Jets as Favorites in Tonight's Game Against Texans Explained

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00:00So what is different this time DRS? Why are the New York Jets as a two and a half point home

00:05favorite tonight to kick off week number nine actually going to win against the Houston Texans?

00:11Well finally we're starting to see that Thursday night vampire show up which means the last thing

00:16an NFL team wants to do and this has been me for you know since we had the advent of Thursday night

00:20football the first thing I do particularly with the Eagles I'm a fan of where's that Thursday

00:24night football game if it's home that is a massive win on your scheduling for that season and you're

00:29coming with Houston Texans Ben this would be completely different for me number one if we

00:32were healthy talking about we the Texans at wide receiver and if this game was played on Sunday

00:36I'd be nowhere near the Jets here but the minute I saw this line come out I was all over the Jets

00:41because the one thing say well you will it is a calamity and could they lose the game absolutely

00:45they're not favored by 14 and a half points it's one and a half now up to two and a half but

00:48there's a reason why they're the favorite it's hard for an NFL team Ben to play on a Sunday then

00:54travel and be injured and go on the road which means you barely have any time to practice and

00:58you just show up to play whereas the Jets who in New England that's a quick trip home yes they did

01:03lose that game yes they were embarrassed but they're home on a Thursday night also some things

01:07also could slide into it well you know other things mix into great running back it's the

01:11it's MetLife Stadium the Meadowlands it's basically November is it 32 degrees are there flurries

01:15blowing around it's 73 degrees tonight with no chance of rain and light winds here so you're

01:20looking at an offensive passing game that should excel and the Jets great wide receivers the Jets

01:26solid offensive line the Jets multiple options in the backfield the Jets have Aaron Rodgers so

01:31there is still that belief that they can put this together am I calling the Jets to make the

01:35playoffs no I'm not but circumstances sometimes will influence your bets Thursday night football

01:41I've been saying for years and it has changed a little bit this year I'll be honest it's either

01:45the home team or no team on a Thursday night because of how far of a disadvantage you are put

01:50behind same way with the Jacksonville Jaguars who are a bad football team but they play back-to-back

01:55leagues in New England they waited on the New England Patriots and smashed them and they're a

01:59terrible football team but sometimes look at the travel it's hard to overcome the team you're

02:03playing and the travel at the same time and that's just the way I see it for tonight's game.