Los Angeles at Houston

This game has all the markings of a shootout. Houston is putting up 367 yards of offense per game while San Diego is notching 427 per game (#1 in the league). But, things don't always play out as expected. The Texans have been a tease team again this year. They look like they have cleared the final hurdle, but somehow never get over the hump in the end, dissapoiting backers. Their offense has worked this way. Last Monday night was supposed to be a shootout, but the Houston offense failed to live up to its end of the bargain - something that has happened with this team in all anticipated shootouts. We banked on the UNDER in that game as a result. We're gonna do the same here. They have been posted with a total of 50 or more nine times since the 2004-05 season and they have played to an 8-1 UNDER mark in the nine games. San Diego has the toughest defense they will have seen all season, so don't be surprised if they fall short of expectations yet again. The Chargers just make too many mistakes, and have a lot of injuries for them to pile on the points. The Texans have gone UNDER to a 7-1 mark in their last eight vs. a team with a losing record and the Chargers have gone 42-22 UNDER in thier last 64 games vs. a good offense (teams that score 24+ per game). I like this game to go UNDER.