The spread for this game is Texans -6.5. Both teams come with negative records of 5-7, and the Seahawks have a 5-7 ATS while the Texans have a 5-6-1 ATS. The Texans are now in a season full of broken dreams and is more than probable that they will miss the playoffs this season. The Seahawks are a rebuilding team, so this losing record is completely expected. The Seahawks are one of the worst teams the NFL is allowing to pass, with only 245 yards per game (24th place in yards allowed), while the Texans are the 4th in the NFL, averaging 279 pass yards per game. This gives the Texans an edge on this match up. Despite the inability to win against big teams in their conference, the Texans could take on small opponents like the Seahawks.
The Riders have been a disappointing team for a whole decade now. They now come with 2 wins on 3 games against winning teams, despite the fact of their poor defense in yards allowed (29th in the NFL), and in total defense overall (31th ), so now is the right time to face them; due to their unstable performance. In their last win, Bruce Gradkowski was responsible for the improvement of the Raiders in the last few minutes, but it is more likely that this situation will not be repeated in the following games. Such a case is what we would call "running out of luck". The redskins, as usual, have a very poor performance like in previous years, but their last loss was against a playoff-bound team, not a weak team, so regardless their record they can prove to be better than the Riders this time, and get over their disappointing last loss.
