{"id":25484,"date":"2024-12-19T10:10:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T15:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=25484"},"modified":"2024-12-19T10:10:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T15:10:19","slug":"saturday-week-16-texans-chiefs-steelers-ravens-odds-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/saturday-week-16-texans-chiefs-steelers-ravens-odds-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Week 16: Texans-Chiefs, Steelers-Ravens \u2013 Odds, Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Houston vs. Kansas City<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This could be a preview of a playoff match in the AFC, but the big question here is: why are the defending two-time Super Bowl champs underdogs at home? The answer is simple\u2014no Patrick Mahomes. The two-time MVP injured his ankle last week and is likely to sit this one out. <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.betonline.ag\/sportsbook\/football\/nfl\" title=\"\">Check out the most recent odds!<\/a><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s little reason for him to start on a short week and then play again on Christmas Day. As a result, Carson Wentz will get his first start of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Texans have clinched the AFC South again after defeating the Dolphins in a game where Houston forced four turnovers. The Chiefs haven\u2019t scored 30 points this season and have had three straight games where the total score was under 40 points. Expect a low-scoring game that could be decided by a late field goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Under 39.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Game Betting Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Texans<\/strong>: -2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Chiefs<\/strong>: +2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total<\/strong>: 39.5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Moneyline<\/strong>: Houston -130, Kansas City +110<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recent Betting Trends<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Chiefs are 6-8 ATS (against the spread) this season.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Texans are 6-6-2 ATS in 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Chiefs are 1-1 ATS as underdogs this season.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Texans are the best UNDER team in the NFL this season at 10-4.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>While this game is for the AFC North division lead, it could also preview a potential playoff matchup. A Steelers win would wrap up the division by sweeping the Ravens, as Pittsburgh held Baltimore\u2019s offense to just 16 points in Week 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Baltimore\u2019s offense came alive last week against the lowly Giants, with Lamar Jackson throwing more touchdown passes (five) than incompletions (four).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Ravens win clinches at least a wild-card spot and ties them with the Steelers for the division lead. Baltimore could catch a break as the Steelers may be without defensive star T.J. Watt, who is dealing with an injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pittsburgh was also without George Pickens last week, and he may miss this week as well due to a hamstring injury. Without Pickens, the offense looked pedestrian against the Eagles, with Russell Wilson throwing for only 128 yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prediction:<\/strong> Ravens -6.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Game Betting Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Steelers<\/strong>: +6<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ravens<\/strong>: -6<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Total<\/strong>: 45<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Moneyline<\/strong>: Pittsburgh +230, Baltimore -280<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recent Betting Trends<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pittsburgh is 10-4 ATS this season.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pittsburgh is 5-1 ATS as an underdog this season.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Baltimore is 7-6-1 ATS in 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mike Tomlin is 62-36-5 ATS as an underdog, the best record since 2007.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The OVER is 11-3 in Baltimore\u2019s 14 games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Houston vs. Kansas City This could be a preview of a playoff match in the AFC, but the big question&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":25485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[245,146,244],"class_list":["post-25484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-chiefs","tag-nfl","tag-texans"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25486,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25484\/revisions\/25486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}