Houston at Kansas City

The Texans have been trying to get over the hump for years, but have turned in back-to-back 8-8 seasons. Gary Kubiak has won big in the early going of the NFL-X as he has a 5-1 record under his tenure in Houston. I see no reason for that to change. Todd Haley will make his Chiefs coaching debut in this one. The Chiefs were bad last season and have a lot of holes to fill and a lot of evaluating to do here. So rather than try to win, my guess is he uses this to evaluate. They simply have too many question marks to be concerned about winning. NFL preseason favorites that are coming off two really bad years are lose ATS at a 60% clip historically. Granted, these teams went 2-1 last season but prior to that, they went 1-3 in 2007, 3-5 in 2006 and 1-8 in 2005. I like the Texans in this one.