{"id":8195,"date":"2019-12-21T04:11:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T04:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=8195"},"modified":"2019-12-21T04:11:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-21T04:11:46","slug":"nfl-week-16-games-to-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/nfl-week-16-games-to-avoid\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 16 Games to Avoid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

All the teams we tell you to stay away from keep winning, so we\u2019re not going to mess up a good thing. Continue to ignore the advice in this column, as home teams have been abysmal against the NFL betting odds<\/a> this year, covering less than 44 percent of the time. Three of the four teams we told you to stay away from in Week 15 easily covered, and the fourth team only failed to cover due to a miracle backdoor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GAMES TO AVOID IN WEEK 16<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

HOUSTON TEXANS -3 AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Texans are a popular pick only laying three points on the road against the Buccaneers this week. Houston can clinch the AFC South for the fourth time in five years with a win on Saturday afternoon, but Tampa Bay has won four in a row heading into this game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jameis Winston is having one of the most remarkable seasons in the history of the NFL, leading the league in passing yards and interceptions. Even with Mike Evans and Chris Godwin sidelined, he still threw for over 450 yards last week, and Breshad Perriman has emerged as a solid option at receiver. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Houston is not as good as its 9-5 record indicates, and the Texans have only won two games by more than a touchdown this season. This team laid an egg just two weeks ago at home against Denver, so it\u2019s hard to trust Houston considering its issues in the secondary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MIAMI DOLPHINS PK VS. CINCINNATI BENGALS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We haven\u2019t seen\nthe public back Miami much in 2019, but over 70 percent of the bets\nare on the Dolphins at home against the 1-13 Cincinnati Bengals. Ryan\nFitzpatrick has made Miami feisty over the second half of the season.\nThe Dolphins are 7-3 ATS per the NFL\nbetting odds<\/a> in their last 10 games, and they have\nsecured two outright wins as a double-digit underdog during that\nstretch. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian Flores has\nthis team playing well, but the running game has been abysmal and\nFitzpatrick\nis the favorite<\/a> to lead the Dolphins in rushing at the\nend of the year. Cincinnati has shown plenty of life despite its\nabysmal record, and the Bengals should have more than one victory.\nThat\u2019s why this line is a toss-up instead of Miami being favored by\na field goal or less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cincinnati can lock\nup the No. 1 seed with a loss, but the players are never as concerned\nwith that as the media believes. The Bengals want to win, and this is\ntheir best chance to get another victory before the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DENVER BRONCOS -7 VS. DETROIT LIONS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Drew Lock might be the real deal. Denver\u2019s young quarterback was impressive before last week\u2019s road loss to Kansas City, and the Broncos are crossing their fingers that they finally have their man. However, Lock\u2019s numbers aren\u2019t as good as you might think given the buzz surrounding the Missouri product. Lock has thrown an interception in each of his three starts, and he averaged 5.2 YPA or less in two of those three outings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been a bad year for Detroit. The Lions have lost seven straight games, and their 2-0-1 start is a distant memory. Matthew Stafford has been placed on injured reserve, and David Blough has not played well after a promising performance on Thanksgiving. Blough has thrown one touchdown and four interceptions in his last two games, and he will be going against a stingy Denver defense in Mile High Stadium on Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS -6 AT CHICAGO BEARS<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Once again, the Chiefs are the most popular play on the board. Almost 75 percent of the action is on Kansas City this Sunday night, and even more money is likely to come in on the Chiefs since this is a primetime game. That could move the Chiefs up to -7 on the NFL betting line prior to kickoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again, the Chiefs are the most popular play on the board. Almost 75 percent of the action is on Kansas City this Sunday night, and even more money is likely to come in on the Chiefs since this is a primetime game. That could move the Chiefs up to -7 on the NFL betting line<\/a> prior to kickoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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