2020 Thanksgiving Day|Houston Texans vs Detroit Lions
1 min readThe Houston Texans (3-7) and Detroit Lions (4-6) face off on Thanksgiving Day in a Week 12 NFL game.
It’s Thankgiving Day south of the boarder and that means a full slate of NFL games which included the Detroit Lions hosting the Houston Texans.
The Detroit Lions have been a fixture on Thanksgiving Day dating back to the 1934 and of course they have a losing record when look at the numbers.
Detroit has hosted every one of those games and own a 37-41-2 record on the holiday, losing the past three seasons and 12 of the last 16.
Current Las Vegas Line : Houston -2.5 Total 51.5
Detroit enters this gaming having lost 3 of their last 4 games.
Detroit’s last three wins have come against Atlanta, Washington, and Jacksonville, who are a combined 7-23 on the year.
Detroit has lost 13 of its last 16 on Turkey Day.The Texans are 8th in the league in passing and 22nd against the pass, while the Lions are 15th in passing and 25th against the pass.
The Texans have picked up 3 consecutive victories in this series (1-1-1 ATS, 6 pt avg MOV) including a 20-13 home win back in‘16. While they have gone just 3-7-1 ATS in matchups with the NFC, the Lions have now failed to
cover 15 of their L/19 overall coming in.
Final score prediction: Texans 37, Lions 27