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Originally Posted by WMH
The wise guys don't have much confidence in us going over 8.5, or they wouldn't have put a plus number on the money line.
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That might be from Schaub's recent injury. On weekly games, when the starting QB goes down (or might go down), it will greatly effect the point spread. The oddsmakers may put up a "NL" (no line) until they figure something out. When you see the point spread lingering on "NL" for most of the week, it's usually because some key compenent like the QB is questionable..
Vegas had the Texans @ 6.5 wins in 2007 and 7.5 wins in 2008. Of course, they covered both years with 8 win seasons. Last year, things didn't look so good when the Texans had a 3-7 record but the 5-1 finish put them "over"....