NFL Week 5 betting odds: Miami vs. Houston, Seattle at Pittsburgh

The NFL Week 5 betting preview continues with the odds and point spread on the Sunday games between the Miami Dolphins vs. the Houston Texans and the Seattle Seahawks vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers.

NFL Week 5 betting odds: Miami vs. Houston, Seattle at Pittsburgh Today we will start the betting previews for Week 5 with the football game between the Miami Dolphins (0-4) and the Houston Texans (2-2). Miami fans are looking forward to their team breaking off the curse and finally scoring a winning game this football season, but the odds makers are sceptical that this will happen during their visit to Houston. The Online betting company Bookmaker has listed the Houston Texans as the favorite to win the game on Sunday with odds -240, compared to the betting odds on the Miami Dolphins at +200. The point spread for the Miami Dolphins vs. the Houston Texans game have the Texans chalk -5 points and the total is sitting at 43.5 points. Betting trends indicate that Houston is 5-1 against the spread in its last 6 games, while Miami is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games on the road. The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston's last 6 games at home. The football game starts at 1:00pm EST at the Reliant Stadium.

And the second game we'll cover in this section is the match-up between the Seattle Seahawks (3-1) and the Pittsburgh Steelers (3-1). Both football teams coming out with the same record this season on Sunday, but the Pittsburgh Steelers are favorite to win with odds -260 at Bookmaker. The Seattle Seahawks are underdog with betting odds of +220. The bookie has the point spread on the Seahawks vs. Steelers game -6 points chalk Pittsburgh and the total posted was 38.5 points. Seattle is 6-2 against the spread in its last 8 games when playing Pittsburgh and 4-2 SU in its last 6 games when playing the Steelers. The total has gone OVER in 16 of Pittsburgh's last 21 games at home. The game starts at 1:00pm EST at the Heinz Field.

Published on 10/04/2007