- The Texans probably cover -10.5 against the Giants.
“anything up to 13 before I really think twice about laying it with Houston”
Also said Oct 22 · The Bill Simmons Podcast
Lost by 6
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RaheemWe
Sallooked at their schedule, right? Then we think they were going to be like six and four or something after 10, just a, just, it's just going to fall into place. All right. House, you concur.
SalI sure do concur.
HouseI'm like dream. I don't love laying 10 and a half, But, you know, anything up to 13 before I really think twice about laying it with Houston, the Houston Texans at home. I know they're coming off the international travel, but there just isn't anything about this Giants team that inspires confidence that they're going to be able to keep this within two scores.
HouseMcCarthy, I guess we forgot how bad he was last season. bottom five of, you know, when you go through quarterbacks with a certain number of snaps, you get up to like 52, 54, 55 quarterbacks that had the requisite number of snaps last season. He's in the bottom five of virtually every category that you want to measure.
HouseEPA per play, completion percentage over expectation. This dude, Mr. McCarthy, averaged the fewest number of air yards per target to Justin Jefferson in Mr. Jefferson's entire career. Nobody threw the ball shorter to Justin Jefferson than McCarthy. Is that all going to change now because he had a good quarter against the deplorable Saints defense?
SalI don't think so. I can't get there. This Texans defense is formidable. They're rounding into form, even with the injuries. I have no problem with laying the two scores with the Texans. I have no problem with laying the two and a half scores with the Texans. I'm taking adjusted 16 and a half is plus 180.
From the episode transcript around 01:11:09. Speaker names are recognized by voice.

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