroit Pistons over 228.5 5U MAX BOMB
First Q Over 59 1U
FH over 117.5 2U
Memphis Grizzlies at Oklahoma City Thunder
First Q over 55 4U
FH over 109 4U
Game over 224 5U MAX
Parlay 2u
Wash/Det over 228.5
Mem/OKC over 224
NCAAF Pitt TT over 30.5
12/25
Houston Rockets at Golden State Warriors Rockets first Q -3.5
2U First Q TT over 31.5
2U First Q over 59.5 4U
Rockets TT over 119 5U MAX
338 12/23
Central Florida-7 2nd half 5U MAX
1146 CST 12/21
Texans -3 MAX BOMB 5U
711 CST
TORONTO RAPTORS @ DETROIT PISTONS 3rd Q over 53.5 5U MAX
CHICAGO BULLS @ WASHINGTON WIZARDS 2nd half over 112 5U MAX BOMB
7 CST
Memphis Grizzlies at Oklahoma City Thunder First Q over 54 3U
652 CST
New Orleans Pelicans at Minnesota Timberwolves FH over 117.5 5U MAX
Game over 230 5U MAX
1255 cst 12-18
Barcelona/Real Madrid Both teams score and over 2.5 5U MAX
Suarez goal 1U
Barca TT over 2 3U
557 CSt
Orlando Magic at Utah Jazz Jazz -2 first Q 5U MAX
Phoenix Suns at Los Angeles Clippers
Clippers FH TT over 58.5 5U MAX
Game over 224 3U
Clippers FH -7.5 3U
Clippers -13.5 2U
12/17 550 CST
Nets Player prop S.Dinwiddie Over 24.5 points 3U
assist over 6.5 4U
Los Angeles Lakers at Indiana Pacers Pacers FH +1.5 2U
Game Under 211 3U
12/15 253
Parlay 1U
Buffalo ML
Raiders-6.5
Browns ML
Falcons/Niners over 49
Parlay 1U
Browns/Cards over 49
Atl +11
Raiders-6.5
Teaser 7 point 5U MAX
Raiders +.5
Bills +7
Saturday 12-14 123
UCLA/NOTRE DAME over 138 5U MAX
Previous Plays
Goff over 1.5 passing TD 3U
Rams TT over 23.5 5U MAX TOTAL of the week
813 CST
WASHINGTON WIZARDS @ MIAMI
2nd half Over 111 5U MAX 3rd Q over 55.5 5U MAX
Bears TT over 9.5 3U 2nd half
SACRAMENTO KINGS @ PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
2nd half over 107.5 5U MAX
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The Texans used to market their matchups with the Titans as the "TnT" rivalry. There is nothing explosive or even interesting about Sunday’s meeting in the regular season finale. The number of people in Houston who are ex-Oilers fans has steadily diminished over the years. Those who remain will be hard-pressed to work up any bile for this game. Most Texans fans won’t be watching. The Texans are again champions of the garbage AFC South, but a season that opened with five wins in six games has devolved to the point where the Texans may be home underdogs against whichever Wild Card round opponent shows up here next weekend. Are you fired up?!? For their part, the Titans are a Titanic-esque 3-13, with one of those wins coming 32-27 at NRG Stadium. If you’d like to attend in Nashville Sunday (why you would I have no idea), a ticket can be had for eleven bucks, including the fees larded on by the resale sites.
Some would make the argument that the Texans need to play their starters in this game to try to rediscover some mojo after the Baltimore Ravens brutalized them on Christmas Day. C.J. Stroud hasn’t had a good game in over a month, and against the Ravens was plain awful. The all too often pathetic Texans’ pass blocking has done damage to Stroud. One wonders if Nick Caserio has modified his arrogant and/or ignorant position of several weeks ago that those critical of the offensive line were using a “lazy narrative.” The losses of Nico Collins, Stefon Diggs, and Tank Dell for huge chunks of the season have hurt as well. Still, Stroud deserves blame too for the offense’s overall mediocrity. He has been noticeably less accurate this season. After Stroud’s phenomenal rookie season, only acolytes would characterize this sophomore campaign as better than disappointing. Last season Stroud was named a Pro Bowler (granted, as a replacement for Patrick Mahomes who was occupied preparing to win another Super Bowl). This season if six AFC quarterbacks were named Pro Bowlers Stroud still wouldn’t make the cut. Within the conference among quarterbacks with enough playing time to qualify in the rate statistical categories, the only guys behind Stroud in QBR: largely washed-up Aaron Rodgers, Anthony Richardson, Gardner Minshew, and Will Levis.
Would Stroud benefit from a good game against a feeble opponent? He’s taken 52 sacks this season. Why expose him to injury risk in a game where the outcome means nothing. With 53-man gameday rosters in the NFL teams can’t sit all their starters, but the most important Texans should leave their helmets and shoulder pads in Houston this weekend: Stroud, Joe Mixon, Nico Collins, Will Anderson, Danielle Hunter, and Derek Stingley Jr.. I’ll guess most play some. For instance, Mixon needs seven yards rushing for a 1000-yard season. 1000 yards over 17 games is not a big deal (59 yards per game does it), though Mixon missing three games to injury does mean he has been of the quality generally associated with 1000 yard running backs.
Danielle Hunter would like a word
On the subject of Pro Bowlers, the NFL named the squads Thursday. Thankfully there is no more hideous Pro Bowl game, but the recognition is still meaningful. Laremy Tunsil and Stingley got starting nods, with Mixon and Collins named backups. I imagine a few eyes rolled at reading Tunsil’s selection. Tunsil is a very good tackle who has mostly cleaned up his embarrassing early season false start problems. Should he be a Pro Bowler? It’s not absurd, though as one frame of reference Pro Football Focus ranks Tunsil the 18th best offensive tackle in the league heading into this weekend. Mixon’s selection is questionable but that guy runs hard and has pretty much been exactly what the Texans hoped for when they added him. This is the third consecutive season that Mixon has not fumbled. Collins missing five games makes his choice a non-no brainer (Jaguars rookie Brian Thomas had a strong case), but over the 11 games he has played Collins has been sensational. Stingley has been excellent in this his first healthy season, after missing eight games as a rookie and six last year.
The way the roster is constructed, no Texan was blatantly snubbed, though Danielle Hunter can rightfully ask "What about me?" relative to the Raiders' Maxx Crosby. Will Anderson cannot. A snub exists when a player is omitted for a clearly less deserving player. Attendance is part of the grade. Anderson has played a tick under 55 percent of the Texans’ defensive snaps. Hunter has played over 73 percent. That’s a difference of almost 200 plays. Defensive end selectees Crosby, Myles Garrett, and Trey Hendrickson are all outstanding, all have been on the field for more than 200 plays more than Anderson, and none of them benefit from having a Hunter-caliber d-line mate.
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