NFL Odds Week 15: Texans vs Titans Lines, Spreads, Betting Trends

Patrick Everson Sports Betting Expert

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Week 15 of the NFL season continues with an AFC South battle between the Houston Texans and Tennessee Titans. The betting odds see Houston as a two-point underdog following an injury to QB CJ Stroud. Coverage begins from Nissan Stadium in Nashville on Sunday, December 17 at 1:00 p.m. ET on CBS.

Here's everything you need to know about the NFL odds for Week 15: Texans vs Titans lines, spreads, betting trends and more.

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Houston Texans vs Tennessee Titans Odds

• Opening point spread: Pick
• Opening moneyline: Titans -130/Texans +110
• Opening total: Over/Under 37.5 points scored
• Time: 1 p.m. ET Sunday (CBS)

UPDATE 10:15 A.M. ET SUNDAY: Tennessee opened -1 and steadily advanced to -4 by Friday. The line has since toggled between -3.5/-3, and it's now -3 (-120). The Titans are taking 64% of spread bets, while 53% of spread money is on the Texans.

On the moneyline, it's 74% tickets/70% cash on Tennessee. Houston won't have standout rookie QB C.J. Stroud today (concussion).

The total opened at 37, spent the middle of the week at 38 and returned to 37 Thursday. This morning brought a return to 38. The Over is seeing 64% of tickets/56% of money.

UPDATE 1 P.M. ET FRIDAY: The Titans advanced from -1.5 to -2 Sunday night in BetMGM's NFL odds Week 15 market. Tuesday brought moves to -2.5 and back to -2, but it's been on the rise since, to -3 Wednesday and -4 this afternoon.

Spread tickets are almost 2/1 and spread money 6/1 on Tennessee. On the moneyline, however, tickets and dollars are in the 2/1 range on underdog Houston.

BetMGM's total opened at 37.5 and went to 38 briefly Tuesday before returning to 37.5. The number went to 37 Thursday and 36.5 this afternoon, though the Over is seeing 54% of tickets/60% of cash.

UPDATE 3 P.M. ET TUESDAY: Tennessee (5-8 SU/6-7 ATS) notched a massive Week 14 upset at Miami on Monday night. Trailing 27-13 after a Dolphins touchdown with 4:34 remaining, the Titans scored two late TDs to win 28-27 as 13.5-point underdogs.

Texans-Titans had already moved from pick to Titans -2 Sunday night. The game was taken off The SuperBook's board before the Titans-Dolphins game. Texans-Titans went back up this morning at Tennessee -2.5, with a total of 38.

UPDATE 10 P.M. ET SUNDAY: Houston (7-6 SU/6-7 ATS) took its second loss in the last three games, and QB C.J. Stroud is in concussion protocol, to boot. The Texans, giving 3 points on the road, got smoked by a lousy Jets team 30-6.

Stroud exited with 6:43 remaining in the game and the Texans down 24-6.

Tennessee (4-8 SU/5-7 ATS) still has Week 14 work to do. The Titans travel to meet mighty Miami on Monday night.

The SuperBook opened Texans-Titans at pick 'em and moved to Tennessee -1/-1.5 tonight, no doubt in part due to Stroud potentially sitting out in Week 14.

Click here for Vegas Insider senior reporter Patrick Everson's full NFL Odds Week 15 Report containing spreads, lines, and trends for every NFL matchup.

Texans vs Titans Pick, Prediction

Action Network NFL betting expert Brandon Anderson offers this prediction:

Stroud would be a huge loss in any game as well as he's been playing, easily at a top-10 QB level, but he's an especially big loss against a Titans defense that acts as a pass funnel, a matchup Stroud and this explosive passing game are built to exploit. Without Stroud, Anderson, Dell, and others, this feels a lot like last year's Texans team — you know, the one that got to pick twice at the top of the draft to get those guys?

Houston has played with its backs against the wall and a flurry of injuries a few other times, and it will need the defense to step up here to have a chance. Tennessee's offense remains inconsistent.

Often when the total starts to drop like this, books just can't move it far enough. Games with a total at 38 or below that dropped by at least four points are 32-16-2 to the under (67%) over the past two decades, and games with a total at 37 or below are 28-9-1 to the under (76%) over the past four calendar years.

Pick: Under 37.5

For more NFL picks, check out Action Network's NFL Week 15: How to Bet Every Game & Every Team.

The One Stat to Know About Texans vs Titans

Action Network NFL researcher Evan Abrams offers his top betting stat:

Titans: Will Levis is 1-6 straight up in the second half and against the second half spread in his seven starts.

For more NFL betting stats, check out Action Network's NFL Week 15 Betting Trends, Stats, Notes.

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Patrick Everson

Patrick Everson is a senior reporter for VegasInsider. Based in Las Vegas since 1994, he's worked in the sports betting journalism/content space for more than a decade. He's most known for his deep roster of contacts behind sportsbook counters, providing readers and viewers with the ins-and-outs of how events are being bet. He's also a thought leader in the sports betting space, often appearing on or moderating panels at national conferences. More from Patrick Everson