NFL HOUSTON Matchup 20151213

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NFL : Teaser Line Matchup

Sunday 12/13/2015

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$ Line

OU Line

Score

NEW ENGLAND

HOUSTON

-4

-170

+150

27
Final
6

NEW ENGLAND (10 - 2) at HOUSTON (6 - 6)

Week 14 Sunday, 12/13/2015 8:30 PM

Board		Side	Total
125	NEW ENGLAND	+1.5	Over 39.5
126	HOUSTON	+10.5	Under 51.5

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ADVANCED TEAM STATS

NEW ENGLAND - Current Season Performance
	Straight Up		Against Spread		Team					Opponent
	W-L	Units	W-L	O-U	Score	Half	Yards	YPP	TO	Score	Half	Yards	YPP	TO
All Games	10-2	+4.2	5-4	7-5	31.2	15.7	404.3	(6.2)	0.9	20.6	8.1	341.1	(5.4)	1.3
Road Games	4-1	+2.6	2-3	4-1	31.0	16.2	397.4	(6.4)	1.2	24.2	12.2	375.4	(5.6)	1.4
Last 3 Games	1-2	-4.8	0-2	2-1	24.0	12.7	361.3	(5.4)	1.3	26.0	8.0	333.3	(5.1)	1.0
Grass Games	0-1	-1.4	0-1	1-0	24.0	14.0	301.0	(5.2)	1.0	30.0	7.0	433.0	(5.9)	1.0

NEW ENGLAND - Current Season Statistics
					Rushing		Passing				Total
	PPG	Half	FD	TOP	ATT-YDS	YPR	CMP-ATT	PCT	YDS	PYA	ATT-YDS	YPP	YPPT
Offense (All Games)	31.2	15.7	23.7	30:12	23-88	(3.8)	27-42	63.8%	316	(7.5)	65-404	(6.2)	(12.9)
Opponents Defensive Avg.	23.3	11.4	20.6	31:46	27-107	(4)	23-37	62.2%	255	(6.8)	64-362	(5.7)	(15.5)
Offense Road Games	31.0	16.2	21.6	28:21	20-79	(3.9)	26-41	62.8%	318	(7.7)	62-397	(6.4)	(12.8)
Defense (All Games)	20.6	8.1	19.7	30:01	24-99	(4.1)	23-38	59.9%	242	(6.3)	63-341	(5.4)	(16.6)
Opponents Offensive Avg.	23	11.1	19.6	30:48	26-109	(4.2)	22-36	62.5%	241	(6.7)	62-350	(5.7)	(15.3)
Defense Road Games	24.2	12.2	21.8	32:08	26-128	(5)	25-41	61.5%	248	(6)	67-375	(5.6)	(15.5)

NEW ENGLAND - Turnovers, Penalties and Special Teams Statistics
	Turnovers Lost				Third Downs		Fourth Downs		Kickoff Returns		Punt Returns		Penalties
	INT	FL	TO	DIFF	#-MADE	PCT	#-MADE	PCT	KR-YDS	YPKR	PR-YDS	YPPR	PEN-YDS
Stats For (All Games)	0.5	0.4	0.9	0.4	13-6	43.4%	1-0	54.5%	2-23	(14)	3-29	(9.9)	6-61
Opponents Avg. Stats Against	0.9	0.6	1.6	2.1	14-5	39.7%	1-0	44.4%	2-45	(21)	21-2	(9.5)	7-64
Stats For (Road Games)	0.4	0.8	1.2	0.2	12-4	33.9%	1-0	33.3%	1-15	(12.7)	3-41	(12.9)	8-79
Stats Against (All Games)	0.8	0.5	1.3		14-5	38.5%	1-1	57.1%	2-38	(18)	2-21	(8.3)	7-68
Opponents Avg. Stats For	1.1	0.5	1.6		14-5	37.2%	1-0	47.7%	2-52	(22.7)	19-2	(8.6)	7-61
Stats Against (Road Games)	1.0	0.4	1.4		15-5	35.1%	1-1	57.1%	2-30	(16.6)	3-20	(7.1)	9-78

HOUSTON - Current Season Performance
	Straight Up		Against Spread		Team					Opponent
	W-L	Units	W-L	O-U	Score	Half	Yards	YPP	TO	Score	Half	Yards	YPP	TO
All Games	6-6	+2.3	6-6	7-4	21.1	7.4	361.5	(5.2)	1.2	22.0	14.5	332.3	(5.5)	1.2
Home Games	4-2	+1.8	4-2	3-3	21.2	10.0	374.8	(5.4)	1.2	15.3	10.2	286.2	(5)	1.2
Last 3 Games	2-1	+1.5	2-1	2-1	23.0	12.3	375.7	(5.5)	1.0	17.7	10.0	308.3	(5.4)	1.0
Grass Games	5-4	+1	5-4	5-3	22.3	8.1	361.4	(5.1)	1.0	20.0	13.2	329.3	(5.4)	1.3

HOUSTON - Current Season Statistics
					Rushing		Passing				Total
	PPG	Half	FD	TOP	ATT-YDS	YPR	CMP-ATT	PCT	YDS	PYA	ATT-YDS	YPP	YPPT
Offense (All Games)	21.1	7.4	22.0	30:11	28-100	(3.5)	24-42	57.6%	261	(6.3)	70-361	(5.2)	(17.1)
Opponents Defensive Avg.	23.5	11.3	20.7	30:06	26-106	(4)	23-37	62.5%	251	(6.8)	63-356	(5.7)	(15.2)
Offense Home Games	21.2	10.0	22.3	32:01	32-119	(3.7)	24-37	63.4%	256	(6.9)	69-375	(5.4)	(17.7)
Defense (All Games)	22.0	14.5	18.7	29:49	26-114	(4.4)	20-34	59.3%	218	(6.4)	60-332	(5.5)	(15.1)
Opponents Offensive Avg.	24.2	12	20.5	31:32	27-114	(4.2)	22-35	62.4%	244	(6.9)	62-357	(5.7)	(14.8)
Defense Home Games	15.3	10.2	16.7	27:59	22-78	(3.5)	20-35	58.0%	208	(5.9)	57-286	(5)	(18.7)

HOUSTON - Turnovers, Penalties and Special Teams Statistics
	Turnovers Lost				Third Downs		Fourth Downs		Kickoff Returns		Punt Returns		Penalties
	INT	FL	TO	DIFF	#-MADE	PCT	#-MADE	PCT	KR-YDS	YPKR	PR-YDS	YPPR	PEN-YDS
Stats For (All Games)	0.8	0.4	1.2	-0.1	16-6	39.0%	1-0	28.6%	1-34	(24.2)	3-23	(7.3)	7-62
Opponents Avg. Stats Against	1	0.6	1.6	1.9	13-5	39.6%	1-0	46.5%	2-49	(23.4)	23-2	(10)	7-61
Stats For (Home Games)	0.8	0.3	1.2	0.0	16-6	38.3%	0-0	33.3%	1-21	(25.4)	4-21	(5.4)	7-67
Stats Against (All Games)	0.8	0.3	1.2		13-4	28.7%	1-0	55.6%	2-59	(25.2)	4-35	(9.7)	8-63
Opponents Avg. Stats For	0.9	0.6	1.5		13-5	39.4%	1-0	52.0%	2-47	(22.1)	21-2	(9)	7-63
Stats Against (Home Games)	0.8	0.3	1.2		12-2	18.9%	1-0	40.0%	2-61	(26.1)	4-43	(11.3)	7-59

Average power rating of opponents played: NEW ENGLAND 20.2, HOUSTON 19.6

SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

NEW ENGLAND - Season Results
								Team Stats			Opp Stats
Date	Opponent	Score	SU	Line	ATS	Tot.	O/U	Rushing	Passing	TO	Rushing	Passing	TO
10/18/2015	@ INDIANAPOLIS	34-27	W	-8.5	L	54	O	25-116	23-37-301	1	22-120	30-50-289	0
10/25/2015	NY JETS	30-23	W	-7	T	47	O	9-16	34-54-337	0	29-89	22-39-283	1
10/29/2015	MIAMI	36-7	W	-8	W	51	U	26-95	26-38-342	0	13-15	28-44-255	2
11/8/2015	WASHINGTON	27-10	W	-13.5	W	51.5	U	37-161	26-39-299	2	15-37	22-40-213	2
11/15/2015	@ NY GIANTS	27-26	W	-7	L	52.5	O	23-77	26-42-329	2	23-80	24-44-342	1
11/23/2015	BUFFALO	20-13	W	-7	T	47.5	U	22-85	20-39-271	1	30-94	20-36-225	1
11/29/2015	@ DENVER	24-30	L	-2.5	L	43	O	16-39	23-42-262	1	32-179	23-42-254	1
12/6/2015	PHILADELPHIA	28-35	L	-9.5	L	49.5	O	25-103	30-57-324	2	33-128	14-24-120	1
12/13/2015	@ HOUSTON
12/20/2015	TENNESSEE
12/27/2015	@ NY JETS
1/3/2016	@ MIAMI

HOUSTON - Season Results
								Team Stats			Opp Stats
Date	Opponent	Score	SU	Line	ATS	Tot.	O/U	Rushing	Passing	TO	Rushing	Passing	TO
10/18/2015	@ JACKSONVILLE	31-20	W	3	W	43	O	31-95	24-36-287	0	21-83	30-53-311	3
10/25/2015	@ MIAMI	26-44	L	4	L	45.5	O	25-71	23-49-251	1	35-248	19-20-255	1
11/1/2015	TENNESSEE	20-6	W	-3.5	W	43	U	23-56	23-35-214	0	20-86	22-31-125	3
11/16/2015	@ CINCINNATI	10-6	W	10	W	46.5	U	25-82	17-33-174	1	21-73	22-38-183	2
11/22/2015	NY JETS	24-17	W	4	W	40	O	37-123	17-35-241	1	21-70	19-39-197	2
11/29/2015	NEW ORLEANS	24-6	W	-4	W	51	U	38-167	21-27-195	1	10-50	25-44-218	1
12/6/2015	@ BUFFALO	21-30	L	3	L	42	O	26-126	26-43-275	1	36-187	11-21-203	0
12/13/2015	NEW ENGLAND
12/20/2015	@ INDIANAPOLIS
12/27/2015	@ TENNESSEE
1/3/2016	JACKSONVILLE

KEY GAME INFORMATION

NEW ENGLAND: More than any other team, the Patriots will change up their game plan week-to-week depending on the opponents' strengths. When they face an undersized front seven like Indianapolis', as they have three times since the start of the 2014 calendar year, they rely heavily on their power running game. They will often employ a sixth offensive lineman in an off-balanced line and slam LeGarrette Blount between the tackles. It's a pick-your-poison passing attack that often uses spread concepts, stack formations and pick plays to create pass-and-run situations for guys like Julian Edelman and whomever the passing back will be, as well as Danny Amendola in spots. The centerpiece is Rob Gronkowski, whom McDaniels often effectively isolates down the seam with outside receiver Brandon LaFell drawing enough safety help to open things up. They'll throw out of run formations, in which Michael Hoomanawanui often plays more than Tim Wright. With the Pats having lost DT Vince Wilfork and CBs Darrelle Revis and Brandon Browner to free agency, younger players like DE Chandler Jones and LBs Jamie Collins and Dont'a Hightower will be counted on to help lead the defense. It's the secondary that appears to be the most glaring weakness.

HOUSTON: Texans head coach Bill O'Brien surprised a lot of people with his canning of offensive line coach Paul Dunn after last season'ex-Jets assistant Mike Devlin will oversee the unit this year. He has run a variety of schemes up front in the past, but he'll surely stick primarily to a zone blocking scheme. Arian Foster won't be back until after the bye week after tearing his groin before the season. He'll be relied on heavily upon his return. Brian Hoyer, who was named the starter, is very familiar with O'Brien's system from his time in New England. It's a system that uses a lot of spread concepts, stacks and bunches to open things up. Although Hopkins does his best work on the sideline, he'll be asked to work a greater variety of routes in a feature role this year. Cecil Shorts will likely open the year as the complementary possession receiver, with rookie Jaelen Strong eventually supplanting him. The Texans tied for third in the NFL last season with 20 interceptions and tied for first with five defensive touchdowns. DE J.J. Watt anchors a group that should be better in 2015, provided that OLB Jadeveon Clowney, the 2014 draft's top overall pick, is healthy after undergoing knee surgery.

PREVIEW

Patriots-Texans Preview
By JEFF BARTL STATS Senior Writer

Bill O'Brien might not be the coach of the Houston Texans if it weren't for Bill Belichick offering him a low-level job with the New England Patriots after the 2006 season.

What's certain is that mentor nor prot'g' are going to let any personal feelings cloud the importance of their first meeting as foes Sunday night in Houston.

O'Brien was a quality control assistant in 2007 when the Patriots completed an undefeated regular season before losing in the Super Bowl. New England looked the part again this year by winning its first 10 games but is now on the verge of its first three-game skid since dropping four in a row in 2002 - Tom Brady's first full season as a starter.

Despite spending six years with Belichick and Brady, including one as the offensive coordinator in 2011 before leaving to coach Penn State, O'Brien insists there's nothing from his past that will give the Texans (6-6) an edge.

"That experience with the Patriots was just a great experience for me," O'Brien said. "It taught me a lot about football. It taught me a lot about myself, and I owe a lot to Bill for that.

"I haven't been there in three years and they are a lot different than when I was there."

In fact, the Patriots are a different club than just a few weeks ago. After wide receiver Julian Edelman went down with a broken foot in a win over the New York Giants on Nov. 15, tight end Rob Gronkowski suffered a right knee injury in a 30-24 overtime loss to Denver two weeks later and is out indefinitely.

With Brady's two favorite targets out, he threw a pair of interceptions - one was returned 99 yards for a touchdown - in last week's 35-28 home loss to Philadelphia.

That dealt the Patriots their first back-to-back defeats since 2012.

''We'd love to have everybody healthy. I think everybody would love that,'' said Brady, who also threw three TDs to give him an NFL-high 31. ''It's just not the reality at this point.''

It seemed improbable that the Texans would be in the hunt for the AFC South title following a 2-5 start, but they won four straight before falling 30-21 at Buffalo last week.

Houston had allowed six points three times during its winning streak and gave up fewer than 300 yards in all four, but the Bills busted loose for 390 and hit the go-ahead score on a 40-yard touchdown pass with 1:53 to play.

''It starts with me. We've got to do a better job," said O'Brien, whose team is tied with Indianapolis for the division lead. "But we've got to quickly turn the page.''

He'll employ three former Patriots to help shut down New England's third-ranked offense. Nose tackle Vince Wilfork signed with the Texans in the offseason after 11 seasons with the Patriots, and former linebacker Mike Vrabel coaches the same position with Houston.

Defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel was behind three Super Bowl-winning defenses with New England, but he didn't quite have a player like J.J. Watt on his side.

Watt leads the NFL with 13 1/2 sacks and has a team-high 24 tackles for loss. He was held without a sack for the first time in six games against Buffalo, and Belichick certainly will review film to see how the Bills were able to neutralize him.

The pressure from Watt has helped the Texans rank third in the league in pass defense at 218.3 yards allowed per game.

"I think coach O'Brien has done an outstanding job with the team given where they were," Belichick said. "In spite of all the attention that (Watt) gets and the schemes that are put in from week to week to try to handle him, he still has a tremendous amount of production.

"They move him around a little bit so he's not always in the same place. (It's) similar to what I saw with teams dealing with (Lawrence) Taylor at New York. He's got that kind of disruptiveness."

Brady's former backup will try to navigate the Texans through a New England defense that has forced at least one turnover in every game except one. Brian Hoyer, who was with the Patriots from 2009-11, threw for three touchdowns last week and has a 94.4 rating in nine games.

DeAndre Hopkins caught one of those TDs to set a franchise record with his 10th of the year. He leads the league with 69 first-down receptions.

New England has won five of the six all-time meetings, including the playoffs. Brady has completed 64.6 percent of his passes with 13 touchdowns against the Texans.

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