Suddenly, the Chargers' season has taken a turn for the worse, now 1-2 after a 38-10 blowout loss to the Jaguars, while the Texans are 0-2-1 after a 23-20 loss to the Bears.
After a second-straight loss, the Chargers are finding themselves in a desperate situation. Sure, Herbert was dealing with that rib injury in Week 3, and it'll linger for a while, but this team can't afford to fall to 1-3 playing in the AFC West.
L.A. is 2-1 ATS, though, and 1-2 O/U so far this year. They are also 6-2 ATS in their last eight games against Houston.
The Texans have very different aspirations than the Chargers, but tend to be a solid team to back just like last year, now 2-0-1 ATS, and pretty close to a 2-1 record overall. That being said, Houston is 1-7-1 straight up in its last nine home games.
Neither team has been strong defensively so far, sitting in the bottom half of the league in total yards and yards allowed per play, so we have a chance for plenty of offense here, especially with the fact that the over has hit in seven of the Chargers' last nine games.