Tennessee Titans vs Houston Texans 12/24/22 NFL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Houston Texans and the Tennessee Titans meet in week 16 NFL action from Nissan Stadium on Saturday night.

The Houston Texans will be looking to rebound from a 30-24 OT loss to Kansas City in their last game. Davis Mills has thrown for 2,440 yards, 13 touchdowns and 12 interceptions on 61.9% passing while Dameon Pierce leads Houston in rushing with 939 rushing yards and 4 touchdowns. Brandin Cooks has a team-high 44 grabs for 520 yards and Nico Collins has 481 receiving yards while Chris Moore has 480 receiving yards as well this season. On defense, Jalen Pitre has a team-high 117 total tackles including 74 solo tackles while Jerry Hughes has 8 sacks this season.

The Tennessee Titans will be out to snap a four-game losing streak after a 17-14 loss to the Chargers last time out. Ryan Tannehill has thrown for 2,536 yards. 13 touchdowns and 6 interceptions on 65.2% passing while Derrick Henry leads the Titans with 1,303 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns so far this season. Robert Woods leads the Titans with 40 catches for 418 receiving yards while five more Titans have at least 350 receiving yards as well this season. On defense, Kevin Byard has a team-high 89 total tackles while Denico Autry has 7 sacks and Jeffery Simmons has 7.5 sacks as well. Rashad Weaver also has 5.5 sacks on the year for Tennessee.

Houston is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 division games and 4-1 ATS in their last 5 games in December while the under is 6-2 in their last 8 division games. Tennessee is 0-3-1 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 7-3 ATS in their last 10 division games while the under is 9-2 in their last 11 home games.

I get the case to be made for either side here, but I’m looking at the under here. I look for a healthy diet of Derrick Henry running the football for the Titans, but I don’t know if the Texans will be able to get anything going to try to match that for a full 60 minutes. I’ll side with the under in a run-heavy game here.