Houston is a tough team in general, no doubt, and a good road team to boot. But Atlanta has shown flashes of competence of late, and getting them in the +175 range at home has good value.
This is a good example of a game where the market in general is skittish about putting money on such a crappy team as Atlanta, and that is what maintains value in these kids of situations (the same sorts of things happen in baseball as well, where the worst teams in the league often have the best returns at home of any team in the league). But Atlanta is at home, and Houston is not an elite team. A line this big has value.
This is a good example of a game where the market in general is skittish about putting money on such a crappy team as Atlanta, and that is what maintains value in these kids of situations (the same sorts of things happen in baseball as well, where the worst teams in the league often have the best returns at home of any team in the league). But Atlanta is at home, and Houston is not an elite team. A line this big has value.
