QB Tyrod Taylor will not be activated this week, so I don't see how the Texans score more than maybe 13 points under Davis Mills against a good Rams defense. On the flip side, Houston's defense actually has played pretty well considering the crap field position the offense puts it in most of the time, so the Rams shouldn't be hanging more than 30. This total is going to drop.

It's become commonplace to see these large, college football-like point spreads when the Houston Texans are involved. There's a big reason for that: they are not a good football team. Their offense is highly ineffective, which puts them consistently in a bind on the defensive side of the ball. The LA Rams offense is humming beautifully right now and won't miss a beat in H-Town.

Tyrod Taylor is returning to practice this week, and once he's back under center the Texans could return to being a competitive team. They manhandled the Jaguars in Week 1 and had the Browns tied 14-14 at halftime in Cleveland the following week when they turned to Davis Mills. The Texans scored less than 10 points in four of Mills' five starts, with no touchdowns in three of those games. I don't expect Taylor to light up the Rams defense, but quarterbacks like Jared Goff and Carson Wentz have found success against this unit. In Houston, I'd make this line Rams -8, and I seriously doubt the market is going to push it that low, so the Texans should remain a value play until kickoff.