The Houston Texans (3-5) and the Cleveland Browns (5-4) meet Sunday for a Week 10 game at Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland, Ohio. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET (FOX). Let's analyze NFL odds around the Texans vs. Browns odds and make our expert NFL picks and predictions for the best bets.
Texans lead all-time series 8-7;. The Texans won the most recent meeting, a 2024 AFC Wild Card game, 45-14 in Houston. Cleveland had won the previous 4 meetings, including a 36-22 win in Houston on Dec. 24, 2023. The most recent game in Cleveland was in 2021, a 31-21 victory by the Browns.
The Texans doubled up the winless Los Angeles Chargers 44-22 as a 5.5-point favorite as the Over (40.5) cashed in Week 9, as QB C.J. Stroud threw for 384 yards and 5 TDs,
including 2 TDs to WR Kayshon Boutte. He finished with 125 receiving yards, too, while WR Tank Dell had 105 yards and 1 TD. Houston has won 3 straight games on the road, while also going 3-0 against the spread (ATS). The Over has cashed in each of the past 3 games, too.
The Browns lost 23-22 in overtime in New Orleans in Week 9. Cleveland, playing without starting QB Deshaun Watson (concussion), saw QB Shedeur Sanders rally the team in overtime. TE Harold Fannin Jr. made a great individual effort to get into the end zone in OT, and first-year coach Todd Monken elected to go for 2, down 23-22. The 2-point conversion fizzled, and the Browns suffered a gut-wrenching loss. Watson is back as starter for Sunday, and just in time to face his former team.
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Texans at Browns odds
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- Moneyline (ML): Texans -215 (bet $215 to win $100) | Browns +180 (bet $100 to win $180)
- Against the spread (ATS): Texans -4.5 (-110) | Browns +4.5 (-110)
- Over/Under (O/U): 40.5 (O: -105 | U: -115)
Texans at Browns injuries
Texans
- LB Azeez Al-Shaair (groin) out
- DE Will Anderson Jr. (ankle) questionable
- OT Trent Brown (illness, wrist) questionable
- WR Marvin Harrison Jr. (hamstring) out
- LB Jacob Hummel (groin) questionable
- DE Danielle Hunter (hamstring) out
- TE Brevin Jordan (finger, foot) out
- RB David Montgomery (groin) questionable
- OG Keylan Rutledge (neck, shoulder) out
- CB Jaylin Smith (hamstring) questionable
- OG Wyatt Teller (back, illness) questionable
Browns
- WR Denzel Boston (toe) questionable
- FB Michael Burton (calf) out
- S Ronnie Hickman Jr. (concussion) out
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Texans at Browns picks and predictions
Prediction
Texans 23, Browns 19
Moneyline
The Texans (-215) will cost you more than 2 times your potential return, and that's way too much risk for not nearly enough reward, at least for a straight up play. It is fine to include Houston in a multi-leg parlay of 3 or more sides, though.
PASS.
Against the spread
The BROWNS +4.5 (-110) got a taste of their own medicine in Week 9, losing a close game in New Orleans. Cleveland had been finding a way to get the job done in those close games early on.
The Texans got the job done last week, doubling up a winless Chargers team, but playing in cool, windy Cleveland is another story. Stroud returns to Ohio, where he played his college ball, while Watson faces the team he was traded from. It's a game with plenty of storylines, and it should be a tight one.
Over/Under
OVER 40.5 (-105) is the lean, but roll with a half-unit play at best.
The Over has cashed in 2 of the past 3 games for the Browns, but be careful. The Under is 2-1 in 3 games at home for the Brownies.
For the Texans, the Over has cashed in 3 in a row, and that's what is making the decision to lean high. Houston's offense is humming, going for 26+ in 4 of the past 5 contests.
Best prop bet
Browns TE HAROLD FANNIN JR. ANYTIME TOUCHDOWN (+250).
Fannin is tied for the team lead with rookie WR KC Concepcion for catches (37), and Fannin leads the team with 4 TD grabs. Add in the fact that Boston is a question mark to play, and Fannin could have a huge role. He usually does anyway, regardless of the health and status of others.
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