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The Seattle Seahawks will travel to Houston to play the 2-10 Texans. Seattle is favored by 9.5 points which is way too many for a Seahawks team that is struggling to score and are coming off an upset win at home over a divisional rival. Since R. Wilson came back they are averaging 14.5 PPG which is not much better than Houston's 13.7 PPG this season and Seattle has a - scoring margin which puts them in a small system of NFL teams with a -.25 scoring margin or worse playing as a road favorite of 7 points or more vs an opponent off a 7+ point loss (0-16 ATS). The Seahawks are also (0-7 ATS) in road games in the 2nd half of the season over the L2 years. Houston falls in another system of underdogs 3.5 to 10 points that average less than 14 PPG vs a defense that gives up 18+ PPG and have scored 14 or less in B2B games (54-22 ATS).
Pick: HOU TEXANS +9