{"id":296393,"date":"2024-09-13T10:22:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T14:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=296393"},"modified":"2024-09-13T10:22:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T14:22:34","slug":"bears-vs-texans-best-bets-nfl-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/bears-vs-texans-best-bets-nfl-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears vs. Texans Week 2 best bets and odds: C.J. Stroud should have his way on Sunday Night Football"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two notable young quarterbacks square off on Sunday Night Football in a matchup between the Chicago Bears and Houston Texans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Caleb Williams&#8217; NFL debut resulted in a hideous individual stat line &#8230; but also a win. Now he and the Bears head to Houston to face C.J. Stroud, who looked exceptionally comfortable on home turf last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Bears vs. Texans best bets for the Week 2 matchup on Sept. 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bears vs. Texans best bets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Go to full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/american_football\/competitions\/12295\">NFL betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best Bet: Stroud over 265.5 pass yards (-118)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Stroud had been allowed to play every game from NRG Stadium last year, he might&#8217;ve walked away with MVP honours in addition to Offensive Rookie of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s an unrealistic &#8220;if,&#8221; but the numbers back up the claim. Including Houston&#8217;s wild-card matchup at home, here&#8217;s what Stroud accomplished across nine games in front of the Texans&#8217; faithful:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>306.7 yards\/game<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>66.2% completion rate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20 TDs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 INTs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>112.5 passer rating<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Extrapolated over a 17-game sample, Stroud would&#8217;ve thrown for roughly 5,200 yards and 37 TDs. That&#8217;s MVP-calibre stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With that in mind, seeing a sub-270-yard line for Stroud in his 2024 home debut looks like a smash play on the over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His arsenal of weapons has only grown, as newcomer Stefon Diggs reminded us last week with six catches and a pair of TDs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And sure, Joe Mixon hogged a lot of the yardage production with a high-volume rushing attack (30 carries, 159 yards), but I&#8217;m skeptical that Houston can lean on him the same way against the Bears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dating back to last season, Chicago&#8217;s defence ranks seventh in the NFL in rush EPA while allowing the seventh-lowest rush success rate, per rbsdm.com. The Bears allowed the fewest overall rush yards last year and the fifth-fewest yards per rush (3.8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stroud is more than capable of letting it fly, and he&#8217;s got the right venue and defensive matchup to do it against on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Stroud has thrown for over 270 passing yards in seven of nine career home games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Texans -6.5 (-110):<\/strong> One risk to Stroud&#8217;s passing yardage prop is that Houston builds a lead and reverts to a more conservative offence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then again, my confidence in Stroud is baked into my expectation that the Texans will cover this line. Houston should have a huge QB advantage in Week 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams threw for just 93 yards (and zero TDs) on 29 attempts last week while taking a pair of big sacks. If not for three turnovers by Chicago&#8217;s defence, including a pick-6, the Bears wouldn&#8217;t have overcome an early 17-point deficit against the Titans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the road for the first time against a far more competent QB and opponent as a whole, I feel good about fading Williams and the Bears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Picks made at 10:20 a.m. ET 09\/13\/2024.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two notable young quarterbacks square off on Sunday Night Football in a matchup between the Chicago Bears and Houston Texans. The pregame narrative: Caleb Williams&#8217; NFL debut resulted in a hideous individual stat line &#8230; but also a win. Now he and the Bears head to Houston to face C.J. 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