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00:02 I do think the 49ers win the game.
00:05 Hard for me to justify a spread pick here
00:07 because of that line movement on the Rams,
00:10 but I also kind of like the 49ers team total over
00:13 because I think they're gonna have
00:14 a lot of opportunities here.
00:16 - Lauren, a big ball game in Houston.
00:19 Houston are one and a half point favored,
00:21 two rookie quarterbacks in Stroud and Richardson.
00:25 Total is set at 39 and a half.
00:27 What do you see in this ball game?
00:29 - Yeah, it's almost a similar situation
00:32 to a stat that I mentioned last week.
00:34 I like to look at drives and efficiencies on those drives.
00:37 In the Indianapolis Colts last week,
00:39 they had 14 offensive drives
00:42 and they gained more than 10 yards
00:44 on only four of those 14 drives.
00:46 This was a team that was struggling
00:48 to consistently move the football.
00:50 And it's one thing with the Richardson short passing attack
00:54 that they developed last week to break it out week one
00:57 and catch everybody by surprise.
00:59 I think D'Amico Rines has now seen that film.
01:02 He understands a little bit better how to defend it.
01:04 I was impressed by the Texans run defense last week.
01:08 And while I do feel bad that they've got a couple of guys
01:11 out in their secondary and that could give Richardson
01:13 a little bit of an upside from a passing attack there,
01:15 I think the scheme that D'Amico is going to employ
01:18 is gonna be a little bit better.
01:19 There's been differing opinions on this one as well.
01:22 Some guys have come in.
01:23 We took the Texans earlier on some teaser legs
01:27 when they were catching points, point and a half,
01:29 got them up through the three and the seven.
01:31 But then these flip to favorite, a short favorite,
01:34 and now there's been some money coming in
01:36 on the Indianapolis Colts here.
01:38 So I think this is going to be a hotly contested game.
01:41 I almost went to bet the over on this one,
01:43 but now I see that CJ Stroud is starting for the Texans.
01:48 And the reason I don't like the over any longer,
01:50 though I think it could still hit,
01:52 is simply because of the coach speak that said,
01:54 "We wanna try to run the ball a little bit more.
01:56 "We gotta try to work on the ground game."
01:58 And his shoulder issue, are they going to be comfortable
02:01 having him throw the ball 50 plus times?
02:03 Now, obviously they don't want him to do that,
02:06 but that's what he did last week
02:07 against the Baltimore Ravens.
02:09 If they try to get a little bit more conservative,
02:10 that's my concern.
02:11 But the Indianapolis Colts, very up-tempo offense.
02:15 I think that there could be a sneaky shootout here.
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