We went from shootouts and fun in Week 1 to low-scoring games and injuries. Weather robbed us of a fun matchup in Chicago between the Bears and Minnesota Vikings, then Jaxson Dart's injury robbed us of what could have been a fun Monday night showdown between the New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams. Overall, not a great week for football fans.
As for our picks, we went 7-9 against the spread and 2-3 on best bets. We cashed on the San Francisco 49ers blowing out the Miami Dolphins and the New York Jets keeping things close with the Green Bay Packers, but somehow were on the wrong side of Tennessee Titans vs. Philadelphia Eagles and Baker Mayfield getting beat by the Cleveland Browns.
Mayfield is now 0-2 against his former team. Here's a look at what I'm thinking this week. As always, credit to the CBS Sports research team for making me sound smart.
Top five picks ATS record: 5-5Overall ATS record: 15-17Straight-up record: 19-13 Sunday, 1 p.m. ET (CBS, Stream on Paramount+) This is a sort of a "put my money where my mouth is" situation. I'm not very concerned that the Houston Texans have started 0-2.
For one, they had to play Josh Allen and Joe Burrow. Secondly, DeMeco Ryans has started 0-2 in three out of his four seasons as head coach. Yet, he's finished with double-digit wins every year.
Still, I agree it's worrisome that this Texans defense hasn't looked stout and that the offense couldn't find the end zone at all last week against the Cincinnati Bengals. Not having Nico Collins really hurts, but I still like this Houston team more than its rival here. The Indianapolis Colts kept up with the Kansas City Chiefs last week, but I couldn't get over how bad this defense was.
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