The Houston Texans (6-2) and the New York Jets (2-6) will square off in a primetime battle on Thursday Night Football. The Texans have won four of their past five games. Last week, Houston beat the Indianapolis Colts, 23-20. The Jets, however, are on a five-game losing streak. New York lost to the New England Patriots, 25-22, last time out. 

Kickoff at MetLife Stadium is set for 8:15 p.m. ET. New York is a two-point favorite in the latest Texans vs. Jets odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 42.5. The Jets are -130 money-line favorites (risk $130 to win $100), while the Texans are +110 underdogs (risk $100 to win $110).

Before making any Texans vs. Jets picks or predictions of your own, you NEED to see which side SportsLine NFL expert Larry Hartstein is on. 

A former lead writer for Covers and The Linemakers, Hartstein combines a vast network of Vegas sources with an analytical approach he honed working for Pro Football Focus. He tied for 52nd place (out of 1,598 entries) in the 2022 Westgate Las Vegas SuperContest, going 53-34-3 ATS. Hartstein's weekly Vegas contest selections form the basis of his NFL best bets column, which is 79-48-2 (62.2%, +25.95 units) since its inception in 2022. He's also 43-30-4 (+999) on his last 77 ATS NFL picks involving the Texans. Anyone who has followed him is way up.

Now, Hartstein has locked in another confident against-the-spread pick for Texans vs. Jets.

We can tell you he's leaning Under the point total, but he also knows a crucial X-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK! You ABSOLUTELY need to see what it is before locking in any picks of your own.

So who wins Texans vs. Jets on Thursday Night Football, and what x-factor makes one side of the spread a MUST-BACK? ... Join SportsLine right now to see which side of the Texans-Jets spread hits HARD, all from the expert who is an AMAZING 43-30 on picks involving the Texans!