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Kansas City Chiefs vs. Houston Texans Betting Odds, Analysis, NFL Pick
- Updated: September 16, 2016
The Houston Texans and the Kansas City Chiefs are both coming off wins heading into a Week 2 game that is a rematch of last year’s meeting in the AFC Wild Card Round of the playoffs. The Texans were blanked 30-0 by the Chiefs in that postseason matchup as three-point home underdogs, but they are listed as small favorites at NRG Stadium this time around.
Point spread: The Texans opened as 1.5-point favorites; the total was 43 early in the week, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark. (Line updates and matchup report)
NFL pick, per the Odds Shark computer: 24.7-17.3 Texans (NFL picks on every game)
Why the Chiefs can cover the spread
Kansas City beat Houston twice last year, with the first meeting coming in the season opener. The Chiefs won that game 27-20 at Houston as one-point road chalk, and they have won the past three meetings straight up with a 2-1 mark against the spread dating back to 2013, according to the Odds Shark NFL Database.
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